Mike Troiano joined G20 Ventures as the third general partner almost a year ago. The Boston-based firm invests in “early traction” stage (late seed/early A), East Coast enterprise software companies. (Here’s a post from a few years ago on the … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]One of the toughest things for any B2C FinTech startup is finding cost-effective client acquisition strategies that scale. At European robo-advisor Scalable Capital, that challenge falls to Ella Rabener, co-founder and CMO. This is the second of a two-part interview. … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Founded in December of 2014, Scalable Capital is a European online investment manager with 40 employees and offices in Munich and London. It has raised more than $12 million in two rounds, the most recent of which closed in April. … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ ]Anthemis Group, founded in 2010 and headquartered in London, is “focused on re-inventing financial services for the 21st century.” It’s an important firm within the FinTech ecosystem, but a little hard to categorize. Anthemis advises large financial services firms on … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 11 ]Personal Capital is in the vanguard of a new wave of startups seeking to disrupt the $10T wealth management industry. Others in this space include Betterment, FutureAdvisor, Jemstep, LearnVest, SigFig and Wealthfront. Each is leveraging technology to deliver effective, low-cost, … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 2 ]ThredUP launched in Boston in 2009 as a place to swap outgrown children’s clothing with other parents. Today, people sell gently-used children’s, teens’, and women’s clothing directly to thredUP, and buy directly from thredUP. It’s now a giant online shop … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]“If no one seems to understand, start your own revolution and cut out the middleman.”
“I’m not even sure what I want, but that’s not the point – it’s that I want it now.”
“Whenever the old gives way to the new, everybody with vested interests in the old starts crying that the world will stop. There aren’t many people with vested interests in the new.”
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
There's a new book by @zacharykarabell on the history of Brown Brothers Harriman, which used to be an important financial institution: https://j.mp/3uPe2Ys (review behind @FT paywall)
As a judge and mentor, I'm excited to attend the virtual finale of @MassChallengeFT on June 2nd at 4:30 EDT and to celebrate the accomplishments of the amazing #fintech startups in the 2021 cohort. It's free! https://j.mp/3uOQIdv
Pomelo, a giant, grapefruit-like citrus based in Buenos Aires aiming to build a #fintech-as-a-service platform for LatAm, raised $9MM seed led by @IndexVentures and monashees: https://j.mp/2SD3Tjl Will @pomelo_latam be confused with UK-based #fintech @pomelopay?
Can behavioral economics help active managers beat an unmannaged index? @cflynnlevy thinks yes and built @Essentia_AI to prove it. https://j.mp/3fdXnqV #fintech
San Francisco-based banking-as-a-service startup @treasuryprime raises $20MM Series B co-led by @QEDInvestors and @Deciens: https://j.mp/3boSkTw #fintechnews
