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FinTech Silicon ValleyYash Patel, General Partner Telstra VenturesYash Patel is General Partner at Telstra Ventures, a San Francisco-based VC firm that differentiates by generating revenue for its portfolio with strategic channel partners and customer relationships as well as by using data science to drive its investment process. Yash's focus is on the consumer side of fintech, Web3, crypto, esports, gaming, SaaS apps, ecommerce, and marketplace. Some of his standout fintech investments while at Telstra Ventures are companies like Super.com (Super Apps) and Playbook (next-gen wealthtech). Previously, Yash was the Director of Corporate Development & Strategy at Adknowledge and was part of the technology investment banking team...
2024-03-0116 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyMax Faldin, CEO/Founder SilverbirdMax has decades of experience building global IT & fintech businesses. After getting his MBA at Stanford, he co-founded Russia's largest eCommerce company, Wikimart (dubbed "the Amazon of Russia" by Silicon Valley VCs) and raised $50M+ from Tiger Global. He then switched over to work with e-commerce companies in Asia, focusing mainly on payments as a CEO, investor, and advisor to numerous startups. He started Silverbird amidst the pandemic in London, in 2020, after noticing a major banking gap in international trade: millions of underserved SMEs around Africa, Middle East, and Asian regions and beyond were exposed to high fees, unfair...
2024-02-2013 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyMax Krupyshev, CoFounder/CEO CoinsPaidMax Krupyshev, CoFounder/CEO of the crypto payment ecosystem CoinsPaid. He is a serial entrepreneur with long-standing experience in developing fintech and crypto projects. Having entered the world of crypto in 2013, he stood at the origins of this market in Ukraine, launching a Bitcoin Foundation to promote crypto adoption in the country. Before joining CoinsPaid, he was the product owner for CEX.IO, a global cryptocurrency ecosystem and market leader. As the CEO of CoinsPaid, he sets the goal for the company to become the connecting link between crypto and traditional businesses.
2023-04-1915 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyJeff Booth, Founding Partner ego death capitalJeff Booth is a visionary leader, technology entrepreneur and best-selling author of The Price of Tomorrow – Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future. With his expertise in technology, system thinking and design, he is at the forefront of a transition from an economic system built for the past, and one built for the future. Jeff has been featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, Inc.com, The Globe and Mail, BNN, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal. In 2015, he was named BC Technology Industry Association’s (BCTIA) Person of the Year, and in 2016 Goldman Sachs named him amon...
2023-03-2113 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyAndy Schectman, President/Owner Miles Franklin Precious MetalsAndy has been a prominent figure in the financial services industry for more than 25 years, during which he has served as President and owner of Miles Franklin, Precious Metals, Ltd. Prior to starting Miles Franklin, Ltd. in 1989, Andrew became a Licensed Financial Planner, specializing in Swiss Franc Investments and alternative investments. At Miles Franklin Ltd., a company that has recently eclipsed $5 billion in sales, Andrew has developed an operation that maintains trust, collaboration, ethical behavior, superior customer service and satisfaction to better serve their clients. He is responsible for overseeing the firm's operations and business functions, including strategic planning, acc...
2023-03-0825 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyStacy Komarova Chief Marketing Officer calypso.financeStacy has been working in the blockchain sphere since 2016. She has worked as a marketing consultant for businesses who wanted to integrate blockchain. She has worked with trading platforms, DeFi projects and has worked in Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa & South Korea. The Calypso Group are mainly focused on Calypso Pay. Calypso Pay is a crypto payment processor. They released several financial products for different business segments. Their global aim is to help business seamlessly adopt crypto (dive into Web3)
2023-02-1510 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyEric Shoykhet, CEO Link Financial Technologies link.moneyEric Shoykhet is the Founder of Atom Finance and Link Financial Technologies link.money ,venture-backed software companies that collectively have raised $100mm. Previously, he was an investor at Governors Lane, an event-driven hedge fund. At Governors Lane, Eric worked on investments across a variety of sectors including industrials, financials, technology, and consumer staples. Prior to this, he worked in the Restructuring and Reorganization group at Blackstone. Eric graduated from the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania with degrees from both the Wharton School and the College of Arts and Sciences.
2023-02-0814 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyMichael Fanfant, General Partner Runa CapitalMichael Fanfant is a Palo Alto-based General Partner at Runa Capital. He looks for early stage startups with solutions across B2B SaaS and regulated industries like fintech, edutech and digital health. Michael joined Runa in 2017 after co-founding Octane Lending, where he was also COO. He serves on the board of Octane Lending, which was valued at more than $900 million during its Series D round in 2021.
2023-01-1714 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyVladimir Gorbunov Founder/CEO crypto firm Choise.comVladimir is a entrepreneur with long-standing experience in establishing and developing fintech projects. The total capitalization of Vladimir’s projects exceeded $1 billion at the beginning of 2022. As a professional businessman, Vladimir is interested in developing new, never-before seen solutions that would benefit society and improve the quality of everyday life. As the CEO of Choise.com, Mr. Gorbunov is responsible for managing the company's development, building operational processes, and achieving short-term and long-term goals in accordance with the established mission.
2022-12-1317 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyHugo Feiler, CoFounder/CEO MinimaHugo is an entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in the marketing communication space. He is Co-Founder and CEO of Minima - the world’s first completely decentralized, and mobile native blockchain protocol. Prior to launching Minima, Hugo ran and founded internationally awarded advertising agencies, creating global campaigns for companies including Vodafone, Toshiba and Sony Electronics. He was previously General Manager of marcomms at Sony Europe for its computer and audio divisions.
2022-09-2616 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyJazmin Ribeiro, Tech Comms Manager MinimaJazmin has a STEM background, with a first-class degree in Mathematics from the University of Surrey, Guildford. She has a passion for innovative technology and using it as a tool to improve personal and corporate potential. Her previous career includes 8 years as a consultant, implementing Oracle’s Financial Planning software for UK based and global businesses; and becoming a certified management accountant. Since discovering blockchain technology in 2018, she has dedicated her time to learning about the vast societal, financial and technological opportunities that it can enable. Excited by the prospects of a mobile-native blockchain with low barriers to entry, sh...
2022-06-1014 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyWayne Van Dyck,Founder/CEO ClimateCapexWayne was a Wall St investment banker and venture capitalist; owner/operator of the number two rock broadcasting stations in Los Angeles; Founder/CEO of the first utility wind energy developer (backed by Chevron); CEO of an international telecom that introduced the first direct dial telephone and wireless service to Moscow; Founder of two software companies. He is now CEO of ClimateCapex, a fintech platform for clean energy project finance.
2022-05-0616 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyDmitry Mishunin, Founder/CEO HashExDmitry Mishunin is the founder and CEO of a DeFi security and analytics company HashEx. He is a businessman with skills in strategic management, specializing in cybersecurity and security audits. Dmitry has a long-standing expertise in product development in Ethereum, Bitcoin, Binance blockchains. Under his management HashEx has become one of the leaders in the field of cybersecurity and smart contracts audit. Since its creation, the company conducted over 500 audits for projects of various levels and helped preserve more than $5 billion worth of investor funds.
2022-04-1524 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyKamyar Naficy, Founder/Principal KNECTCOMMSKamyar Naficy is the Founder and Principal of KNECTCOMMS, a marketing and communications consultancy to the finance, technology and fintech sectors. He previously worked in senior marketing and communications roles at JP Morgan, London Stock Exchange Group and UniCredit. He holds a BA from the London School of Economics and an MPhil (Masters) in Management Studies from Cambridge University.
2022-02-2418 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyMarwan Forzley, CoFounder/CEO VeemMarwan Forzley is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Veem, a next-generation global payment provider that enables businesses to quickly and securely send and receive payments in local currency. Veem uses the blockchain as a new settlement rail to enable frictionless and inexpensive payments. Prior to Align Commerce, Forzley founded and served as CEO of eBillme, an online payment solution that extended online banking to the merchant’s checkout process. After selling eBillme to Western Union, Forzley joined the Western Union’s digital team as General Manager, eCommerce, and Strategic Partnerships. With extensive experience and expertise in eCommerce infr...
2022-02-2216 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyRosario Ingargiola, Founder/CEO BOSONIC.digitalRosario Ingargiola is Founder/CEO BOSONIC.digital, a San Francisco based Financial Technology and Infrastructure company offering the only non-custodial, real-time clearing and settlement platform in existence. Clients include Banks, Neo Banks, Hedge Funds, Lenders, Market-Makers, Broker-Dealers and Miners.
2022-01-2514 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyAlex Marquez, VP/Global Managing Director Experian VenturesAlex Marquez launched Experian Ventures in 2016 and is currently the Global Managing Director and a member of Experian’s Investment Committee. As a leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to our clients around the world, we invest in data/analytics, information security, healthcare, automotive and the broader financial services ecosystem. We have invested more than $225m across the globe since inception. Alex was Managing Director with USAA's Corporate Development Group and a member of USAA's Executive Management team where he built USAA Ventures into one of the most active FinTech CVC after his first year. Ale...
2022-01-1723 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyKaarel Kotkas, CEO VeriffKaarel is the strategic thinker and visionary behind Veriff. Kaarel keeps Veriff’s team one step ahead of fraud and competition in the dynamic world of online identification. Under Kaarel’s leadership, Veriff has become a leader in the IDV market, currently the only service provider offering near-real-time verification (improving from 70 seconds to 6 seconds in 2020), with sophisticated fraud control delivering close to 99% decision accuracy. Kaarel’s emphasis on global impact has led Veriff’s AI-powered decision engine to analyze more than 9,550 variations of government-issued IDs from over 190 countries in 39 different languages.
2022-01-1611 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyJon Soberg, Managing Partner MS&AD VenturesJon Soberg is Managing Partner at MS&AD Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on the future of finance, risk assessment, and building a sustainable society. Jon has made over 120 investments across 5 continents and has held more than 40 board positions. Prior to becoming an investor, Jon was a serial entrepreneur and operator, with an IPO exit at Adforce. Jon has a Master's degree in Engineering, a CFA, and is an MBA and Palmer Scholar at Wharton. Jon is ranked #13 on Business Insider's Seed 100 list of top seed investors.
2022-01-1221 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyAkshay Krishnaiah, Founder/CEO LineAkshay Krishnaiah Founder & CEO of fast growing subscription-based Cash Now Pay Later startup Line (useline.com) Akshay is a millennial, immigrant, uber driver (36,000 miles SF Bay Area) turned Techstars fintech startup founder & CEO at Line (useline.com) that came out of stealth this July and has taken the world by storm by delivering over $500,000 in Lines at $30 a line in just the last 90 days, to people who earn as low as $600 a month helping them make ends meet while proving to the world that you can do social good and run a profitable business by posting an impressive 11X j...
2022-01-1016 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyNadim Homsany, CoFounder/CEO EarnUpNadim is the son of immigrants who arrived in the U.S. with virtually nothing. The passion to help people build financial resilience and independence was instilled in him through his upbringing. This, and the values learned from his family, led Nadim—along with his co-founder Matthew Cooper—to start EarnUp Inc. in 2013 with a goal of helping the over 200 million Americans in debt get out of it faster. Now EarnUp has grown into a company that brings lenders, financial institutions, nonprofits, and consumers together to identify core issues and to create solutions that work. Prior to EarnUp, he work...
2022-01-0932 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyChris Hsu, CEO/CoFounder Azibo IncChris Hsu is the CEO & Co-Founder of Azibo, a VC-backed real estate fintech startup focused on simplifying the rental property experience. Prior to Azibo, Chris served as an Advisory Partner at a16z and previously was CEO of Micro Focus, a $4B enterprise software company. He also was COO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where he successfully led the largest corporate separation in history. Chris spent the earlier part of his career in leadership roles at top consulting firms, including KKR and McKinsey. A military veteran, Chris graduated as a Distinguished Cadet from the United States Military Academy at West...
2022-01-0517 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyLauren Kolodny, Founding Partner Acrew CapitalLauren is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Acrew Capital where she invests in fintech. Among her investments, Lauren led the 2016 Series A round in Chime. Other investments include Divvy, Finix, Gusto, Kettle, La Haus, Papaya Payments, and Pie Insurance. Previously, Lauren worked in product marketing at Google leading a number of launches for GSuite, including Google Drive. Lauren began her career building tech partnerships for the Clinton Foundation in India. Lauren is a Trustee Emerita at Brown University where she served as the university’s youngest board member. Lauren was featured on the 2021 Forbes Midas Brink List.
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2022-01-0315 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyToshi Kameoka, Head Strategy Nth America AirwallexToshi Kameoka manages Airwallex’s U.S. and Canada business and administrative operations as Head of Strategy, North America. Based in San Francisco, he was Airwallex's first permanent U.S. employee and has been responsible for Airwallex's U.S. money transmitter licensing (MTL) and financial partnership strategy in the region. Toshi has more than 15 years of experience in business strategy, corporate development, and partnerships across various sectors, including payments and fintech, commerce tech, and mobile data and analytics.
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2021-12-2916 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyRam Ahluwalia, Head Digital Assets Cross RiverRam leads the Digital Asset business at Cross River. Ram is the founder of PeerIQ – the leading risk analytics firm for FinTech lending. Prior to founding PeerIQ, Ram was an investor in structured products and an SVP at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch where he was a leader on the Cards & Deposits executive management team. Previously, Ram served as a management consultant working with C-leaders at Fortune 50 consumer finance companies. Ram received a B.A. in Economics-Philosophy from Columbia University and is a CFA charterholder
2021-12-2716 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyRaghu Yarlagadda, CoFounder/CEO FalconXRaghu is the Co-founder and CEO of FalconX, one of the largest and fastest growing digital asset brokerages. He's an engineer by background and passionate about building products that create value – leading him to become a serial entrepreneur,product leader, active investor, andboard advisor to several Silicon Valley startups. Prior to FalconX, Raghu held product leadership roles in Google. He was on Sundar Pichai’s ChromeOS team and led efforts to scale Chromebooks to over $3 billion revenue for Google and its partners. He started his career atMotorola as an engineer in a team that pioneered high definition video transmission over...
2021-12-2520 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyKen Kruszka, Founder/CEO SnapcheckKen is a FinTech and Payments pioneer, who holds the distinction of being the first person to send $1 around the world by mobile transfer. In his career, Ken has launched: the first mobile remittances service in the US, the first global mobile bank account, the first neobank for immigrants in the US, and the first decoupled business payments smart switch. Currently, Ken leads SnapCheck in revolutionizing business-to-business payments: eliminating $50 Billion in costs, removing $20 Billion in fraud. Previously, as co-founder and CEO of m-Via, Ken grew the company into an industry-recognized leader in mobile financial services and brought the company t...
2021-12-2213 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyAlexandre Lazarow, Global Venture Investor Cathay InnovationAlexandre Lazarow is a global venture capitalist and the author of Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs - from Delhi to Detroit - Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley (Harvard Business Review Press). He has invested in startups including Chime, Kin, Neon, Sidecar Health, Facily, FinAccel, ZenBusiness, Kueski, Guiabolso, Zola, Rensource, Terminal, among others. He is a Partner with Cathay Innovation, a Paris-based firm that invests across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Alex is also an adjunct professor specializing in social impact investment and entrepreneurship at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
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2021-12-2016 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyMark Straub, CoFounder/CEO Smile IdentityMark Straub is the Co-founder and CEO of Smile Identity, the leading digital KYC and identity verification provider in Africa. He has spent much of his career trying to help people in underserved markets get access to better opportunities through technology and entrepreneurship. Mark was a venture investor for a decade, and worked with over 20 companies doing business in adtech, fintech, healthcare, and energy in markets ranging from the US and China to India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Working with Vinod Khosla at Khosla Impact, he led investments in Kopo Kopo, NeoGrowth, Milaap, Branch, and Flutterwave; and he was an...
2021-12-1713 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyAmir Kabir, Partner AV8 VenturesAmir leads Fintech and Insurtech investing at AV8 Ventures and has been one of the earliest investors in the Insurtech space. Amir has been an entrepreneur, operator and investor with over 15 years of experience, working with early and mid-stage companies on financing, partnerships and strategic growth initiatives. Prior to AV8, Amir was an investment director and founding team member at Munich Re Ventures where he lead and managed investment efforts for two of the funds and made early bets in Insurtech, Mobility and Digital Health in companies like Next Insurance, Inshur, HDVI, Spruce, Ridecell, Babylon Health etc.. Earlier Amir...
2021-12-1419 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyVivek Krishnamurthy, Investor Commerce VenturesVivek is a Principal at Commerce Ventures, an early stage fintech, insurtech and retailtech focused fund based in SF. The Fund's investments include companies like Bill.com, Marqeta, Forter, Socure, MX, Moov and +80 others. His investment focus includes vertical FinTech platforms, core fintech enablers and insurance data & tech platforms. Prior to Commerce Ventures, Vivek was part of the investment banking team at Financial Technology Partners where he worked on M&A and private placement transactions for numerous growth and late stage FinTechs.
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2021-12-1219 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyJohn Lunn, Founder/CEO Gr4vyJohn Lunn is the Founder and CEO of cloud payment orchestration platform Gr4vy. He is a technology and fintech entrepreneur with 21 years of experience working and investing in financial services, commerce enablement, e-payments, data, security and infrastructure. Lunn worked as the Director of Technology for six years at CyberSource, the world’s first payment service provider, which was sold to Visa for $2Bn in 2010. He then helped found Passmark Security which was sold to RSA Security in 2006. In 2006, Lunn joined PayPal as the fourth employee in the UK (now 2,000+), where as Global Director of Developer and Startup Relations, he...
2021-12-1011 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyRobin Gandhi, Senior VP Product Management/Payments TripActionsRobin Gandhi is the Senior Vice President of Product Management and Payments at TripActions. He leads the product, engineering, design, and operations efforts for TripActions' Liquid offering, the next-generation spend management solution. Prior to TripActions, Robin headed Adyen's global issuing offering as well as acquiring and partnerships for North America, working with the global card schemes, banks, financial institutions, and third-party partners that make omnichannel commerce possible for their merchants across the globe. He has a strong payments background, having come to Adyen from Digital River World Payments. In addition, Robin has more than 10 years in management consulting, having...
2021-12-1009 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyHammad Aslam, Investor Susa VenturesHammad Aslam is an investor at Susa Ventures, where he focuses on Series B and Series C investments out of Susa's Opportunity Fund, and specializes in fintech, supply chain / logistics, enterprise software and emerging markets. Prior to joining Susa, Hammad helped lead technology and software investments at Vista Equity Partners. Hammad also brings extensive technology M&A and capital raising experience from his time at Morgan Stanley. He graduated with honors from Princeton University, with an AB in Near Eastern Studies and is based in San Francisco Bay Area.
2021-12-0822 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyMichelle Killoran, Principal OMERS VenturesMichelle is responsible for researching and executing on investment opportunities in proptech. She’s particularly interested in opportunities around democratizing home ownership, increasing transparency across the real estate transaction and automating workflows. Prior to joining OMERS Ventures, Michelle was a Senior Associate in Financial Advisory at Deloitte. As a part of the Valuations group, she provided valuation services to both public and private companies related to mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, tax, and litigation. Michelle is a Chartered Accountant (CA), Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Business Valuator (CBV). She has a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University.In 2...
2021-12-0311 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyDeep Varma, CTO VaroDeep has more than 20 years of Silicon Valley experience creating consumer-focused products, developing platform experiences that use artificial intelligence and big data, and building world-class engineering teams. His experience includes companies like IBM, Yahoo!, Trulia/Zillow, and over 5 years of startup experience. He is leading Varo’s Technology teams to build Technology Bank from the ground-up to scale to millions of customers. He holds a Masters' degree and an MBA from UC Berkeley. Twitter is @varmadeep (Varo's is @VaroBank).
2021-12-0216 min
FinTech Silicon ValleySheel Mohnot, CoFounder Better Tomorrow VenturesSheel is CoFounder of Better Tomorrow, a $75M seed stage venture capital fund investing in Fintech companies globally. His own startup experience includes 2 successful FinTech exits – a payments company and a high-stakes auction company, and he was previously GP of the 500 Fintech fund. He formerly worked as a financial services consultant at BCG and started his FinTech career at the non-profit p2p lender Kiva.
2021-11-2916 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyMinnie Ingersoll, Partner TenOneTenMinnie Ingersoll is a partner at TenOneTen and host of the LA Venture podcast. TenOneTen is a venture fund based in LA investing in early stage software and data companies. Prior to TenOneTen, Minnie was the COO and co-founder of recently public Shift Technologies (Nasdaq : SFT), an online marketplace for used cars. In her spare time, Minnie surfs baby waves and raises baby people.
2021-11-2521 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyStephen Bulfer, CEO/CoFounder StreamLoanStephen has immersed himself in mortgage lending since 2015 with StreamLoan, a pioneer in digital mortgage, streamlining the mortgage process with digital technology for his mortgage lending customers, specifically dedicated to redefining the lead management and mortgage origination experience. Beyond thought leadership, he is a subject matter expert across the residential real estate & real estate finance category, including real estate experience covering both residential investment (20 years experience) and research; Stephen’s concentration during his MBA was real estate finance, with special focus on the subprime mortgage crisis. As a technical CEO, he has a unique background, blending of both startup and en...
2021-11-2316 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyShuo Chen, General Partner IOVCShuo Chen is a General Partner at IOVC, where she focuses on early stage venture investments in Silicon Valley with a focus on future of work and enterprise/SaaS. She is also Faculty at UC Berkeley and Singularity University. Shuo is appointed by California Governor Gavin Newson to serve as 1 of 13 voting members on California's Mental Health Commission (as the first Asian American Commissioner), which includes overseeing ~$2.6 billion annually in state budget and advising the Governor or the Legislature on mental health policy.In her venture role, Shuo has invested in companies now acquired by Goldman Sachs, Ford, Caterpillar...
2021-11-1720 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyMarvin Liao, Global Macro InvestorMarvin Liao is an Investor-Operator, executive coach and formal advisor to several large Family Offices. Marvin is a Partner at Rolling Fund Diaspora.vc, Manages the Angel Fund Sukna Global & a Board member at Game Groove Capital, an International Gaming Holding Company. He was previously a Partner at Venture Capital Fund 500 Startups, running the SF based accelerator program as well as investing in Seed stage start ups. He has invested in over 414 Pre-seed & Seed stage startups during the 6 years spent there. Marvin also spent 10.5 years at Yahoo! as an executive with extensive operating experience expanding businesses across Asia, Europe, L...
2021-11-1419 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyRamneek Gupta, Founder/Managing Partner PruVen CapitalRamneek is the Founder and Managing Partner of PruVen Capital, an independent, returns driven firm created in partnership with Prudential Financial as the single limited partner. Our first fund is a $300M multi stage investment vehicle designed to focus on verticals including Insurance, Financial Services, Healthcare IT/Tech/Data, Real estate/Proptech, Asset/Wealth Management and Enterprise IT. Prior to founding PruVen, Ramneek was the Co-founder of the venture investing efforts at Citi. At Citi Ventures, he led investments in over 25 companies across fintech & digital commerce space that represent over $180B in market value. Some of his notable investments...
2021-11-1021 min
FinTech Silicon ValleySC Moatti Founding Managing Partner Mighty CapitalSC Moatti is the Founding Managing Partner of Mighty Capital; the Founding CEO of Products That Count, the most influential product acceleration platform; and a lecturer at Stanford and Columbia Universities. Prior, SC built products that billions of people use at Facebook and Nokia. Andrew Chen, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, called SC “a genius at making products people love.” SC serves on the boards of public and private companies, earned a master’s in electrical engineering, a Stanford MBA, and is a Kauffman Fellow. For more information, visit Mighty.Capital. Mighty Capital is an early-growth Silicon Valley venture capita...
2021-11-0713 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyRui Zhang, CoFounder/Managing Partner gumi Cryptos CapitalRui Zhang, CFA, CICPA, is the CoFounder/Managing Partner of gumi Cryptos Capital. Mr. Zhang has both Economics and Computer Science educational background, and has two years banking and four years consulting firm experience in his early career. In late 2013, Mr. Zhang co-founded Zenith Group Holdings in Shanghai, China (a virtual idle technology development and operation company), and raised Seed and Series A rounds for the company, which was later successfully acquired by Bilibili. Since May 2016, Mr. Zhang has served as the Vice President of gumi Inc and took charge of all overseas investments of gumi Group, including the...
2021-11-0716 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyDavid Orban, Managing Advisor Beyond EnterprizesDavid Orban was an early adopter of Bitcoin in 2010 and Ethereum at its launch in 2014. He is the Managing Advisor for the blockchain advisory firm, Beyond Enterprizes. Orban serves on the Faculty of and acts as Advisor to the Singularity University, at the NASA Research Park. He is the author of Something New, on artificial intelligence, available in English, Italian, and Spanish. As a speaker, Orban has given over 100 talks worldwide. He is a mentor for the Thiel Fellowship, a Scientific Advisory Board Member for the Lifeboat Foundation, and an Advisor to the Institute of Ethics and Emergent Technologies...
2021-11-0234 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyAccess to Tokyo: A Startup's Guide to Tokyo via Pemo Theodore Exec Producer FinTech Silicon ValleyAfter living & doing business in 5 countries, Pemo offers advice on Learning about Culture when starting a business in a foreign country. Pemo Theodore is a Media Publisher & Event Producer and a great people connector.. She is Founder/CEO Silicon Valley TV which has served the San Francisco Bay Area for 11 years! She has produced Silicon Valley Events for Investors & Startups for 9 years. Pemo loves to video interview venture capitalists & founders to engage the human behind the success stories.. She has been Executive Producer of FinTech Silicon Valley for 5 years, organizing twice monthly FinTech talks & panels in San Francisco & Palo Al...
2021-02-0908 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyDerek Zanutto General Partner CapitalG on Covid Crisis for StartupsDerek Zanutto is General Partner CapitalG where he focuses on investments in enterprise software. Derek has led a number of investments at CapitalG, including Armis, Collibra and Dataiku, and he serves on multiple boards of directors. Prior to joining CapitalG, Derek helped lead technology investments for 10 years at TPG, Hellman & Friedman and GIC, including investments in Uber, Airbnb, Lynda.com and CAA. Derek started his career at Morgan Stanley. Derek holds an AB from Harvard College and an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar.
2020-07-2222 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyPatricia Nakache General Partner Trinity Ventures on Covid19 Crisis for StartupsPatricia Nakache invests in early-stage consumer and business tech startups with current investments including Bevi, EAT Club, Life House, Side, thredUP, and Turo, and previous investments in Care.com (CRCM), LoopNet (LOOP), PayScale (acq. Warburg Pincus), and Sabrix (acq. Thomson Reuters), among others. Patricia is a board member of the National Venture Capital Association and a Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where she teaches Startup Garage. She earned an M.B.A from Stanford University and an A.B. from Harvard University.
2020-07-1416 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyTim Draper Founder Draper Associates, DFJ & Draper Venture Network on Covid19 Crisis for StartupsTim Draper is a top global venture capitalist, having founded Draper Associates, DFJ and the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. He is a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs and cryptocurrencies. In promoting entrepreneurship, he created Draper University of Heroes, a residential and online school based in San Mateo, Ca to help extraordinary people accomplish their life missions. Tim Draper received a Bachelor of Science from Stanford University with a major in electrical engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.
2020-07-0916 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyKen Elefant Managing Director Sorenson Ventures on Covid-19 crisis for startupsAt Sorenson Ventures, Ken has partnered with entrepreneurs in market leading companies such as CyCognito (attack surface security), Openpath (access control), Octarine (cloud security), CloudKnox (authorization management), NS8 (anti-fraud), Bridgecrew (codified cloud security), Kenna (risk management), Paperspace (machine learning) and SupportLogic (customer support platform). Before joining Sorenson, Ken was Managing Director at Intel Capital and VP at Intel Corporation. Leading the software and security groups at Intel Capital, Ken invested in several companies including AtHoc (Blackberry), Prolexic (Akamai), DocuSign (IPO), Forescout (IPO), AlienVault (AT&T), Venafi, Vectra Networks, Gigya (SAP), and BrightEdge among many others. Prior to Intel Capital, Ke...
2020-06-1817 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyEdith Yeung General Partner Race Capital on Covid-19 crisis for startupsEdith Yeung General Partner Race Capital She is author and creator of the China Internet Report, an annual report on China technology trends widely popular among investors and corporate executives and Silicon.news - weekly briefing on Silicon Valley funding, merger, and acquisition news. She has invested in over 50 startups including Lightyear/Stellar (valued $1.2B), Silk Labs (acquired by Apple), Chirp (acquired by Apple), Fleksy (acquired by Pinterest), Human (acquired by Mapbox), Solana, Oasis Labs, Nebulas, Hooked, DayDayCook, AISense, and many more. Prior to Race Capital, Edith was a partner at 500 Startups, the world's most active early-stage fund and in...
2020-06-1519 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyAnn Winblad Managing Director Hummer Winblad Venture Partners on Covid-19 crisis for startupsAnn Winblad Managing Director Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, a venture capital firm she co-founded in 1989. She is a well-known and respected software industry entrepreneur and technology leader. Her background and years of experience in the software industry have been chronicled in many national and international business publications. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners was the first venture firm focused exclusively on software. In her 30-year career as a venture capitalist, Ann’s firm has launched over 160 enterprise software companies and led investments that pioneered successful companies across the enterprise software sector: Business Intelligence, Analytics, Software Development, Integration, Data Center Optimization, Cloud Com...
2020-06-1015 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyBen Narasin Venture Partner New Enterprise Associates (NEA) on Covid-19 crisis for startupsBen Narasin is a prolific entrepreneur and early-stage investor with three decades of company-building expertise. His portfolio comprises of key early successes in fintech, digital marketplaces, mobile and connected devices. His seed investments include Dropcam, Lending Club, TellApart, Kabbage and Zenefits. Before NEA, Narasin most recently served as a General Partner at Canvas Ventures, and was previously with TriplePoint Capital, where he oversaw the firm’s seed funding investment activities. He founded several consumer companies before launching his investing career, including Fashionmall.com which led to a successful IPO. He holds a B.A. in Entrepreneurial Studies from Babson Coll...
2020-06-0913 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyElizabeth Yin CoFounder/General Partner Hustle Fund on Covid-19 crisis for startupsElizabeth Yin CoFounder/General Partner Hustle Fund which is a pre-seed fund for software entrepreneurs. Previously, Elizabeth was a partner at 500 Startups where she invested in seed stage companies and ran the Mountain View accelerator. In a prior life, Elizabeth co-founded and ran an adtech company called LaunchBit (acq 2014). Elizabeth has a BSEE from Stanford and an MBA from MIT Sloan.
2020-06-0518 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyLeyla Seka Partner Operative Collective on Covid-19 crisis for startupsLeyla Seka Partner Operative Collective Leyla is a veteran enterprise executive, nationally recognized advocate for gender equality, and reluctant venture capitalist. For more than 11 years, Leyla's work at Salesforce defined an industry. In multiple senior management roles she built and scaled iconic products including the AppExchange, Desk.com, and Salesforce Mobile. Leyla also pioneered Salesforce’s equal pay initiative, which led to raises for more than 10% of the women at the company. She is also a board director of Girls Who Code and Proofpoint. Today, Leyla is investing in the next generation of enterprise technology as a partner at Ope...
2020-06-0214 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyDuncan Davidson Founding Partner Bullpen Capital on Covid-19 crisis for startupsDuncan Davidson Founding Partner Bullpen Capital, the pioneer of Post Seed investing. Previously, two bubble era IPOs (InterTrust and Covad) and two other startups (SkyPilot and Xumii, the first mobile cloud app). Being the pitch person on one of them at the peak of the bubble, I learned firsthand that venture capital is a cyclical business. During the bubble, speed matters; during the downturn, two successful strategies: long-term, deep tech; and short-term, value investing in oversold but otherwise solid companies. Bullpen was crafter for both bull and bear markets. The key: help the companies succeed, not focus on the d...
2020-05-3021 min
FinTech Silicon ValleySusan Mason, CoFounder/Partner Aligned Partners on Covid-19 crisis for startupsSusan Mason CoFounder/Partner Aligned Partners Susan has over 25 years of operating management and venture capital experience.Aligned Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focused on investing in capital efficient start-ups in the enterprise space. Prior to Aligned Partners, she was a General Partner with ONSET Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm. Susan specializes in investing in the information technology area, specifically communications, security and financial technology. As an investor and board member, Susan has played a pivotal role in the development of companies including Securent (acqd CSCO), Alteon (IPO), Gadzoox (IPO), SilverTail Systems (acqd EMC...
2020-05-2620 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyChip Hazard, Partner Flybridge Capital on Covid-19 crisis for startupsChip Hazard, Partner Flybridge Capital Chip's investment interests and experience broadly cover companies and technologies in the information technology sector. He is also an investment partner in XFactor Ventures, a Flybridge community fund focused on investing in female founders. Before co-founding the firm in 2002, Chip was a General Partner with Greylock Partners, a leading venture capital firm he joined in 1994. While at Greylock, Chip led or participated in numerous successful investments in the enterprise information technology field. Prior to Greylock, he was with Company Assistance Limited, an investment and consulting firm in Warsaw Poland; and Bain and Company, an i...
2020-05-2115 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyDavid Orban Founder/Managing Partner Network Society Ventures on Covid-19 crisis for startupsDavid Orban Founder/Managing Partner Network Society Ventures David is an investor, entrepreneur, author, blogger, keynote speaker, and thought leader of the global technology landscape. His entrepreneurial accomplishments span several companies founded and grown over more than twenty years. An early adopter of blockchain technologies and an active Bitcoin investor since 2010, he was the first to own Ether during the Ethereum launch in 2014. He also led the adoption of Bitcoin and blockchain in start-ups and is an advisor and investor in numerous blockchain companies and funds, such as Bitnation, Neuromation, Sun Exchange, Wealth Migrate, Blockchain Capital, Bancor, Swarm Fund...
2020-05-1825 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyFred Destin Founder Stride.VC on Covid-19 crisis for startupsFred Destin Founder Stride.VC, a seed-stage fund focused operating in London and Paris, which he started with Harry Stebbings (a.k.a. the Twenty Minute VC) and Pia d'Iribarne. Prior to Stride, Fred was a General Partner at Accel and Accomplice (f.k.a. Atlas Venture). Of 17 investments he led, 10 have exited and 4 are active value drivers, including 5 companies in excess of $1BN in value (including Zoopla, Deliveroo and Pillpack). His portfolio has a total enterprise value of more than $10BN and he generated in excess of $700M in exit value to investors.
2020-05-1130 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyDavid Hornik, General Partner August Capital on Covid-19 Crisis for StartupsDavid Hornik is a General Partner at August Capital where he invests in consumer and enterprise software and services. He has worked closely with startups for the last 20 years. Prior to joining August, David was a litigator at Cravath Swaine & Moore, and corporate and licensing attorney at Venture Law Group and Perkins Coie. David is the author of the first venture capital blog, VentureBlog, and the first venture capital podcast, VentureCast. He is the founder and producer of The Lobby conferences, a series of events that gather the thought leaders in consumer and enterprise technology. David holds an AB...
2020-04-2413 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyWhats Hot in FinTech Investments 2020 Globally? #fintech2020Chris McCann General Partner @Proof of Capital; Adam Carson Operating Partner @Point72 Ventures; Michelle Killoran Principal @OMERS Ventures; David Blumberg Founder/Managing Partner @Blumberg Capital
2020-02-2627 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyBanking Technology 2020 #banktech2020Manish Joshi VP Product Management @MoneyLion; Shreyas Kumar Chief Information Security Officer @Deserve; Steve Kirsch CEO @M10; Ken Kruszka CEO @Snapcheck; Sara Nofeliyan Sr Manager Product Management @Varo; @Jason Kumpf Dir Partnerships @OFX
2020-02-2525 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyBlockchain WomenWomen speak out about Opportunities & Issues in Blockchain @Emi Yoshikawa Senior Director Global Operations @Ripple @Betsabe Botaitis CoFounder/CFO @AIKON @Brynly LLyr General Counsel @Celo @Olga V Mack CEO @Parley Pro
2019-12-1817 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyChallenger Banks@Alexandre Lazarow Director @Cathay Innovation @Alex Todorov Product Lead Risk & Support Teams @Chime @John Doppke General Manager Lending @Varo @Brian Hamilton COO/CoFounder @SafeCorp Technology
2019-12-0622 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyState of TokensState of Tokens @Joshua Rivera General Counsel @Blockchain Capital @Andrea Lo Head Bus Dev @Harbor @Tegan Kline Head Int Bus Dev @Orchid @Mike Zajko Head Sales
2019-11-2024 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyFinTech InvestorsWhats Hot in FinTech Investments? @Michael Sidgmore Partner @Broadhaven Ventures @Matthew Murphy Partner @Montage Ventures @Nuno Goncalves Pedro Partner @Strive Capital @Arjuna Costa Managing Partner @Flourish Ventures #fintechinvesting
2019-10-2029 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyScaling the BlockchainScaling the Blockchain @Wayne Vaughan CEO @Tierion @Rosario Ingargiola CEO @OTCXN @Christian Ferri President/CEO @BlockStar @Locke Brown CoFounder/CEO @NuID
2019-10-0921 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyCredit InnovationLearn about Credit Innovation @David Blumberg Founder/Managing Partner @Blumberg Capital @Vilash Poovala CoFounder/CEO @Oyster Financial Inc @Ashish Gupta Chief Credit Officer @Prosper Marketplace
2019-09-2623 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyDigital IdentityLearn everything you need to know about Digital Identity & how to protect it! #digitalidentity @Kevin Trilli CTO @Onfido @Phillip Shoemaker Executive Director @Identity.com @Pierre-R. Wolff Senior VP Bus Dev @InCountry @Nuno Goncalves Pedro Founder/Managing Partner @Strive Capital @Mark Straub CEO/CoFounder @Smile Identity
2019-09-2131 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyFacebook Libra Centralization? #facebookcentralizationJeremy Almond CEO PayStand, Shouhei Ichimiya Principal Global Brain Corporation, Rahul Raina CoFounder/CTO TRM, Miko Matsumura Founder Evercoin, Phil Jeudy Journalist
2019-08-2735 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyProtect Yourself from Sim SwapsLearn how to Protect yourself from Sim Swaps inspired via @Sean Coonce 'The Most Expensive Lesson Of My Life: Details of SIM port hack' http://bit.ly/2NeGh1n panelists @Guido Appenzeller CPO @Yubico @Lance Vick Security Researcher @Michael Terpin CEO @BitAngels NOTE: wins legal battle with AT&T for $24m https://fin.sv/2LYHCb6 #simswapprotection
2019-08-1218 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyCannabis BusinessLearn about all the potential & challenges of Cannabis Business #cannabisbusiness @Erin Johnson Gore Founder/CEO @Garden Society @Jamie L. Pearson COO @Bhang Corporation @Isaac Dietrich Founder/Chairman/CEO @MassRoots Inc
2019-08-0715 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyFuture of Real EstateWhat is the Future of Real Estate? #futurerealestate @Raghu Bala CoFounder @PropertyList @John Kang CEO @Reasi @Jason Kumpf @Accelerate Growth Partners @Mary Jean Koontz CEO @InclusiveInvesting
2019-07-1821 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyBlockchain Music & MediaLearn about the possibilities of Blockchain for Music & Media @Tatiana Moroz Founder @Crypto Media Hub Advisor @Token.fm @Ryan Klaus CoCEO @Matter Music @Mike Johns Founder @Digital Mind State @B-Legit CoFounder @Sick with It Records
2019-06-2726 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyWhats New in Insurtech? Gopi Rangan Founder/General Partner Sure Ventures; Vivek Krishnamurthy Investor Commerce Ventures; Simha Sadasiva CoFounder/CEO Ushur; Sidd Gavirneni CEO/CoFounder Zeguro; John Doppke VP Product Management Trov
2019-06-0423 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyBanking InnovationLearn about the new possibilities in Banking @Steve Kirsch CEO @Token @Jeremy Kaufman Principal @Scale VP @Ram Palaniappan CEO/Founder @Earnin @Addi Regev Product Leader @Varo Money
2019-05-0616 min
FinTech Silicon ValleySurviving the Bear Market: Women in Crypto Daisy Ozim Founder @Resilient Wellness; Olga V. Mack VP Strategy Quantstamp; Cindy-Anne Lewis Dir Marketing & Comms Dispatch; Harshitha Kilari General Partner Decipher Capital; Karen Salay CEO/Founder Startup Roll Call
2019-04-2131 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyCrypto Exchanges Joe DiPasquale CEO BitBull Capital; Clay Robbins Ecosystem Development Lead 0x; Lindsey Maule CEO/Managing Partner Luna Capital and Daniel Edwards Partner AngelRush Ventures weigh in on Crypto Exchanges.
2019-03-2827 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyCrypto Games & Digital Collectibles John Linden CEO Mythical Games; Rui Zhang Vice President gumi Inc; Randy Saaf CoFounder/CEO Lucid Sight; Mickey Maher Head Revenue Dapper Labs; Mike Jones, Helmsman 8 Circuit Studios; Sam Englebardt Co-Founder/Partner Galaxy Digital; Yiseul Cho, Venture Partner FBG Capital
2019-03-2125 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyBlockchain InvestmentCherie Liu Managing Partner @Outpost Capital and Jeff Dorman Portfolio Manager @Arca speak about the Blockchain
2019-03-0110 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyDigital Securities Post RegulationWhat are the Regulations for Digital Securities? Jamie Finn CoFounder @Securitize & Josh Stein CEO @Harbor & Mason Borda CEO @TokenSoft
2019-02-1807 min
FinTech Silicon ValleyCrypto CustodyWhy Does Crypto Need Custody Solutions?
The main utility of cryptocurrency custody solutions lies in the safeguarding of cryptocurrency assets. Private keys, which are used to conduct transactions or access crypto holdings, are a complex combination of alphanumerics. They are extremely difficult to remember and can be stolen or hacked. Online wallets are a potential solution but recent events have demonstrated their susceptibility to hacks. The same is true of cryptocurrency exchanges.
Matt Zimmerman CEO @Base Zero and Benedict Chan CTO @BitGo
2019-02-0812 min
FinTech Silicon Valley2019 Blockchain & Crypto Predictions2019 Blockchain & Crypto Predictions Robin Verderosa VP Product Marketing @BitGo Miko Matsumura Founder @Evercoin Matthew Le Merle, Managing Partner @Keiretsu Capital Jamie Finn CEO @Securitize Jeremy Almond CEO @Paystand JP Bedoya VP Product & Design @Civic Tim Swanson Founder @Post Oak Labs Pierre Wolff VP @Tierion
2019-01-2736 min