Fluent Ventures backs replicated startup models in emerging markets

Fluent Ventures backs replicated startup models in emerging markets

A new venture firm aims to prove that the most successful startup ideas don’t have to be born or scaled in Silicon Valley. Fluent Ventures, a global early-stage fund, is backing founders replicating proven business models from Western markets in fintech, digital health, and commerce across emerging markets. The more cynical might describe this as […]

Canadian-founded Fluent eyes global startups with $40M USD VC program

Fluent Ventures has announced a $40-million USD venture capital (VC) program to invest in early-stage technology startups applying proven business models to new regions and industries. The Canadian-founded, San-Francisco-based VC firm is betting that the future of innovation lies beyond just Silicon Valley with a strategy that it refers to as “geographic alpha.” Fluent founder and managing partner Alex Lazarow believes that the world’s biggest p…