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.”
It doesn't really sound like Brian Armstrong of Coinbase has found the right way to "build a movement and change the world." At least it doesn't if you would like that change to be for the better. https://j.mp/3mfrPDg
Fidelity piloting #cryptocurrency data and analytics platform created for institutional investors within @FCATalyst: https://j.mp/3o0gmrK #fintech
The irresponsible and corruptly promoted Pebble Mine proposed for Bristol Bay in Alaska appears dead again. Let's hope this time it stays that way. It would have been catastrophic for the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery. https://j.mp/376wukN
Vennfi, which just raised a $2.3MM seed, runs @Charityvest, which allows anyone to set up a donor-advised fund and make tax-deductible charitable contributions. Images of happy clients endorsing the service on its site are stock photos. https://j.mp/2V1bgz8
Massachusetts AG sues Town Sports International, a bankrupt gym operator run by Patrick Walsh, for violating state consumer protection laws, and it richly deserves it: https://j.mp/3fzU39s
