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In this episode, we speak with Jason Guss, Co-Founder and CEO of Octane, a financing platform assisting fast and confident powersports purchases by making financing as easy as cash and creating access through fair credit products. Under Jason's leadership, Octane has raised both debt and equity amounting to approximately  $2.6 billion.  Prior to Octane, Jason worked at Capital One in Corporate Strategy.  Since 2014, Octane has partnered with dozens of manufacturers and thousands of powersports dealerships to help drive more sales with their platform. They are backed by Valar Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, IA Ventures, DreamIt Ventures, FinTech Collective, Third Prime Ventures and Citi Ventures. Jason supports Baby2Baby. To learn more about this organization click here. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode click to follow.

Send us a textMiguel Armaza interviews Abdon Nacif, Co-Founder of Nexu, the leading auto financing and dealership software platform in Mexico and one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in the Americas.Nexu is growing fast, approaching $50 million in net annual revenue, and has been profitable for nearly two years. They have raised just over $30 million in equity and over $150 million in debt from Altos Ventures, Valor, HSBC, Wollef, Y Combinator, Fintech Collective, Clocktower, FJ Labs, and Gilgamesh Ventures.I'm a big fan of Abdon and I love getting a shot of inspiration after every conversation with him. Not only have I known Abdon for over a decade, but at Gilgamesh Ventures we have been investors in Nexu for the past three years, with a front row seat into their incredible story.In this episode, we discuss:Developing mental toughness as an entrepreneurThe principles and discipline that led them to build a profitable business at a very early stageNear-death experiences and a pivotal decision that resulted in a shift in business modelAbdon's leadership philosophy and focus on authentic, selfless leadership… and a lot more!Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today's global leaders that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.Do you prefer a written summary? Check out the Fintech Leaders newsletter and join ~70,000+ readers and listeners worldwide!Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder and General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.Miguel on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nKha4ZMiguel on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Jb5oBcFintech Leaders Newsletter: bit.ly/3jWIp

Había una vez un joven nacido en Argentina, que desde pequeño encontró en los negocios su vocación. Estudio Finanzas en la universidad de Wharton, para posteriormente hacer un MBA en Harvard.Inicia su carrera profesional en JP Morgan, seguido por un tiempo en Advent International. Posteriormente, fue CFO en International Meal Company, multinacional con cientos de restaurantes en Brasil, Estados Unidos, Panamá y Colombia para de ahí ser Director Financiero (CFO) de Dasa, la mayor empresa de medicina diagnóstica de América Latina y una de las principales operadoras hospitalarias en Brasil.De ahí, nuestro invitado decide tomar el rumbo de la educación y se convierte en socio y Managing Director de Lottus Education, una de las mayores plataformas de educación privada en América Latina, con más de 90 mil estudiantes.José Agote es hoy CEO y cofundador de Mattilda, una startup tecnológica con operaciones en México, Colombia y Ecuador. Mattilda es una plataforma tecnológica especializada en soluciones SaaS de gestión de cobranza, procesamiento de pagos y financiamiento para escuelas particulares. Surge en el año 2022 y a la fecha atiende a 150 escuelas y 80 mil alumnos en 3 países diferentes.Mattilda ha recaudado desde su fundación $53 millones de dólares con inversionistas como: FinTech Collective, DILA Capital, QED Investors y Addem Capital, entre otros.Tres puntos principales del episodio con José Agote, CEO de Mattilda:* El desafío de la cobranza en el sector educativo: José Agote destacó cómo el proceso de cobranza en las escuelas privadas es crucial para la viabilidad de estas instituciones. Explicó que la falta de sistemas adecuados y la complejidad inherente a la gestión de pagos en el sector educativo hacen que la cobranza sea un proceso tedioso y propenso a errores, lo que impacta directamente en la estabilidad financiera de las escuelas​.* La propuesta de valor de Mattilda: Mattilda ofrece una solución integral para la gestión de cobranza en escuelas, simplificando el proceso mediante tecnología avanzada. La plataforma automatiza la emisión de recordatorios de pago, facilita múltiples opciones de pago y concilia los pagos en tiempo real, lo que reduce significativamente la fricción para los usuarios y mejora la eficiencia operativa de las escuelas​.* La importancia de la validación y las alianzas estratégicas: José mencionó que uno de los mayores retos al iniciar Mattilda fue la validación del negocio y la construcción de confianza con las instituciones educativas. La alianza con Santillana fue un punto de inflexión que ayudó a legitimar la propuesta de Mattilda y a facilitar su entrada en el mercado​.* Blog / Newsletter: www.cuentoscorporativos.substack.com* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cuentoscorporativos* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cuentos_corporativos/* X (Twitter): https://x.com/CuentosCorp* Email: adolfo@cuentoscorporativos.com#EdTech #InnovaciónEducativa #CobranzaDigital #GestiónEscolar #StartupsLatam #TransformaciónDigital #EducaciónPrivada #FintechEducativo #TecnologíaEnEducación #EmpresasDisruptivas This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cuentoscorporativos.substack.com

In today's episode Jason is joined by Arthur of DeFianceCapital and Sean of Fintech Collective. They kick off the episode by discussing the current state of token launches, highlighting the unsustainable model of low float and high fully diluted valuations that often leave retail investors at a disadvantage. They explore the challenges in accurately valuing crypto assets and the need for better alignment of incentives between teams, investors, and the broader market. The episode concludes with Arthur and Sean sharing their high-conviction bets for this market cycle. Thanks for tuning in! - - Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Katherine Ross and David Canellis. Subscribe to the Empire newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire Follow Arthur: https://twitter.com/Arthur_0x Follow Sean: https://twitter.com/seanlippel Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz Follow Santiago: https://twitter.com/santiagoroel Follow Empire: https://twitter.com/theempirepod Subscribe on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/4fdhhb2j Subscribe on Apple: https://tinyurl.com/mv4frfv7 Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/wbaypprw Start your day with crypto news, analysis and data from Katherine Ross and David Canellis. Subscribe to the Empire newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/empire Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ - - Arbitrum is a game-changer for daily Ethereum's users and developers, offering top applications and lower fees. As the leading scaling solution with 600+ apps, explore Arbitrum's Portal to find your perfect fit. Interact with the home of DeFi, a flourishing NFT and creator ecosystem, and a rapidly growing Web3 gaming hub – Arbitrum has it all.  Get started at: portal.arbitrum.io  - - This episode is brought to you by Aura, the AI-powered digital security protection app that keeps your personal information, passwords, online activity, and tech safe from digital threats. It's all-in-one protection from identity theft, financial fraud, malware, scams, and more. For a limited time, Aura is offering our listeners a 14-day FREE trial plus up to 55% off an Aura subscription. Visit aura.com/blockworks to sign up for your free trial. - - SKALE is a modular, AppChain network that offers zero gas fee transactions and instant finality. Tailored for ease of development and onboarding, SKALE's configurable EVM chains enable next-gen use cases in gaming, AI, DePin, and others. With over 20,000,000 users having saved over $6 Billion on gas fees, SKALE is the blockchain for mass adoption. Bridge to SKALE at portal.skale.space and stay up to date with the gasless blockchain at @skalenetwork - - Kinto is the Safety-first L2 designed to accelerate the transition to an on-chain financial system. If you believe in this on-chain financial system, join Kinto's launch program (Engen) and become a founding member at engen.kinto.xyz - - Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (01:52) Crypto VCs are Broken (14:31) Best Token Launch Model (22:11) Valuing Crypto Assets (29:20) Arbitrum Ad (30:08) Aura Ad (30:56) Kinto Ad (31:52) Skale (33:08) Evaulating LDO & ETHFI (51:57) Active Investments (57:51) Highest Conviction Bets - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on Empire is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Santiago, Jason, and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

A Series A is a crucial moment for every venture-backed business. Raising this round is a turning point for startups, from validation to scale.So at our most recent Vamos Latam Summit, we invited investors from Latitud Ventures, Canary, Valor Capital Group, and Fintech Collective to share their perspectives on the path to a Series A. By the way, you can already click this link to pre-register for our next, incredible edition of VLS.In this episode, Tomas Roggio, Carlos Torras, Marcos Toledo, and Antoine Colaço talk about:- The state of early and late-stage fundraising in LatAm in 2023 and 2024;- The metrics and milestones VCs take into consideration at the Series A stage;- And the perspective for downstream capital in LatAm, from Series B onward.My name's Brian Requarth and this is the Latitud Podcast. Vamos, LatAm!Building good sh*t in Latin America?Find out how to pen your startup the right wayRequest early access to the Meridian international business account Or simply sign up for our newsletter for more content on navigating the LatAm startup ecosystem.Follow us on Linkedin / Twitter / Instagram / Spotify.

Miguel Armaza sits down with Jason Guss, CEO & Co-Founder of Octane Lending, the leading software and credit provider for purchases of powersports vehicles, RVs, and outdoor power equipment. Founded in New York City in 2014, Octane now funds over a billion dollars in annual loans and is backed by Valar Ventures, Contour, IA Ventures, Barenson, Third Prime, Fintech Collective, Upper90, and many more.We discussed:De-risking your business with early hires and the difference between missionary and mercenary talentWhy they were forced to build a profitable business from day oneReflections on building a credit-driven business and dealing with capital marketsFundraising lessons and advice on how to deal with venture capitalists… and a lot more!Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today's global leaders that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.Do you prefer a written summary, instead? Check out the Fintech Leaders newsletter and join 60,000+ readers and listeners worldwide!Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder and General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.Miguel on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nKha4ZMiguel on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Jb5oBcFintech Leaders Newsletter: bit.ly/3jWIp

On this episode of #TheGlitterLedger I interview Parker Jay-Pachirat, of  FinTech Collective and not co-founder but founding member of Boys Club. We immediately bonded over being brunette born and bred New Yorkers, with deep appreciation for our city's delicious salad of culture, religion, politics, food and subway observances . Her experience growing up in the Fin-aNce capital of the world involved less of wine tasting varietals at Nutcracker intermissions and swimming lessons in the shallow end of the Four season's pool  - and more  late night readings with her contemporaries about deep fakes and 3D printers and brain machine interfaces. Like true New Yorkers, we marveled in our starkly contrasting formative pre-teen years with respect and admiration.  We discussed Parker's highly accomplished career at FinTech Collective, a global, early stage venture capital firm who's investments includes notable fun to say names like #GogoPool #Playgrounds, and #Rainbow, who actually have a TAM and PMF and DTF- alongside her eloquent musings on what it takes to be an insightful and successful VC. Note. It is beyond a magic 8 ball and an enviable roster of founders building cool things, though both help. We also delve into the Boys Club, not be confused with a group of Post Harvard MBA fraternity brothers who sit in the jacuzzi with cigars and discuss their genius puts on Luna circa 2022 and High Frequency Uranium Trades. Non. This Boys Club is the online social collective community that educates the masses about crypto in the form of unhinged memes, newsletters, discords and parties for the vapid  intellectual crypto curious bi curious sober curious capitalist curious socially awkward folk of our time who are also attractive, well educated, well dressed and nowhere in between. The content informative an and hilariously entertaining. Parker does not subscribe to titles, but given the high standard she holds herself to coupled with her deeply successful initiatives,  the club's  respected media coverage, and waitlisted side events, she is likely the CCO, and the DAO architect. Parker and I then get extremely politically, religiously and romantically deep, most of which was removed from this episode on account of the fact that I did not speak enough. #IpsoFacto, the number of listeners decreases significantly should the episode be longer than 45 minutes thereby inhibiting my potential investors ( the entire C suite of #Enron guys) from sponsoring further should my listener count decrease. All the more reason to have this incredibly interesting, deeply bright and passionate woman on again to revisit topics above as well as the importance of diversifying  information diets, dating out of your political persuasion, (shudder) and cultivating positive impacts on the world through on, off, under and next to the #blockchain.  #TheGlitterLedger #womenincrypto #BoysClub FinTech Collective: https://fintech.io/DeFi Fund @ FinTech Collective: https://fintech.io/defiBoys Club - Website: boysclub.vip Boys Club - Twitter: twitter.com/BoysClubWorldGLIF is a protocol deploying tens of hundreds of separate staking pools to Filecoin, creating a simple and flexible way for storage providers on to utilize the network and borrow from multiple capital providers without fracturing liquidity. (https://www.glif.io/en)GoGoPool is a liquid staking protocol that is optimized for the Avalanche blockchain ecosystem. GoGoPool makes the creation of Subnets faster and cheaper for ecosystem participants. Rainbow Wallet simplifies the cry

In a recent episode of the Dealmakers' Podcast, Philipp Povel, a seasoned entrepreneur, shared his incredible journey from Brazil to Germany, and his evolution from investment banking to building successful businesses. His latest venture, Mondu, has attracted millions in funding from top-tier investors like Valar Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Peter Thiel, and FinTech Collective.

During today's discussion, we sat down with Carlos Alonso-Torras, a newly promoted Partner at FinTech Collective in New York City. Carlos is a former operator turned investor with a strong passion for investing in Latin America. His current fund focuses on Seed and Series A investing in FinTech globally. Since its inception in 2012, FTC has invested in over 50 companies, including MoneyLion, Vestwell, Willa, Flutterwave, and TradeBlock. Join us as Carlos discusses shifting from an operating to investing role, starting as an Associate and working his way up to Partner, vertical specializations within FinTech, and the investing ecosystem in Latin America.Episode Chapters:Motivation to get an MBA at Penn - 1:05Operations to Investing - 2:05Interest in FinTech - 3:17FinTech Collective - 4:10Promotions in VC - 4:50Portfolio Support - 5:50  Vertical Specialization in FinTech - 7:10 Venture & Growth Investing in Latin America - 9:40Tech Adoption in LatAm - 14:10Current State of Venture Capital Funding - 16:57Mattilda Investment - 19:45 Decentralized Finance Solutions - 20:50Ending Questions - 22:45 As always, feel free to contact us at partnerpathpodcast@gmail.com. We would love to hear ideas for content, guests, and overall feedback. Show NotesLatAm Digital Payments

Parker is on the founding team of Boy Club, she's also an early-stage investor in the FinTech Collective's DeFi Fund. On this episode, we talk the genesis of Boys Club, how Boys Club created such a cultural phenomenon in web3, balancing control and scale, tough conversations, and gaslighting AI. Follow Parker on Twitter (@parkerjayp) Follow Chase on Twitter (@chaserchapman)

In der Rubrik “Investments & Exits” begrüßen wir heute Mathias Ockenfels, General Partner bei Speedinvest. Mathias hat die Runde von Orda, Cactos und Pearpop kommentiert:Orda, eine nigerianische Food-Tech-Plattform, die ein Cloud-basiertes Restaurant-Betriebssystem anbietet, hat eine Seed-Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 3,4 Millionen US-Dollar erhalten. Die Kunden des Unternehmens sind hauptsächlich kleine und mittelgroße Restaurants. Da diese Restaurants nur begrenzten Zugang zu Technologie haben, greifen sie in der Regel auf Offline-Methoden zurück. Hier kommt Orda ins Spiel. Der Schwellenmarktinvestor Quona Capital führte die Runde gemeinsam mit dem in New York ansässigen FinTech Collective an. Zu den anderen Investoren gehören bestehende Investoren wie LoftyInc Capital, Enza Capital und Norrsken Foundation sowie neue Risikokapitalfirmen wie Outside VC und Far Out Ventures.Das finnische GreenTech Cactos hat 2,5 Millionen Euro an Eigen- und Fremdkapital unter der Führung von Superhero Capital erhalten. Die Gründer von Cactos waren ebenfalls beteiligt. Das in 2021 gegründete Unternehmen hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, die wachsende Nachfrage nach innovativen Lösungen für die sich abzeichnende Energiekrise in Europa zu befriedigen. Das finnische Startup bietet einen umfassenden Service für dezentrale Energiespeichersysteme, die auf intelligenten Energiespeichern und einem Cloud-Computing-Dienst basieren. Die Finanzierung wird für das Wachstum, die Steigerung der Produktion und die internationale Expansion verwendet werden.Pearpop, ein Marktplatz für Social-Media-Kollaborationen, gab bekannt, dass es eine Erweiterung seiner Series-A-Finanzierungsrunde aus dem Jahr 2021 erhalten hat. Pearpop ermöglicht es Künstlern und Marken, Kollaborationen mit Prominenten wie Madonna zu kaufen und mit ihnen auf TikTok zusammenzuarbeiten. Das Unternehmen hat seine Serie A um 18 Millionen Dollar aufgestockt und damit seine Bewertung auf 300 Millionen Dollar erhöht. Seit dem Start im Oktober 2020 hat Pearpop 34 Millionen US-Dollar an Finanzmitteln eingeworben. Zu den neuen Investitionen gehören Gelder von Ashton Kutcher und Guy Oseary's Sound Ventures und Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six. Blockchange Ventures, Avalanche's Blizzard Fund und C2 Ventures haben sich ebenfalls an der Runde beteiligt.

Parker Jay-Pachirat is Head of Community and on the Investment Team at Fintech Collective, a DeFi investment firm. She is also part of the Founding Team of Boys Club, a community and DAO helping women and non-binary individuals navigate web3. Parker had a pretty untraditional journey into web3, with a background in humanities and having studied critical theory at a liberal arts college. However, when Parker first learned about blockchain technology, she was so hooked that she decided to pursue a career as a crypto VC, and against all odds, she broke into her dream industry. We dive right into the episode by discussing off chain influences on DAO governance. Parker believes that code isn't law (despite popular belief) and embraces the nuances of humanity in complex decision making. She believes that by utilizing off chain influences for the greater good of the DAO, you can actually create healthier governance models and more authentically represent the will of the DAO. We discuss the pros and cons of anonymous voting, and issues surrounding social capital, voter apathy, and token voting in general. Parker believes that there's no one right way to structure a DAO, but instead thinks deeply about how DAO structure and governance can be implemented differently to best serve the unique purpose of individual DAOs. At Boys Club, Parker is directly overseeing the process of turning Boys Club into a DAO and she's spent the last 11 months researching, creating, and implementing a structure and governance system that is specifically tailored to Boys Club. Parker's shares what she's most excited about as a VC - zero knowledge proofs and rollups. We also dive into how Parker distinctly differentiates marketing from community, with marketing being something you can purchase and community being something that is priceless. Parker shares her thoughts on post humanism as it relates to blockchain technology and inadvertently discloses that she is a Neuralink maxi. Through some fun closing questions we learn a little bit more about Parker personally - she loves StarkNet, her job(s), Boys Club forking, and the city of Berlin.  

Interview mit Philipp Povel, Co-Founder und Co-CEO von Mondu In der Mittagsfolge sprechen wir heute mit Philipp Povel, Co-Founder und Co-CEO von Mondu, über die erfolgreiche Finanzierungsrunde mit einem Darlehen in Höhe von 20 Millionen Euro. Mondo ist ein B2B-Zahlungsunternehmen, welches eine "Buy Now, Pay Later"-Lösung für B2B-Handelsunternehmen und -Marktplätze entwickelt hat. Die Zahlungslösungen bieten Unternehmen in Deutschland und Österreich ihre bevorzugten Offline-Zahlungsmethoden und flexible Zahlungsbedingungen in einem Online-Checkout an. Geschäftskunden haben dabei die Möglichkeit, zu kaufen und zu bezahlen, zu welchem Zeitpunkt sie wollen, was sich in einer höheren Conversion Rate und einem größeren Warenkorb auswirken soll. Firmen, die mit dem FinTech zusammenarbeiten, sind vor dem Ausfallrisiko geschützt, sodass sie sich auf ihr Kerngeschäft konzentrieren und schneller skalieren können. Mondu wurde im Jahr 2021 von Malte Huffmann, Philipp Povel und Gil Danziger in Berlin gegründet, um Zahlungslösungen anzubieten, die es jedem B2B-Unternehmen ermöglichen, schnell und sicher zu wachsen. Mittlerweile beschäftigt das Jungunternehmen mehr als 120 Mitarbeitende. Mondu hat nun auch den Ratenkauf eingeführt. Die neue Lösung ermöglicht es Unternehmen, ihre Einkäufe in gleiche, zinsfreie Zahlungen aufzuteilen, ohne dass zusätzliche oder versteckte Gebühren anfallen. Das Berliner FinTech hat nun in einer Finanzierungsrunde 20 Millionen Euro von der deutschen Vereinigten Volksbank Raiffeisenbank als Darlehen erhalten. Dieses wird an ein in Luxemburg ansässiges Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) vergeben und ist besichert. Die Gründung des SPVs ermöglicht ein schnelleres Wachstum und die Diversifizierung der Refinanzierung bei externen Investoren. Seit der Gründung des Unternehmens hat Mondu in zwei Finanzierungsrunden insgesamt 57 Millionen US-Dollar von amerikanischen Investoren wie Valar Ventures, Cherry Ventures, FinTech Collective und Angel-Investoren erhalten. Mit dem frischen Kapital möchte das Startup ein neues Büro in den Niederlanden eröffnen, lokales Personal einstellen und in lokale Marketingaktivitäten investieren.

Parker Jay-Pachirat is a founding member of Boys Club and a venture capitalist at FinTech Collective. Driven by data and challenging assumptions, Parker takes a deeply individual approach to the crypto space, studying systems and power structures at a broad scale. Join us as we dive into the basement level of crypto, the philosophical and ideological levers that lay foundation for this political, cultural, and economic movement.  ------

Where does Wellness intersect with Web 3.0? Hear from Parker Jay-Pachirat, Founding Member of BoysClub and Head of Community at FinTech Collective's DeFi Fund, on how wellness brands are engaging with the crypto / NFT space. In this interview, Parker and I discuss her experience entering the world of crypto and how BoysClub is helping provide crypto literacy to women and non-binary individuals. We also examine how web 3.0 may transform the ways we engage with wellness practices, and potential applications of crypto for wellness brands.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stella-stephanopoulos/support

Carlos shares his top advice to people just starting their careers, advice on hiring/firing within a company, and the essential green flags in startup founders. Guests - Carlos Alonso TorrasWebsite - https://fintech.io/Follow Us!LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/coefficient-labsInstagram: www.instagram.com/demodaypodcast/Facebook: www.facebook.com/coefficientlabs/Twitter: https://twitter.com/coefficientlabsContact Information:social@coefficientlabs.com

Carlos reveals the differences of entrepreneurial culture between the US and Latin America, gives crucial advice on hiring and firing within a startup, and shares traits that startup founders need when seeking VC funding. Guests - Carlos Alonso TorrasWebsite - https://fintech.io/Follow Us!LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/coefficient-labsInstagram: www.instagram.com/demodaypodcast/Facebook: www.facebook.com/coefficientlabs/Twitter: https://twitter.com/coefficientlabsContact Information:social@coefficientlabs.com

Sign up for my Daily Fintech or Daily Digital Banking Newsletters here. Check out my latest podcast episode below: Welcome to another episode of our Daily Fintech Podcast. THE NEWS HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY IS Three months after announcing it would make a big push into software and enterprise, FinTech giant Brex is apparently abandoning the very segment it started out to serve – SMBs. Startup customers report that they got notice they would be booted off the platform on August 15. JUST IN: Robinhood shares slumped to a fresh low, giving the beleaguered brokerage a market value that's less than the cash on its balance sheet. ALSO: Fintech company Addi recently carried out “a mass layoff”, but when approached by Bloomberg Línea the company declined to confirm the exact number of redundancies. FURTHERMORE, Provenir, a global leader in AI-powered risk management software for fintech, announced its first customer in Brazil: Provu, a fintech specializing in payment and personal credit, based in São Paulo. WHAT ABOUT FUNDING ROUNDS AND INVESTMENTS? Klarna is considering raising fresh funds at a significantly lower valuation than it achieved a year ago. The Swedish firm is in talks with investors about a deal that could value the company at around $15 billion. Cleo raised $80m in new capital from investors including Sofina, a listed tech investor which has backed companies such as Typeform and Graphcore. Qatar-based CWALLET has successfully closed its Pre-Series A investment Round at $875,000 CapIntel raised $11.0m in a Series A financing round led by New York-based FinTech Collective. Destaxa raised a $3.1 million seed round.

This recording is from Fintech Nexus USA (formerly known as LendIt Fintech USA) held at the Javits Center in New York City on May 25-26, 2022. It is from the track: Web3 & CBDCs: The Future of Money is Here - Sponsored by NYDIG and is titled: The Operational Considerations of Launching a Crypto Product. Speaking at this session is Neil Chopra, Fireblocks,  with Moderator: Sean Lippell, Fintech Collective.

What's all the hype around cryptocurrency? What exactly is an NFT? How is it one of the weirdest, wildest, most inclusive branches of finance? Parker Jay-Pachirat, Head of Community at FinTech Collective and a member of the firm's DeFi team gives her insight into this new emerging digital space.

In this week's Espresso, we cover updates from Simetrik, Casai, and more!Outline of this episode:[00:28] - Simetrik announced a $24M Series A funding round[01:12] - Dock officially launched operations in Mexico this month[01:46] - Casai acquired LoopKey[02:07] - Interview with Nicolás Girard, Oxio's CEO on their Series B round[06:33] - Latest episode of Entrepreneurship in Latam 101: “The importance of Product Market Fit according to three female entrepreneurs”[06:51] - Latest episode of How to be the Difference with Alessandra Angelini, Influur's CEO: “The fundamental role of influencer marketing in today's advertising”[07:11] - Latest episode of Crossing Borders with Santiago Suarez, CEO and co-founder of Addi[07:26] - Featured article “A Close Look at Bolivia's Startup Ecosystem” by Kjell VandevyvereResources & people mentioned:Companies & Startups: Simetrik, Dock, Casai, LoopKey, Oxio, Influur, AddiVCs, Accelerators, Institutions: Tiger Global, Moore Capital, Monashees, FinTech Collective.People: Nicolás Girard, Ximena Aleman, Estefanía Hernández, Ingrid Briggiler, Santiago Suárez, Kjell Vandevyvere, Johanna Molina, Paul Lynskey, Alessandra Angelini

On episode 26 I talk with Carlos Torras of Fintech Collective. Fintech Collective is a venture capital firm that partners with founders with vision and persistence – founders with a desire to reshape markets.  I've known a few of the investors with Fintech Collective, they truly are a bleeding-edge VC firm. Carlos focuses on one of the world's hottest fintech markets in LatAm.  We discuss what the LatAm landscape looks like today, how much has changed over the last few years, the impact exits are having on building out the ecosystem, advice for founders, raising capital, and a whole lot more. Carlos's journey to Fintech Collective Fintech Collective targets seed and series A companies Why they focus on emerging markets like LatAm The reasons behind LatAm's digital acceleration Repatriation of talent has helped expand the ecosystem Payments are the top of the fintech spear The urbanization of LatAm has helped fintech Current successes create pathways to the next group of companies AUM for LatAm banks creates oligopolistic tendencies Expression pattern matching is dangerous when it comes to comparing different countries Crypto has the potential to emerge faster in an emerging market Best advice is always to keep your team first and never, never be cheap with your equity Nothing replaces human interaction when investing Carlos recommends reading books written by Henry Kissinger and Red Notice He is a HUGE FC Barcelona fan

A contrarian thinker in the DeFi space, Sean Lippel, partner and head of digital assets at FinTech Collective, joins Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research LLC, to bring us through the many facets of DeFi with a new perspective. Lippel, a true expert in the field, makes a case for a possible solution to crypto's propensity to volatility, one of the primary criticisms to its feasibility as a standalone currency. Lippel suggests that continued integration of DeFi with real world assets—whether that's real estate, commodities, business loans, etc.—will gradually reduce the volatility due to the robustness of real world demand. In addition, Lippel shares intriguing insights on central bank digital currencies, stablecoins, and regulation that break the mold of typical commentators in the space. Filmed on July 21, 2021.

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Nima Pourshasb es cofundador y CEO de minu, empresa mexicana líder en salario on-demand en el país. A dos años de operaciones, la empresa ha logrado acuerdos con más de 100 empresas que benefician a 250 mil empleados del país, recibiendo el reconocimiento como una de las 30 promesas de los negocios 2020 de Forbes por ser un proyecto de negocio de alto valor. Logró en marzo de 2021 una segunda ronda de levantamiento de capital para minu por 14 millones de dólares, recaudando en total 20 millones de grandes fondos internacionales como QED y FinTech Collective. Cuenta con una extensa experiencia emprendedora creando y creciendo empresas tecnológicas en diferentes países. Nació en Irán, creció en España y realizó sus estudios de posgrado tanto en Londres como en Estados Unidos.Dentro del mundo de la tecnología Juan Pablo es conocido como uno de los socios de Patagon.com, compañía que fue comprada por el Banco Santander por más de de US$700 millones.  Juan Pablo ha co fundado Idea.me, Lab Miami, Lab Ventures & Wonder (comprado en el 2020 por Atari). Tambien publica una reconocida columna sobre el TecnoLatino https://latamlist.com/author/jpcappello/ y sigue asesorando emprendedores de la región desde el estudio jurídico PAGLaw https://www.pag.lawAquí y ahora pregunta: Qué están haciendo y qué hacen y qué piensan los líderes del TecnoLatino “aquí & ahora” sobre los cambios que estamos viviendo?  Aquí y ahora ofrece tips para los emprendedores, los inversionistas y los hinchas del TecnoLatino.Auspiciado por PAGLaw 

Miguel Armaza is joined by Richard Sarkis, serial entrepreneur, Executive Chair, and Co-Founder of Reonomy, a commercial real estate data and analytics platform. Since inception in 2013, the company has raised over $130 million in equity from leading industry investors like Georgian Partners, Softbank, Citi Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Fintech Collective, and many more... Rich is also a proud graduate of our very own Wharton School In this episode, we discuss: - His journey as a repeat entrepreneur - Exciting stories and challenges of building Reonomy from the ground up - His views on company culture why it is extremely important - Transitioning from CEO to Executive Chairman and what this entails - State of the US commercial real estate market and the impact of COVID - Valuable founder advice and takeaways after almost two decades of entrepreneurship - And a whole lot more! Soundcloud: Spotify: Apple: Full interview --> Spotify | Soundcloud | Apple Richard Sarkis Richard Sarkis is Executive Chair and co-founder of Reonomy, a commercial real estate data and analytics platform. Since the company’s founding in 2013, Sarkis has been instrumental in raising $128 million in venture capital and led Reonomy through a successful web-platform launch in New York City, as well as the launch of a second nationwide platform in 2017. About Reonomy Reonomy leverages big data, partnerships and machine learning to connect the fragmented, disparate world of commercial real estate. By providing unparalleled access to property intelligence, Reonomy products empower individuals, teams, and companies to unlock insights and discover new opportunities.

Miguel Armaza is joined by two great guests, Brooks Gibbins and Gareth Jones - Managing Partners and Co-Founders of Fintech Collective, a global early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology startups with the potential to reimagine financial services. We discuss: - Their entrepreneurial background and why they eventually decided to switch from operators to investors - Challenges of launching a Fintech focused fund in 2012 - Their decision to invest beyond the US and why they are excited about fintech in Latin America and other emerging markets - Why they are particularly proud of their weekly newsletter - Their investment strategy and what gets them excited to invest in a startup - And a nice story of how they helped our very own Wharton Fintech Club just as we were getting started almost seven years ago Brooks Gibbins Brooks is a co-founder and Managing Partner of FinTech Collective. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Brooks had a successful career as an entrepreneur and global operating executive in capital markets, payments, and enterprise tech. He was a key executive and officer at New York-based Multex, which successfully IPO’d and exited to Reuters; London-based Serverside, which successfully exited to Gemalto; and Oslo-based FAST, which successfully exited to Microsoft for over $1b. Brooks began his career as an enterprise software developer. Brooks completed Harvard Business School’s program for Management Development and graduated from Williams College with distinction. Gareth Jones Gareth is co-founder and Managing Partner of FinTech Collective. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Gareth was a successful entrepreneur and business leader, who helped build and sell three category-leading fintech companies. These included Multex, which IPO’d and then successfully sold to Reuters; Serverside, which successfully sold to Gemalto, a European digital security company; and CardLab, which was successfully acquired by Blackhawk Networks, a global leader in prepaid gift, reward and incentive technologies and solutions. Prior to starting his career in fintech, Gareth spent three years ‘double handing’ a 36ft sailing boat 33,000 nautical miles from the UK to the Antarctic circle. Gareth has completed Columbia Business School’s Senior Executive Program and graduated from the University of the West of England with a BSc. Honours Degree. About Fintech Collective FinTech Collective is a global early-stage venture capital firm focused on technology startups with the potential to reimagine financial services. The firm, founded in 2012, has deep experience investing across capital markets, wealth management, banking, lending, payments, insurance, and crypto/blockchain. The managing partners of FinTech Collective met in their mid 20’s and then helped build, scale and sell four fintech businesses generating over $1.5 billion of shareholder value. Backed primarily by institutional investors and a small handful of tier-one financial institutions from around the world, FinTech Collective has invested in 43 portfolio companies and is currently investing out of its third fund, a $150m+ early-stage fund. Some notable investments include Anyfin (Stockholm), Axoni (NYC), Flutterwave (Africa), IMMO Capital (London), Minka (Latin America), MoneyLion (NYC), NYDIG (NYC), Ocrolus (NYC), Quovo (NYC, acquired by Plaid) and Vestwell (NYC).

Join us for a virtual fireside chat with Jason Guss, Co-founder & CEO of portfolio company Octane and Matt Levinson, Principal at FinTech Collective – in conversation with Sam Hendel.

Miguel Armaza sits down with Sam Bobley, Co-Founder and CEO of Ocrolus, an infrastructure company that transforms documents into data analytics with incredible accuracy designed to help financial services companies make high quality decisions at unprecedented speed. Sam started building Ocrolus in his parent’s kitchen when he was only 22 and seven years later, the company employs nearly 1,000 people globally and has raised close to $50 million in equity from top VC funds, including Stage 2 Capital, QED, Fintech Collective, Oak HC/FT, and Bullpen Capital. We talked about: - Company origins - Sam’s entrepreneurial journey - Strategies on building and hiring the initial team - Finding product-market fit and how he decided to shift and expand his client base - The fast-changing and fast-moving fintech ecosystem - Entrepreneurial advice - And a whole lot more Sam Bobley Sam started building Ocrolus in his parent’s kitchen when he was 22-years-old. Six years later, the company employs nearly 1,000 people globally, spread across four offices. As Ocrolus matured, Sam authored a patent application and helped raise more than $30 million in venture capital. He was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Finance, Class of 2020. About Ocrolus Ocrolus is a human-in-the-loop infrastructure company that transforms documents into data analytics with over 99% accuracy. Ocrolus technology is designed to help financial services companies make high quality decisions with trusted data and unprecedented speed. Inc. Magazine recognized Ocrolus as the #1 fastest-growing fintech nationwide, and the #1 fastest-growing software company in NY. Visit ocrolus.com to learn more.

In this episode, Miguel Armaza sits down with Olugbenga “GB” Agboola, Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave, a revolutionary company building the digital payments infrastructure for Africa that’s enabling businesses to receive or make payments across the continent and the entire globe. Launched in 2016, Flutterwave has grown at an astonishing rate and in 2019 processed 107 million transactions worth $5.4 billion. The company has also raised over $55 million in equity from a long list of top VCs, including Y-Combinator, Visa Ventures, Fintech Collective, Endeavor, Mastercard, Golden Palm Investments, and many more! Olugbenga Agboola Olugbenga Agboola is the co-founder and CEO of Flutterwave. Prior to co-founding Flutterwave, Olugbenga contributed to the development of fintech solutions at several tech companies and financial institutions such as PayPal, Standard Bank, among others. He is a serial entrepreneur with two successful exits under his belt. He is a software engineer with a master's degree in information technology security and behavioral engineering and an MBA. About Flutterwave Flutterwave is a technology company headquartered in San Francisco with operations and offices across Africa and Europe. The company was launched in 2016 with the goal of building digital payments infrastructure for Africa and enable businesses to receive or make any payments across Africa and globally. Since inception, Flutterwave has processed billions of dollars across all product platforms and has been the recipient of several awards including the "Top 100 Fintech Firms" around the world.

Jason Guss is the co-founder and CEO of Octane Lending which offers a point of sales financing and insurance platform for niche consumer markets. The company has raised over $100 million from IA Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, Valar Ventures, FinTech Collective, Third Prime, Berenson & Company, and Rider Insurance to name a few. 

Jason Guss is the co-founder and CEO of Octane Lending which offers a point of sales financing and insurance platform for niche consumer markets. The company has raised over $100 million from IA Ventures, Contour Venture Partners, Valar Ventures, FinTech Collective, Third Prime, Berenson & Company, and Rider Insurance to name a few. 

Blockchain as Payments Infrastructure Henrique Teixeira, Ripple Manuel Beaudroit, Bitex Dom Rozic, Minka Sam Trautwein, Carbon Moderator: Sean Lippel, FinTech Collective

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 230 from an interview with Gareth Jones, co founder at Fintech Collective. This nugget is on having deep domain knowledge and conveying it. What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there’s this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Gareth Jones: Gareth is co-founder and Managing Partner of FinTech Collective. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Gareth was a successful entrepreneur and business leader, who helped build and sell three category-leading fintech companies. These included Multex, which IPO’d and then successfully sold to Reuters; Serverside, which successfully sold to Gemalto, a European digital security company; and CardLab, which was successfully acquired by Blackhawk Networks, a global leader in prepaid gift, reward and incentive technologies and solutions. Prior to starting his career in fintech, Gareth spent three years ‘double handing’ a 36ft sailing boat 33,000 nautical miles from the UK to the Antarctic circle. About the host:  John Siracusa, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   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.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to ‘Bank On It’, ‘Before the A’  Follow him on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

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 Gareth Jones, partner at Fintech Collective.   Fintech Collective is a NYC based VC firm that exists to create the future of financial services worldwide by investing in the fintech founders of today.  Prior to founding Fintech Collective, Gareth was a successful entrepreneur and business leader, who helped build and sell three category-leading fintech companies. These included Multex, which IPO'd and then successfully sold to Reuters; Serverside, which successfully sold to Gemalto, a European digital security company; and CardLab, which was successfully acquired by Blackhawk Networks, a global leader in prepaid gift, reward and incentive technologies and solutions.     Tune in and Listen. Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear Thursday's episode with Will Martino from Kadena.   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

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 Matt Law, partner at Outlier Ventures.   Outlier Ventures, is a VC firm focused on decentralized web technologies and their convergence with AI, IOT, autonomous robotics and emerging deep tech. Tune in and Listen. Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday's episode with Gareth Jones from Fintech Collective.   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

Who is Gabrielle Katsnelson?     Gabrielle Katsnelson is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of SMBX. She has a decade of financial accounting, strategy, and operations experience; including: managing the loan portfolio of the Artists Community Federal Credit Union; the restricted royalty funds of TuneCore, a digital distributor of music; and architecting financial infrastructure for countless startups and SMBs.       Dedicated to creating a surplus ecosystem, Gabrielle believes that giving SMBs access to capital while creating an engaging and empowering investing experience for people is the means.        Show Highlights  Terri and Gaby talk about how they met at a Draper University blockchain pitch day and gravitated towards each other over common interests  Gaby shared her journey from accounting into biotech in New York and ultimately into FinTech in San Francisco in early 2017  Gaby met her co-founder of SMBX at one of the crypto, blockchain and ICO meetups she went to; he was always asking the interesting questions.   Their company, SMBX is built on a private Etherium network and takes advantage of Title III of the JOBS Act to help small businesses issue bonds so that investors can invest in businesses they are interested in providing a secondary market for investors.    Gaby and Terri talk about where blockchain is from a maturity perspective and the future of blockchain.   Gaby explains equity crowdfunding and the differences between Title II, Title III and Title IV. Terri and Gaby talk about using crowdfunding to democratize funding and how we are still in early days.    If Gaby could wave a magic wand to change something in this world, she would change mindset and personal responsibility for your own mindset.      Terri’s Key Takeaway  It is important to maintain a sense of fun.  It doesn’t have to be so serious all of the time.      References in the Podcast  SMBX: https://www.thesmbx.com/  Jane VC:  https://www.janevc.com/  OwnYourCash:  http://site-1317096-1533-8422.strikingly.com/  Skydeck: https://skydeck.berkeley.edu/  Wilson Sonsini (WSGR):  https://www.wsgr.com/WSGR/Default.aspx  Draper University: https://www.draperuniversity.com/  Fred Wilson’s blog post on blockchain infrastructure:  https://avc.com/2018/10/the-appsinfrastructureappsinfrastructure-cycle/  JOBS Act:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpstart_Our_Business_Startups_Act  JOBS Act Title III:  http://www.finra.org/investors/alerts/crowdfunding-and-jobs-act-what-investors-should-know  Terri’s Medium post on blockchain, crypto and ICO resources:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/cryptocurrency-and-ico-resources-55766cae29e  Crowdfund Main Street: https://crowdfundmainstreet.com/  Republic: https://republic.co/  WeFundr: https://wefunder.com/discuss  SeedInvest: https://www.seedinvest.com/  Investibule:  https://investibule.co/  FinTech Collective:  http://www.fintech.io/      Contact  Gabrielle can be reached via email gabrielle@thesmbx.com; Twitter: @gabykatsnelson and through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-katsnelson-6a73958/.  You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.   Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.  To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife. 

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with amazing fintech leaders and entrepreneurs through conversation, through which uncovers the amazing stories behind them and their creations. You can Subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher and iHeartRadio. In this episode John chats with Aaron Schumm from Vestwell. Aaron shares some amazing stories throughout his entrepreneurial career like stressful times of being totally out of cash, to more positive like talking with over 80 VCs of which only 3 said no to funding his company.  He's been through a lot, yet stayed positive throughout it all. John and Aaron discuss it and laugh a bit. Tune in and learn about the organic progression on why/how Aaron built his recent company, Vestwell.  Vestwell has some amazing VC backers, F-Prime Capital Partners, FinTech Collective, Commerce Ventures and Primary Venture Partners to name a few. Aaron Schumm LinkedIn - Twitter Vestwell LinkedIn - Twitter John is the host of the 2x weekly "Bank On It” podcast recorded onsite from the CG offices and 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

Andrew Pitz. He’s an investment manager at Transamerica Ventures, the global venture capital fund of Transamerica that specializes in investing in insurtech, fintech and enterprise software companies. There, he has led the firm's investments in PolicyGenius, Digital Currency Group, Everplans, SmartAsset and Hixme. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Venture Deals What CEO do you follow? – Jonah Goodhart and Vinny Lingham Favorite online tool? — Fortunes Term Sheet, Mattermark Daily, Crunchbase Daily How many hours of sleep do you get?— 5.5 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Andrew wished he had understood domain names and technology   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:42 – Nathan introduces Andrew to the show 02:16 – Transamerica and AEGON are global investment and insurance firms 02:56 – $140K is the fund size they’re currently working with 03:04 – The fund was already set-up from the beginning 03:25 – Their first fund was in 2014, in the European market 03:47 – They had 17 unique companies with 23 investments 04:25 – They don’t share company information with their parent company 04:39 – They don’t want the corporate parent to be involved in the business 05:25 – They haven’t had any exits yet 05:39 – Andrews shares fund-to-fund deals with FinTech Collective 06:38 – They put in a $2M check and the total funds raised were $75K to $100K 06:55 – They put in $1M to another fund to fund the deal they had 07:00 – Their first fund was around $10M 07:28 – FinTech Collective is based in New York 07:38 – Some of the fintech companies they’ve invested in are Art Invest, MoneyLion, 401k and Elephant Tech 08:24 – Andrew gets his salary and bonuses from the deals 08:50 – Andrew shares how their boss missed deals that are worth billions now 09:30 – There are instances where they need to let some deals pass 10:00 – In a week, they’re receiving hundreds of newsletters from different companies (around 5000 in a year) 10:13 – Andrew studies 500 deals and meets with around 250 11:10 – Initial check size was $1-5M as a follow on investor 11:34 – Andrew chooses PolicyGenius and Hixme 12:40 – Andrew thinks PolicyGenius will have a good exit 13:07 – H2O as an open source 13:33 – Red Hat pioneered the open source 14:36 – The goal is to invest in direct technology and create partnerships 14:54 – Andrew shares the kind of partnerships they’re looking for 15:14 – Andrew wanted to do work in Asia because of the many opportunities 17:05 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: There are thousands of companies created daily—you have to research and choose which one to invest into wisely. Forming partnerships is MORE important than monetary gain. Technology can take you anywhere.   Resources Mentioned: Simplero – The easiest way to launch your own membership course like the big influencers do but at 1/10th the cost. The Top Inbox – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences GetLatka - Database of all B2B SaaS companies who have been on my show including their revenue, CAC, churn, ARPU and more Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Hotjar – Nathan uses Hotjar to track what you’re doing on this site. He gets a video of each user visit like where they clicked and scrolled to make the site a better experience Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator– The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible Audible– Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives