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Ruth Foxe Blader has left her role as partner at Anthemis Group after nearly seven years to start her own venture firm, Foxe Capital, TechCrunch learned exclusively today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a rough year for fintechs and for the venture capital firms that fund them. Venture capital flows into financial technology companies dropped by 36% year over year to $6 billion in the third quarter of 2023. But Amy Nauiokas, founder and CEO of Anthemis Group, is optimistic about 2024.

Hello everyone and welcome to “At The Cap Table” podcast - the exciting new series dedicated to hearing from the top European female investors who are taking the VC industry by storm.Our next guest is the brilliant Ruth Foxe Blader, Partner at Anthemis!Ruth is a fintech investor, emerging technology & communications expert with 15 years-international experience at Fortune 500 companies. At Anthemis, Ruth leads strategic investment efforts across Europe and North America. Ruth specialises in technology-enabled business models, insurance technology, risk transfer, early stage investing, product strategy and digital transformation.Prior to joining Anthemis, Ruth worked for Allianz SE, where she led digital innovation efforts. She was a founding member of the AllianzX team, where she led investments in startups including Lemonade, MoneyFarm, Argus Cyber Security and SimpleSurance.A New Jersey native, Ruth has spent the last decade between New York, London and Paris. In 2018 and 2019, Ruth was recognized for her outstanding contribution to the global financial technology ecosystem and listed among the Women in Fintech Powerlist by Innovate Finance. She currently serves on the boards of Axle, Demex, Hokodo, Hometree, Kaiko, Proportunity and Stable.Alongside Sophie Winwood, she is the co-founder of WVC - a movement that promotes inclusion, empowerment and integration of VC in Europe and beyond.

Ruth Foxe Blader, a Partner at Anthemis Group, discusses her international focus on investing in FinTech and InsurTech startups. She emphasizes the need for investors to see beyond founders' storytelling and communication skills, and instead evaluate their potential to execute their mission. Ruth also highlights emerging generative AI trends and her outlook on the future of financial services.In this episode, you'll learn:[4:13] Venture capital is a game of exceptions and contrarian thinking.[9:27] Founder's genuine obsession with their idea creates infectious passion.[13:30] Great entrepreneurs recognize their strengths and hire accordingly to achieve their mission.[18:31] Aggressive realism is crucial for founders and investors in the challenging venture market.[22:47] Generative AI has the potential to bring about transformative changes eagerly awaited by the market.The non-profit organization that Ruth is passionate about: WVC:EAbout Ruth Foxe BladerRuth Foxe Blader is a Partner at Anthemis and thought leader in fintech and insurtech. At Anthemis, Ruth leads strategic investment efforts across Europe and North America. Ruth specializes in technology-enabled business models, insurance technology, risk transfer, early stage investing, product strategy and digital transformation.Prior to joining Anthemis, Ruth worked for Allianz SE and was a founding member of the AllianzX team, where she led investments in startups including Lemonade, MoneyFarm, Argus Cyber Security and SimpleSurance.About Anthemis GroupAnthemis Group is a global multi-stage investment platform that deploys human, intellectual and financial capital diversely and inclusively to affect change and build resiliency in the financial system. By creating fertile ground for a diverse group of startups, investors, entrepreneurs, institutions, academics, and visionaries to converge, Anthemis believes they can solve the financial systems' most pressing challenges faster, better and for the benefit of all. Its portfolio companies include Elevate, Rize Ag, Project Admission, TreasurySpring, Flyby Robotics, Agreena, Flock, Kasheesh among others. Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode. Follow Us:  Twitter | Linkedin | Instagram | Facebook

Because of her open mind and willingness to say yes to most things, finding opportunities in the business world has never been too challenging for today's guest, Billie Simmons! Billie is currently using her personal experiences in combination with community input to develop tools and programs that help LGBTQ+ people live their best lives. In this episode, Billie talks about the potential that lies in underrepresented markets, the value in finding a balance between conviction and flexibility, and why it's not actually a negative thing that we don't have very much control over what happens in our lives! About Billie Simmons:Billie Simmons is the co-founder and COO of Daylight, a company on a mission to help LGBTQ+ people live their best lives. Previously, she founded a startup to help trans and non-binary people access safe services. Her background is in marketing and software engineering (she taught herself to code when she was 10!) at fintech-focused companies such as Techstars and Anthemis Group. Episode highlights: When life presents you with opportunities, say yes! You don't always need to follow a set plan. Billie's approach has always been to follow her passions and do what she finds interesting, and it has taken her to incredible places. (01:59) Lived experiences are the best blueprints for product development. It's highly likely that whatever your pain points are, others have them too. So, to create something truly valuable, develop a product or service that meets your needs and improve it by listening to community feedback. (10:53) “Any control you think you have over your life, you don't.” This can be a scary thought, but if you shift your mindset, it can also be a liberating one. If you stop trying to exert control and instead embrace the fact that anything can happen, you'll be able to find joy and success in so many unexpected places. (18:50) Find a balance between conviction and flexibility. Whatever you are doing right now, commit to that 100%, but always be open to pivoting as you learn more about the needs of your target market. (22:05) If your business doesn't turn out the way you wanted it to, don't see that as a failure. Regardless of the outcome, the lessons that you have learned along the journey will always be worthwhile. (26:35) Sometimes the things you think you want aren't actually the things that are going to make your life better. Don't get caught up in external validation; what you think about yourself is far more important than what other people think of you. (33:35) Billie's best advice for entrepreneurs:“Progress doesn't seem linear, but it does stack. So even if you seem like you're taking steps backwards, you still have all of the history that you've accumulated over time and the learnings and skills.” (28:16)Connect with Billie: LinkedIn Twitter Website Follow Beyond 8 Figures: LinkedIn Twitter Website

Katie agrees to step into the spotlight for this quickfire round of questions.Find out who's on her fintech soundtrack, the best advice she ever received and so much more in this fireside chat with NicoleFollow Katie:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiepalencsar/Twitter: https://twitter.com/damekatiepAnd if you love listening to Humans of Fintech, please leave me a 5-star review on Rate My Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/humansoffintechThank you so much!You can keep up-to-date with everything Humans of Fintech at https://workweek.com/brand/wtfintech/And if you've enjoyed Humans of Fintech why not try: Chicks of FinTwit, Tech Unlocked, Breaking Banks or Fintech Insider

How do you smash down common misconceptions around female fintech founders? Katie Palencsar is the startup founder turned investor, determined to bring equity into VC investments.Katie is an investor at the Female Innovators Lab Fund within the Anthemis Group, the global platform cultivating change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses committed to resiliency, transparency, access and equity.Nicole and Katie discuss why she's hell bent on shattering the misconceptions around female fintech founders, why it's time to bring men back into the conversation, and how to respond to accusations of sexism.Plus you'll hear Katie's advice for anyone who still feels on the outside of the industry and why investors are looking more and more for sustainability in their fintech investments.Follow Katie:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiepalencsar/Twitter: https://twitter.com/damekatiepAnd if you love listening to Humans of Fintech, please leave me a 5-star review on Rate My Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/humansoffintechThank you so much!You can keep up-to-date with everything Humans of Fintech at https://workweek.com/brand/wtfintech/And if you've enjoyed Humans of Fintech why not try: Chicks of FinTwit, Tech Unlocked, Breaking Banks or Fintech Insider

There are so many great founders and VCs moving to LA! Vinay Singh is a Managing Director at Anthemis where he leads seed and Series A investments out of their early stage fund.  Vinay tells us that Anthemis is a global investment platform focused on the digital transformation of financial services, investing across all stages of growth.

Swarnali Mitra is currently an early-stage investor at Anthemis Group where she invests in female founded and co-founded companies at the pre-seed/seed stages. Her background spans across engineering, product, public policy and capital markets and she is most interested in solving the hard problems of fintech. She talks about the importance of funding female founders (and how we can do it!) as well as the key things you should consider highlighting as a founder pitching for funding before building traction. (Spoiler: Swarnali LOVES founders who are able to articulate the potential for long-term sustainability.)In this episode, you will hear more about:Swarnali's path from engineering to venture capitalWhat we can do as an industry to see the 2% of venture capital dollars going to women increaseWhy we can be optimistic about the current landscape for startup fundingThe core qualities that an early-stage founder should be focused onConnect with your host on Instagram at @shauna.armitage and listen to more Startup Renegade stories at www.startuprenegades.com

Carter Malloy decided to leave Silicon Valley when he launched his startup. A proptech venture that has already raised $80M in venture capital. The company, AcreTrader has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Drive Capital, RZC Investments, Narya Capital, and Anthemis Group.

Joining me this week is Erica Young, Head of Community and Network at Anthemis Group, a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in companies that will help drive change in the financial system.Erica is a life-long student of networks and is also the founder of The Reliants Project, where she helps people and organisations understand how networks shape our wellbeing, relationships and community. She uses techniques developed in the fields of computer science, physics, and sociology to map existing people and organisation networks and generate insights. We had a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation, covering the distinction between networks and communities, how our shift to virtual working has accelerated the development of online communities, and whether they augment or can replace traditional organisations.We also dug into the importance of cultivating your network, including why it's an advantage to 'compartmentalise' and nurture various types of relationship, from close to weak ties.Finally, we explore overcoming a fear of networking, how to approach network building when going it alone, and why technology is removing friction from the process.LINKS:Erica's newsletter, The Reliants ProjectErica's LinkedIn profileErica's article on mapping your communityFuture Work/Life newsletterFuture Work/Life website See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The latest episode of Fair Pay For Every Play sees host, Kristian Luoma, in conversation with Dario de Wet. Dario is the Investment Principal at Anthemis Group, focused on investing in opportunities at the intersection of media and financial services. He has always been interested in the relationship between music, technology and finance and how the three industries can support one another. You can also follow us on social media... Instagram: @likeutopiamusic Facebook: @likeutopiamusic

The proponents of embedded finance have coined the phrase "Every Company Is a Fintech Company", and they are betting that the majority of all companies in the future will have financial services as part of their offerings. And while money has always been a large influence in every industry, this will give finance and the tools of finance more power to change things than ever before. As we are confronting the need for diversity, the opportunities for financial inclusion, and rethinking the problems around every basic institution, we need authenticity to guide us. With the help of Amy Nauiokas, CEO and Co-Founder of Anthemis Group, we sift through some of the arguments around how to think about the growing fintech ecosystem and the expansion of financial services. Guest: Amy Nauiokas, CEO and Co-Founder, Anthemis GroupHost: Sanjib Kalita, Editor-in-Chief, Money20/20, Rachel Morrissey, Executive Producer, Money20/20 USAProducers: Roland Bodenham, Senior Video Producer and Podcast Lead, Ascential, Rachel Morrissey, Executive Producer, Money20/20

WiteSand, a startup that aims to take enterprise networking to cloud, has emerged from stealth mode, announcing its raise of $12.5 million in seed funding to date from institutions and angels. WiteSand, founded in 2019, consolidates on-premise networking tools into a unified cloud-delivered service and enables companies to monitor, secure and manage their enterprise network infrastructure. In a statement to the press, WiteSand enunciated the complications that medium to large enterprises face in networking due to employee mobility and hybrid work environments. Managing networking solutions on-premise is also tedious and time-consuming, it added.San Francisco-based Side, a real estate technology company, helping independent brokerages turn into brands and business, has announced an additional $50 million fundraise to its $150 million Series D funding that it raised in March 2021. The additional funding values the company at $2.5 billion, which is more than a two-fold increase from its $1 billion valuation attained during Series D.Elo7, a Brazilian online marketplace, will be acquired by Etsy, an American eCommerce company, for $217 million. Elo7, one of Latin America's most popular e-commerce sites, would provide Etsy a far wider market presence, with 1.9 million active customers, 56,000 active merchants, and around 8 million items for sale. With its existing management team located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Elo7 will continue to function independently.Dell has released Omnia, an open-source software suite aimed at making AI and compute-intensive job deployment and administration easier. The program consists of an Ansible playbook for deploying convergent workloads with Slurm and containers and library frameworks, services, and apps. Omnia may utilize Slurm or Kubernetes to build workload management clusters, and it attempts to reuse existing projects rather than starting from scratch.Camions Logistics Solutions Private Limited (“GoBOLT“), a tech-based logistics startup, has announced that it has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by Paragon Partners Growth Fund II and existing investor Aavishkaar Capital. Small supplementary components, as well as debt lines from private banks, are included in the round.Mastercard has made a strategic equity investment in Instamojo, payments, and online commerce platform. Sampad Swain, Akash Gehani, and Aditya Sengupta established Instamojo as a small business payment processor in 2012. According to the two firms, the investment would benefit MSMEs as well as gig economy workers such as small food and beverage operators, electricians, tutors, and others.Fleet management solutions provider LocoNav has announced its Series B fundraise of $37 million, led by Quiet Capital, Anthemis Group and Sequoia Capital India, reports state. The proceeds from the fund would be used for expanding into the US and other emerging markets, building partnerships, and making strategic acquisitions.Tapcart, a SaaS platform enabling e-commerce merchants to launch and manage mobile apps for their brands, has announced its Series B fundraise of $50 million in a round led by Left Lane Capital. Shopify, SignalFire, Greycroft, Act One Ventures and Amplify LA, participated in the round. The company had raised $10 million in Series A funding led by SignalFire last year. With the current funding, the total amount raised by Tapcart crosses $65 million, as per Crunchbase.

How can you foster diversity and inclusion in the FinTech space? How can your brand engage in the conversation authentically? What can you do as an individual to make waves in the space? Elise Brown—the Director of Marketing for the Anthemis Group—joins Amanda and me in this episode of Content Callout to discuss this difficult yet important topic. Don't miss it! Outline of This Episode[0:50] Elise's three biggest tips for marketers[2:16] For those that want to “stay out of the fight”[4:01] How to get involved in the conversation[7:29] Is diversity and inclusion difficult in FinTech?[13:03] How to make interesting content in FinTech[20:26] Email + metrics + mental health[30:59] Elise's thoughts on vanity metrics [33:11] Three common marketing fails Elise sees[38:25] Twitter spaces versus Clubhouse: Which is better?[43:59] How to connect with EliseResources & People MentionedMarketer Must Read Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/marketer-must-read-6696109814579384320/Twitter Spaces: https://twitter.com/TwitterSpacesConnect with Elise BrownFollow Elise on TwitterFollow Anthemis on TwitterConnect on LinkedinAnthemis on MediumConnect With the Content Callout Teamhttps://ContentCallout.com Subscribe to CONTENT CALLOUT on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts

Amy Nauiokas of Anthemis Group joins Nick to discuss Embedded Finance, Community-based Fintech, the Demise of Legacy Institutions, and Driving Returns with a Diversity Investment Mandate. In this episode, we cover: Tell us a bit about your background and your path to venture. Anthemis. What is it? Tell us a bit about the thesis and what you guys do? So where do you find yourself spending most of your time?  Amy can you give us a quick primer on the difference between FinTech and tech fin? What is your quick take on regulation? Are there still major obstacles that need to be overcome? We've seen large tech in some ways abuse opportunity before in FinTech and in other areas, that I'd be curious to hear what your take is on sort of the established incumbent large legacy financial institutions. How do you see them adapt in order to capture value and attempt to maintain their position as well as direct access to customers? Let's talk more about embedded finance. How do you think that may affect wealth management, investing brokerage going forward? Let's talk a bit about banking as a service. Can you give us an overview of some of these banking as a service platforms and maybe an example of a non financial company? And, you know, maybe the initial offerings that they are incorporating to improve user experience for customers? Is Anthemis looking at virtual assets? What is Anthemis doing to promote diversity and underrepresentation in venture? I suspect there's also a belief that investing in underrepresented folks in women can outperform not doing so is that is that part of the thesis or not? There's been a lot of changes in dynamics going on in venture capital from Spats to huge players in the late rounds and non-VC and financial players entering. There's also the mega-rounds that are now entering early-stage investing. I'd love your quick take on any of those sorts of phenomena that are occurring in venture capital. What do you know, you need to get better at? What's the best way for listeners to connect with you and follow along with Anthemis?

This one-of-a-kind episode brings you inside the recent Wharton FinTech Conference for evergreen access to a raw and informative conversation between Asya Bradley, COO & Co-Founder at First Boulevard, and Amy Nauiokas, Founder and CEO of Anthemis Group and Archer Gray. Of the Conference's 30 panels and 6 fireside chats featuring 150+ speakers, this conversation was one of the standouts, so we're thrilled to share it with you here. In this special episode, Asya and Amy discuss: -how being an immigrant from South Asia and, more specifically, what the UN calls a “girl-child” ignited Asya's ambition and entrepreneurial spirit -why even now, Asya still fails KYC in the US -the explosion of niche and community-based neobanks and their tough path to profitability -how George Floyd’s murder inspired Asya and co-founder Donald Hawkins to create a legacy to break the cycle -bank deserts, zip code discrimination, and the ethics of AI -why the term “underserved” is NOT synonymous with impoverished and MUCH more! Asya Bradley is the Co-Founder & COO of First Boulevard as well as the Founder of #HowSheWorks, an inclusive grassroots community of underrepresented founders and allies that highlights the diverse paths to professional and personal success. Asya previously served as SVP of Revenue at SilaMoney, the Banking as a Service provider, and as VP of Partnerships at Socure, which uses AI and machine learning to provide a frictionless solution to ID verification in financial services. Prior to Socure, she was on the Founding Team at Synapse as the Chief Revenue Officer which develops banking APIs to help bank the unbanked of America by connecting innovative Fintech platforms to banking institutions. Asya is a champion of diversity and gender balance in the workplace and works tirelessly to promote women, minorities, LGBTQ+ and other underrepresented communities. Asya is also an angel investor, advisor and board member of numerous startups. First Boulevard is the unapologetically black, digitally native neobank building generational wealth for black America. Asya and her co-founder, Donald Hawkins, formed First Boulevard in August of 2020 under the premise that Black Americans are “massively underserved consumers” of financial products and services despite having a collective spending power of $1.4 trillion annually. The startup’s mission is to empower Black Americans “to take control of their finances, build wealth and reinvest in the Black economy” via a digitally native platform. In February of 2021, First Boulevard raised $5 million in seed funding from Barclays, Anthemis and a group of angel investors such as actress Gabrielle Union, Union Square Ventures’ John Buttrick and AutoZone CFO Jamere Jackson. Amy Nauiokas is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Anthemis, the leading digital financial services investment firm, and Founder and CEO of Archer Gray, a media production and content company. She is a visionary executive, investor, producer and a recognized leader in innovation, strategy, and management across a variety of markets and industries. As a venture capitalist, Amy identifies and invests in early stage technology companies focused on the disruption of media, financial services and marketplaces. She has built a strong investment portfolio of best-in-class, high growth companies. Current investments include Betterment, Trov, Happy Money and Currencycloud. Amy previously held senior positions at Barclays and Cantor Fitzgerald after receiving a master’s in international business from Columbia University, where she has also served as an Adjunct Professor in the business school, and her BA in International Studies from Dickinson College. For more FinTech insights, follow us below: Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/wharton-fintech-club/ WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech

In today's episode of the Dear BAMf podcast, Elise Brown of Anthemis Group explains how to communicate success during a pandemic.

The Breaking Banks Europe World Tour landed in Pakistan! The country is an absolute force to be recognized with a tremendous potential build by its stakeholders. Talented entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem players, along with a rich and specific history to be discovered. This week local industry leaders - Nadeem Shaikh (Neem Exponential), Taha Anis and Mubariz Siddiqui, tell us the story of the region, through their local eyes. The session was moderated by the podcast's Executive Producer, Matteo Rizzi. More on our guests: Nadeem:Nadeem is a recognized thought leader and practitioner of innovation both within the startup world and among large financial institutions, with an unmatched global network and a commitment to driving the reinvention of financial services. Nadeem is a former Head of Global Financial Services at Veon (and Jazz), with a deep understanding of Financial Services overall and within Pakistan. He co-founded and served as a CEO at the Anthemis Group, a pioneer venture capital firm in FinTech with over 500 million USD assets under management. Anthemis Group has invested in over 80 companies in the US and Europe. Previously, Nadeem served as a President at the First Data International, with deep expertise in payments in developed and emerging markets. Nadeem is a Board Member at several impact-driven businesses and charities globally including Access Afya, Prospero World, and CARE Pakistan.Neem Exponential is a Pakistan-focused venture builder with a mission to enable Financial Wellness for every Pakistan and create social impact through building resilient companies. We invest and grow companies and leaders that transform industries through embedded finance. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs, builders and investors with a deep knowledge of the Pakistani landscape, Neem Exponential supports its portfolio through intellectual, execution, network and financial capital.Website: www.neemexponential.comLinkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nrshaikh/ Taha:Taha has 10 plus years of co-founder experience, most recently with logistics, food delivery, and payments. He has previously worked in the healthcare space. Taha is currently working as the Executive Director at Burger King Pakistan.Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tahaanis/Website: https://bkdelivery.pk/ Mubariz: Mubariz is a legal practitioner with extensive experience working with startups, VCs, and angel investors in Pakistan. He frequently works with regulators on policy initiatives to facilitate foreign investment and innovative early-stage businesses in Pakistan. Currently, he is the General Counsel at Sarmayacar, a Pakistan-focused venture capital fund. He has been practicing law since 2008. In his last position at Hub Power Company, Mubariz was the head of legal for two China Pakistan Economic Corridor power projects in Thar with a cumulative project cost of more than US$ 1 billion. Previously, Mubariz worked at RIAA Barker Gillette, and Orr Dignam & Co.Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mubarizsiddiqui/Sarmayacar: https://www.sarmayacar.com/

Amy Nauiokas is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Anthemis, a leading digital financial services investment firm.  Anthemis manages nearly $1 billion.  Amy is also Founder and Chair of Archer Gray, a media production and content company. Straightforward for a venture capitalist, right?  Except maybe for the TV/Movie company she also runs.  But wait – she’s also a liberal arts major who joined the Peace Corps out of college.  In this episode we discuss how she made her way from the Peace Corps to leading one of the biggest fintech venture capital firms. We also talk about the early 80s women in finance who she views as pioneers truly worth paying homage to, and whose issues she contrasts to those faced by women in today’s finance/venture world. EPISODE QUOTES On the Diversity of Anthemis and Its Investments “We brought together people of very eclectic, different and diverse backgrounds to form this platform. And now we're 50 people around the world and we're working out of three physical offices and probably about 10 virtual offices. And we're north of 50 percent female. Sixty five percent of the decision-makers at the firm are women. We have, I think, about 40 percent people of color and and 12 percent LGBTQ. Twenty five percent of our portfolio is led by women. Twenty percent of our portfolio is led by someone who is Black or a person of color.” On Sand Hill Road  “We’re realizing it's a lot of the same people with the same backgrounds, with the same capital base sitting in the same office on Sand Hill Road, which isn't even in San Francisco, it’s in the Valley. Entrepreneurs elsewhere don’t realize these guys aren't leaving their desks, let alone going to Oakland to meet a company or going to San Francisco to meet a company.”   On How to Support Women and People of Color “Shut up, listen and make some space. I honestly think that's the main thing. Imagine that anybody who isn't you is thinking about it all the time. Every single part of every single day, I think about my identity and what it means to my existence. I think we have a responsibility as allies to any community to take the time to be quiet and to listen and see what we might be able to learn in that very quiet moment when we let other voices be heard.” Anthemis Group: https://www.anthemis.com/ Something Ventured:  https://somethingventured.us/

Diving into the deeper structure of our successes  Udayan has been a keen proponent of the fast-changing landscape of Financial Services in the transition from an industrial era to the information age and now to the networked economy. He fell into the intersection of Financial Services and technology well before the term FinTech was coined and traversed the Growth Markets when they were called frontier markets. His global experience began as the son of a diplomat living across multiple continents with his working life commencing in traditional investment banking and transitioning through to investing and entrepreneurship. Prior to co-founding Apis, Udayan co-founded and led Anthemis Group, the first specialist global investor in FinTech based in London where he made 32 investments including well-known names such as Simple, Betterment and Trov. Prior to that, he was Global Head of Financial Technology Advisory at Deutsche Bank. Udayan lives in London, is married with two children, and enjoys trying out innovative spinning studios to work off his passion for food and wine wherever his Apis travels take him. Key Takeaways Udayan needed no encouragement to get to a level of conversation that was very much values-driven. The deeper structure of our successes was the focus of our time together. I believe this to be very valuable as this is what everything we do is built on and clearly so does he. There was a direct question that I put to Udayan with regards outcomes and legacy and there were many more indirect questions that had this theme running through them. Every time He would go to a micro place which isn't necessarily what you'd expect from someone who has built so much at a macro level. We did talk about this in more depth and Udayan works by looking at the successes of what is directly in front of him first - his family, relationships, work. Knowing that everything is working at a micro place, with a trust that the consequence will be far-reaching and flow at a macro level. He even mentioned that how someone treats the waiting staff in a restaurant, will impact their future relationship, be it business or otherwise.  This struck me as a powerful yet very simple place to come from, especially with the knowledge of doing so and using it as a conscious tool. Udayan clearly loves his knowledge and has a strong belief that this is much more powerful than capital. Knowledge is what makes what we're doing sustainable -capital can rise and of course, fall but knowledge and the willingness to learn is what will get us through. My time with Udayan was rich. Talking about everything from identity and growth to the inequality of wealth. Also, the three things that he feels have been vital to him, which are perseverance, optimism and empathy, with a heavy dose of gratitude.  Enjoy! Let's stay connected  Speak with Craig about Magnifying Your Impact https://www.craiggoldblatt.com/work-with-me/ https://go.craiggoldblatt.com/attract-ideal-donors YouTube: https://www.craiggoldblatt.com/tv/

In today's episode, Charity Mhende — Senior Associate, Brand and Communications Lead at Anthemis Group — explains the purpose of a press release, shares tips for choosing a PR agency based on your company's industry, and what to do if your agency starts representing a competitor. 

Amy Nauiokas of New York’s Anthemis Group on the future of venture capital and the potential benefits of working outside Silicon Valley. By scottmcgrew

A seasoned veteran’s global view of Fintech Guest - Sean Park, Founder, Chairman and CIO at Anthemis Group howardlindzon.com, anthemis.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @anthemis

Anthemis is one of the most well known investors in technology start-ups and scale-ups supporting insurance and financial services. Portfolio companies include: Goji, Flock, Hockodo, Insurdata, Quantemplate, Stable, Trov, Tremor and Yulife. Matthew Grant caught up with Anthemis partner and former lead investor at Allianz, Ruth Foxe Blader, to learn about how and why Anthemis invests. The discussion covers life before and during the pandemic, as well as a look to the future state of fintech and insurtech.  A great discussion with another instech.london member company. Continuing Professional Development - Learning Objectives InsTech London is accredited by The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). By listening to an InsTech London podcast, or reading the accompanying transcript, you can claim up to 0.5 CPD hours towards the CII member CPD scheme. After listening to Episode 76 you will know: What Anthemis Group means by "embedded finance" How it evaluates companies for the fund What characteristics it looks for when meeting companies Complete the InsTech London Podcast Feedback Survey to claim your CPD time. 

In this series, Julian Birkinshaw, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, cuts through the hyperbole and scaremongering to explore the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence. How are companies actually using AI today? What practical problems is it solving? What are the challenges and opportunities? In this episode, Julian hosts Shamus Rae, CEO at Engine B, and Farhan Lalji, a guest lecturer at London Business School and Director of Venture Partnership with the Anthemis Group, for a conversation on the impact of AI innovation on professional services firms.

Michael Rolph is co-founder and CEO of Europe’s fastest-growing payment, marketing, and loyalty platform, Yoyo.Michael started his career at Barclaycard, First Data and PayPal. Prior to founding Yoyo, he was a founding member and Director at Anthemis Group, the specialist FinTech advisory and investment firm. During his time there, he advised multiple start-ups like Azimo and The Currency Cloud in their early stages, established players like Vocalink and Skrill, as well as several banks on digital innovation, investment, and M&A.He is currently an advisor to Firestartr and has previously been a mentor at Seedcamp, the early-stage funding company and a non-executive director at The MoBank Group.Check out what Michael is up to at: https://yoyowallet.com/

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech. You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Chris Bruno, co-founder and the CEO of Rally Rd. Rally Rd. designs and develops an application that lets members invest in individual blue-chip collector automobiles. Breaking vintage cars into securitized assets.  They've attracted investors such as Anthemis Group and Social Leverage to fund this opportunity.      Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday's episode with Erkin Adylov from Behavox   About the host:   John is the host of the twice-weekly “Bank On It” podcast recorded onsite at offices of Carpenter Group, a creative services agency focused on the financial services industry. He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.   Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter or on Medium

Our hosts Sarah and Simon are joined by Emily Nicolle, Technology Reporter at CityAM, Valentina Kristensen, Director of Growth & Comms at OakNorth and Sophie Winwood, Investment Associate at Anthemis Group. First up, Show me the money! Monzo are crowdfunding for the last chunk of its series E fundraising round. Fundraising with a target of £20M. Existing Monzo investors will get early access to the round from 3 December. The round will then be opened up to other Monzo customers, who can invest up to £2,000. Previously have raised over £4M from two other crowdfunding rounds. Last round in 2016 broke record for fastest equity raise with £1M funded in 96 seconds. Emily wrote this story and has some great insights into what's going on. We also have a great interview with Tristan Thomas, Monzo's Head of Marketing to get his thoughts on crowdfunding, why they're doing it now and much more. Revolut head East as it obtains licenses in Japan and Singapore. The licenses from regulators in Japan and Singapore will enable it to operate in a similar fashion to its UK business through partnerships with local banks. Hoping to launch in the Asia Pacific region in Q1 2019, with over 50,000 users already on its waiting list. The JP and SG launch will happen ahead of the US launch, despite Revolut’s original plan to launch in the US inside 2018. Diversity could always bolster funding...Swift Institute call for gender diversity in fintech. The SWIFT Institute, set up by SWIFT, funds independent research and is offering a €15,000 grant to increase gender diversity. It wants proposals on “Securing the Future of the Financial Industry via Improved Gender Diversity”. Cites a 2017 McKinsey study - companies in the top quartile for gender diversity on their executive teams were 21% more likely to experience above-average profitability than companies in the fourth quartile. Nearly 3/4 of female millennials working in financial services believe that while their organisations talk about diversity, opportunities are not equal for all. Investigating meltdowns. Bank IT failures investigated by Treasury Committee after series of meltdowns. The Treasury Select Committee will examine whether banks can prevent disturbances to services following on from the banking service outages earlier this year. It will look at the common causes of IT failures, how customers lose out and whether the BofE and FCA are able to hold the relevant people to account. Since Nicky Morgan became chair of the committee 16 months ago outages have occurred at Equifax, TSB, Visa, Barclays, Cashplus, RBS and others. Skin in the game. MyBucks and Bibimoney are Sim-Skin kings of Africa. Frankfurt’s MyBucks and UK-based Bibimoney have launched a joint venture aimed at the African microloan market through SIM-Skin technology. Once attached to the SIM card, it enables the Bibimoney app to function on any mobile device (smart and feature phones) and includes an interoperable mobile wallet. The firms say the mobile wallet has full transactional capabilities and will also include functionality to apply for, obtain and repay microloans. We speak to our resident African markets expert, LesleyAnn Vaughan to get her thoughts on this initiative. Put it all on fintech. Where top US banks are betting on fintech. US banks are actively investing in fintech startups. To the end of November this year the top 11 US banks by assets participated in a total of 49 equity rounds to fintech startups. This compares to 19 in 2017 and 33 in 2016. Sometimes banks invest and partner with fintechs to further internal strategic goals. Strategic investing is a growing trend among banks in 2018, as many US banks have solidified their internal digital strategies and are now looking to execute. That wasn’t on the public feed...Venmo payment fraud leads to $40M in losses. The losses occurred in the first three months of 2018 according to internal documents the Wall Street Journal reviewed. Expenses due to fraudulent transactions, otherwise known as the transaction loss rate, increased to 0.40% of overall volume at Venmo in March compared to 0.25% in January. Venmo typically reimburses customers for any money they lose in a fraudulent transaction. We spoke to our US expert, Sam Maule to get his thoughts on Venmo's fraudster issues. They’re watching you. Beijing to judge every resident based on behaviour by end of 2020. Beijing set to adopt a lifelong points program by 2021 that assigns personalized ratings for each resident. The capital city will pool data from several departments to reward and punish some 22 million citizens based on their actions and reputations by the end of 2020. Those with better social credit will get “green channel” benefits (such as access to credit) while those with low scores will find life more difficult - such as being banned from taking trains and buses. And Finally… No way this’ll make a mess at all. Costa and Barclaycard release ‘UK first’ contactless reusable cup. Costa Coffee has partnered with Barclaycard to launch reusable contactless coffee cup, which is said to be the first of its kind in the UK. The Clever Cup is a contactless cup - contactless connected to reusable coffee cups for transactions up to £30. All this and so much more on today's episode of Fintech Insider! ​ Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and every other podcast app. Spread the fintech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. ​ Let us know your thoughts @FintechInsiders and join the discussion by signing up at www.fintechinsidernews.com ​ This week's episode was produced by Laura Watkins, written by Dhanum Nursigadoo and edited by Alex Woodhouse. Special Guests: Emily Nicolle, Sophie Winwood, and Valentina Kristensen.

Brian Shah (WG '18) chats with Amy Nauiokas, Founder and President of Anthemis Group, a leading financial technology investment and advisory firm. In this podcast, Amy discusses why she started Anthemis and the rationale behind providing both investment and strategy capabilities under one roof. She explains her guiding investing philosophy and how the team sources and evaluates new opportunities. At the end, Amy shares her perspective on U.S. vs. European startups and key trends in the financial technology space.

Women are rare in the upper management teams of fintech companies. Amy Nauiokas, co-founder of venture capital and advisory firm Anthemis Group, shares her take on this problem and the steps the industry could take to fix it.

At Seedcamp, we are passionate about identifying and investing early in startups using emerging technologies that have the potential to solve real problems. We began to invest in companies using blockchain technologies back in 2014 and our portfolio includes the likes of Clause, building the dynamic contracting infrastructure of the future, to Elliptic, providing the forensic tools with which to identify illicit activity on the blockchain. And we believe that there are several iconic companies of the future using blockchain technologies that are yet to be built. If you missed our event on blockchain, tokens and ICOs, tune in to hear from our stimulating investor panel including Mariano Belinky (Managing Partner, Santander InnoVentures), Yann Ranchere (Partner, Anthemis Group) and Richard Muirhead (OpenOcean). The panel joins Carlos Espinal and Sia Houchangnia, and is introduced by Kyran Schmidt, from Seedcamp. And check out our Facebook page for the live video of all the panels from the event: www.facebook.com/seedcamp Show notes: Carlos Medium: sdca.mp/2entVR3 Seedcamp: www.seedcamp.com Santander InnoVentures: www.santanderinnoventures.com Anthemis Group: www.anthemis.com OpenOcean: www.openocean.vc Related bio links: Carlos: linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal / twitter.com/cee Sia: linkedin.com/in/siahouchangnia / twitter.com/siahouchangnia Mariano: linkedin.com/in/mbelinky / twitter.com/belimad Yann: linkedin.com/in/yannranchere / twitter.com/tek_fin Richard: linkedin.com/in/richardmuirhead / twitter.com/richardmuirhead

Leslie Campisi is the CMO at Anthemis Group, an early stage investment group, think tank, and consultancy for the financial services sector. Since 2010, Anthemis has developed a diverse portfolio of companies across a number of financial specific verticals, such as wealth and asset management, business and consumer banking, risk management, capital markets and trading, and payments. Betterment, Trov, Tide, and eShares are among their portfolio companies. Leslie has a wide range of marketing experience. After graduating from Loyola University with a double major in Literature and Philosophy, her enthusiasm for storytelling and internet theory led her to her first job in New York as a marketing generalist and coordinator in the heat of the .com boom. Leslie then spent eleven years running PR agencies, specifically, accounts focused on technology. She has been with Anthemis since March of 2016. The topics discussed in this episode include collaboration beating competition, the changing future of work, looking at metrics and tracking holistically, and creating values-driven marketing.

In this episode Taking the bull by the horns. We absolutely loved the statue that Wall Street fund manager State Street installed as part of International Women’s Day. A bronze girl faces the bull of Wall Street as part of a campaign to encourage companies to put more women on their boards. FinTech Insider co-host Simon Taylor saw a second message in the symbolism: State Street will protect your money, standing up to the scary market without fear. Another best-in-class example of good marketing this week: the customer communications that came out of the FinTech firms’ outage. Monzo, Loot, and other companies got a thumbs up from customers for the transparent way they managed the issue. Hear all about this and more on this week’s FinTech Insider News. Guests this week Andra Sonea – Fellow at Anthemis Group Jeff Tijssen – Head of FinTech & Digital Partnerships at Capco Ali Paterson – Editor in Chief at Fintech Finance In the news this week City A.M. – More than half a dozen fintech firms hit by outage – Link  Coindesk – Dubai Claims title of world capital of blockchain and DLT link Coin Desk – Texas lawmaker proposes constitutional right to own bitcoin – Link Business Insider – The US government is defending its FinTech charter – Link Reuters – Canadian regulator says open data essential to fintech – Link FT – China overtakes eurozone as world’s biggest bank system – Link Forbes – The effect of travel bans on FinTech – Link Wired – UK banks fund £5m FinTech prize to build apps for small businesses – Link Entrepreneur – How FinTech and payments innovations will disrupt global ecommerce – Link Reuters – On Women’s Day eve, statue of girl stares down Wall Street bull – Link Business Insider – The 9 best paying jobs in British FinTech  Link Enjoy this episode? Tell a friend about FinTech Insider and please leave us a review on iTunes. The post Ep224 – Taking the Bull by the Horns appeared first on 11:FS.

In this episode Bill Gates wants a robot tax to compensate for job losses; Liverpool launches its own local currency; Atom Bank hires will.i.am as a banking consultant; and more. Guests Alessandro Hatami, Managing Partner at The Pacemakers Andra Sonea, Fellow at the Anthemis Group News this week Business Insider – Will.i.am is reportedly doing a deal with app-only bank Atom that could see the singer invest – Link NYTimes – Silicon Valley tried to upend banks. Now it works with them. – Link FT – The trouble with ‘free’ banking for challenger lenders – Link Finextra – RBS to become fintech fund and high street outlet for challenger banks under HMT remedy – Link Standard Digital – Banks take on M-Pesa with own money transfer service – Link Bloomberg – Facebook Messenger now lets you send money with Transferwise – Link PSFK – Liverpool receives its own digital currency – Link Engadget – Bill Gates wants a robot tax to compensate for job losses – Link Forbes – Why Ant Financial’s $200M investment In Kakao could disrupt South Korean FinTech – Link Business Insider – Moneyfarm will likely see reasonable uptake of its products from Uber drivers – Link Like this podcast? Please tell a friend about us, and leave a review on iTunes. It helps people discover us. The post Ep218 – Robots Have Feelings, Too appeared first on 11:FS.

In this episode, Seedcamp partner, Carlos, is joined by Amy Nauiokas, founder and president of Anthemis Group. Founded in 2010, Anthemis is a leading digital financial services venture capital and strategic advisory firm, focused on reinventing financial services for the 21st century. Amy’s journey is a fascinating one; from studying and working in Cameroon, assisting the US Peace Corps, to moving to Wall Street and serving as Senior Managing Director at Cantor Fitzgerald before moving to Barclays Capital and later becoming CEO of Barclays Stockbrokers. Carlos and Amy discuss leadership during periods of crisis, with Amy heading Cantor during the tragic events of September 11. Amy speaks about her founding of Anthemis Group with Sean Park and Nadeem Shaikh, and praises the virtue of self-awareness. She discusses Anthemis’ philosophy and its reputation for ‘inventing categories’, with early investments in the InsurTech (ClimateCorp), Consumer and Retail Banking (Simple), Wealth Management (Betterment) and Blockchain spaces. She goes on to reflect with Carlos on the importance of passion as a guiding force, alluding to her founding of media production company Archer Gray and her philanthropic ventures at Bubble. Learn more about the value of thinking differently, marrying strategy and execution, and the importance of passion as a guiding force. Show notes from the episode: Carlos Website: www.carlosespinal.com Seedcamp: www.seedcamp.com Anthemis Group: www.anthemis.com Related bio links: Carlos: uk.linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal / twitter.com/cee Amy: http://www.anthemis.com/people/amy-nauiokas/ www.linkedin.com/in/amynauiokas