Dmitry Gurski founded Flo Health in 2015, turning it into the leading women’s health app globally with over 420 million downloads and 80 million monthly active users. From bootstrapped beginnings to a $200M Series C from General Atlantic in 2024 (valuing Flo at $1B+), Dmitry has scaled the company to profitability, with offices in Lithuania and the UK. 🎓 Expect to Learn: - How Flo became a $1B+ company without a clear playbook — and why long-term planning is mostly fiction - What 20 yea...
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Dmitry Gurski founded Flo Health in 2015, turning it into the leading women’s health app globally with over 420 million downloads and 80 million monthly active users. From bootstrapped beginnings to a $200M Series C from General Atlantic in 2024 (valuing Flo at $1B+), Dmitry has scaled the company to profitability, with offices in Lithuania and the UK. 🎓 Expect to Learn: - How Flo became a $1B+ company without a clear playbook — and why long-term planning is mostly fiction - What 20 yea...
209. No Cards, No Phones, Just Your Hand: How Handwave Raised €4.2M to Build the Future of Payments With Palm Biometrics w/ Janis Stirna
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209. No Cards, No Phones, Just Your Hand: How Handwave Raised €4.2M to Build the Future of Payments With Palm Biometrics w/ Janis Stirna
Jānis Stirna is the co-founder and CEO of Handwave. The company’s palm-scanning tech enables cardless, phoneless payments and identity verification, emphasizing security (two-factor biometrics) and affordability to outpace rivals like Amazon One. With $5M raised—including a $4.2M seed from Practica Capital in August 2025—Handwave partners with Visa and targets retail pilots in Europe, the U.S. and beyond. On this episode we talk about: How fintech innovations like Apple Pay inspired HandwaveN...
The Pursuit of Scrappiness
Dmitry Gurski founded Flo Health in 2015, turning it into the leading women’s health app globally with over 420 million downloads and 80 million monthly active users. From bootstrapped beginnings to a $200M Series C from General Atlantic in 2024 (valuing Flo at $1B+), Dmitry has scaled the company to profitability, with offices in Lithuania and the UK. 🎓 Expect to Learn: - How Flo became a $1B+ company without a clear playbook — and why long-term planning is mostly fiction - What 20 yea...
