Carla Venter is acting Head of Investment at aperture.co and is currently based in Zurich Switzerland, where she is shaping the future of FinTech through investing, marketing & growth strategy. On the Reinventing Finance Podcast Carla shares with Nick and Tom:
- Her background in the financial services industry
- The business model of Aperture.co, how it developed over time and her role in this
- Matako as an example of how the growth marketing solution works and how close collaboration can be between Aperture.co and their clients
- Key trends in the insurance and finance market
- Embedded Insurance, Ecosystems & Beyond Finance/ Beyond Insurance
- Why it is important to move fast about the “Embedded Insurance Opportunity”
- Potential reasons why incumbents rather move slow
- How disruptive innovation and business models look like in Insurance/Finance and the difference between “innovation” and “good marketing”
- The role of technological enablers and distribution partners in innovation
- How exclusivity between distribution partners and insurance partners can hamper product development and innovation
- The insurance gap and specific needs of consumers in emerging markets
- Where are high growth potentials and how to access them not from an office but by really understanding the markets and their potential
