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Financial Services Investors

Cecilia Qvist

Head of Lego Ventures

As Head of Lego Ventures and previous Global Head of Markets at Spotify, Cecilia has extensive leadership experience in technology-driven environments that are undergoing transformational growth.

Lex Oiler

CEO

Lex has spent the last 11 years working in technology, primarily across product and design. In addition to her tech experience, she is also a holistic health coach with a primary focus on mental health and eating disorder recovery.

Matthew Van Buskirk

Co-Founder and Co-CEO

Matt is a regulatory futurist and advocate for the development of open-source and interoperable software solutions for the regulatory space. He is a frequent speaker on regulatory modernization in venues around the world.

Maximilian Tayenthald

Founder and CEO - N26

Maximilian Tayenthal is co-founder and co-CEO of N26. One of the fastest-growing mobile banks in the world. His vision is to create a bank that 100 million people around the world love to use, giving people the power to live and bank their way.

Alexandre Prot

Founder and CEO - Qonto

Founder and CEO of Quonto the leading European business finance solution. It simplifies everything from everyday banking and financing to bookkeeping and spend management.

Gultan Asgarli

Business Analyst - Nordea

Gultan is a Business Analyst at Financial Crime Intelligence, Investigation & Analytics department at Nordea, the largest financial services group in the Nordic region and one of the biggest banks in Europe. Also, she is the co-founder of Inskillz.

Andrei Brasoveanu

Partner - Accel

Andrei joined Accel in 2014 and works with teams in the areas of web3/crypto, enterprise software, developer-oriented software, open-source, security, and financial services.

Iana Dimitrova

CEO - OpenPayd

As CEO, Iana Dimitrova sets the strategic direction and vision for OpenPayd and leads the executive team at OpenPayd. She has extensive experience in the fintech and payments industries

Kristo Käärmann

Founder and CEO - Wise

Kristo Kaarmann is the co-founder and CEO of TransferWise, a peer-to-peer international money transfer business.

Susan Barton

Director - EY

Susan is a Director at EY in Milan and a strategic leader with a deep understanding of the Italian financial services market.

Faye Walsh Drouillard

Founder & General Partner - WakeUp Capital

Diverse international experience advising companies and organisations scaling to the next level of impact from both the entrepreneur and funder perspectives.

Nathan Latka

CEO - Founderpath

Nathan Latka is the principal of private equity firm Latka Capital; executive producer and host of “The Top Entrepreneurs” podcast; and CEO at two companies he’s recently purchased.

Eynat Guez

Co-founder & CEO - Papaya Global

Eynat co-founded Papaya after seeing the technology gap in global payroll. She combined her twin passions – technology and global HR – to start a revolution in global payroll management.

Shane Happach

CEO - Mollie

Shane Happach has prior experience of more than 10 years with Worldpay – a payment processing company, first as Chief Commercial Officer of its e-commerce division and more recently as EVP and Head of Global eCommerce.

Guillaume Pousaz

Founder & CEO - Checkout.com

Checkout.com CEO Guillaume believes that financial complexity is a barrier to innovation and is blocking economic prosperity. He founded Checkout.com in 2012 to cut through banking complexity and to empower businesses to change the world.

James Hope

Principal - Hope Earle Lawyers

Principal legal advisor, tech board member, capital raising

Henrick Landgren

Co-founder and CPTO - Ark Kapital

Henrik Landgren co-founder and CPTO of Ark Kapital a precision financing company that empowers technology businesses to grow faster with non-dilutive capital.

Ripsy Bandourian

Head of Europe - Plaid

Bandourian comes to the position from a background in consumer experience. She's the head of plaid Europe and also has extensive experience in technology, operations, and driving consumer experiences at scale.

Martha Sazon

President, CEO - Gcash

Martha Sazon took over as President and CEO of GCash’s holdings company Mynt – a partnership between Globe Telecom, Ant Group, Ayala Corporation and Bow Wave – in June 2020

Katica Roy

CEO - Pipeline Equity

Katica is a gender economist and CEO and founder of Pipeline, a SaaS company leveraging AI to drive economic gains through gender equity. A leader with more than two decades of experience in tech, healthcare, and financial services

Michael Schlein

President, CEO - Accion

Since 2009, Michael Schlein has served as President and CEO of Accion, a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing.

Abdulla Almoayed

CEO - Tarabut Gateway

Abdulla Almoayed is a serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Tarabut Gateway the first Open Banking platform in MENA. He is passionate about creating game-changing digital infrastructures that drive forward the data-driven economy.

Gastón Irigoyen

Co-Founder, CEO - Pomelo

Gastón Irigoyen is Co-Founder & CEO of Pomelo, the fintech that is building the new financial services infrastructure in Latin America.

Gwen Cheni

Partner - Khosla Ventures

Gwen Cheni is joining Khosla Ventures as a Partner on the investment team. She was previously a Partner at IndieBio/SOSV covering bio and AI. Prior to IndieBio, Gwen was the founder and Managing Partner of Galapagos Ventures

Lana Graf

Impact investor - IFC

Impact investor in technologies focusing on AI applications, Data leveraging and Deep Tech. Accomplished tech executive with 14+ years of experience - global product development, business development in multiple robotics and Ai software companies.

Triin Hertmann

Co-Founder - Grünfin

Triin is co-founder of sustainable investment platform Grünfin and active angel investor with portfolio of 25+ companies. She was recently awarded as Wise Wallet (Investor of the year) by Estonian startup community.

Matteo Rizzi

Co-Founder - FTS GROUP

Matteo Rizzi is an unconventional entrepreneur with two decades of experience in Financial Services, constantly referred amongst the top executives in the industry.

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Financial Services Founders

Cecilia Qvist

Head of Lego Ventures

As Head of Lego Ventures and previous Global Head of Markets at Spotify, Cecilia has extensive leadership experience in technology-driven environments that are undergoing transformational growth.

Lex Oiler

CEO

Lex has spent the last 11 years working in technology, primarily across product and design. In addition to her tech experience, she is also a holistic health coach with a primary focus on mental health and eating disorder recovery.

Matthew Van Buskirk

Co-Founder and Co-CEO

Matt is a regulatory futurist and advocate for the development of open-source and interoperable software solutions for the regulatory space. He is a frequent speaker on regulatory modernization in venues around the world.

Maximilian Tayenthald

Founder and CEO - N26

Maximilian Tayenthal is co-founder and co-CEO of N26. One of the fastest-growing mobile banks in the world. His vision is to create a bank that 100 million people around the world love to use, giving people the power to live and bank their way.

Alexandre Prot

Founder and CEO - Qonto

Founder and CEO of Quonto the leading European business finance solution. It simplifies everything from everyday banking and financing to bookkeeping and spend management.

Gultan Asgarli

Business Analyst - Nordea

Gultan is a Business Analyst at Financial Crime Intelligence, Investigation & Analytics department at Nordea, the largest financial services group in the Nordic region and one of the biggest banks in Europe. Also, she is the co-founder of Inskillz.

Andrei Brasoveanu

Partner - Accel

Andrei joined Accel in 2014 and works with teams in the areas of web3/crypto, enterprise software, developer-oriented software, open-source, security, and financial services.

Iana Dimitrova

CEO - OpenPayd

As CEO, Iana Dimitrova sets the strategic direction and vision for OpenPayd and leads the executive team at OpenPayd. She has extensive experience in the fintech and payments industries

Kristo Käärmann

Founder and CEO - Wise

Kristo Kaarmann is the co-founder and CEO of TransferWise, a peer-to-peer international money transfer business.

Susan Barton

Director - EY

Susan is a Director at EY in Milan and a strategic leader with a deep understanding of the Italian financial services market.

Faye Walsh Drouillard

Founder & General Partner - WakeUp Capital

Diverse international experience advising companies and organisations scaling to the next level of impact from both the entrepreneur and funder perspectives.

Nathan Latka

CEO - Founderpath

Nathan Latka is the principal of private equity firm Latka Capital; executive producer and host of “The Top Entrepreneurs” podcast; and CEO at two companies he’s recently purchased.

Eynat Guez

Co-founder & CEO - Papaya Global

Eynat co-founded Papaya after seeing the technology gap in global payroll. She combined her twin passions – technology and global HR – to start a revolution in global payroll management.

Shane Happach

CEO - Mollie

Shane Happach has prior experience of more than 10 years with Worldpay – a payment processing company, first as Chief Commercial Officer of its e-commerce division and more recently as EVP and Head of Global eCommerce.

Guillaume Pousaz

Founder & CEO - Checkout.com

Checkout.com CEO Guillaume believes that financial complexity is a barrier to innovation and is blocking economic prosperity. He founded Checkout.com in 2012 to cut through banking complexity and to empower businesses to change the world.

James Hope

Principal - Hope Earle Lawyers

Principal legal advisor, tech board member, capital raising

Henrick Landgren

Co-founder and CPTO - Ark Kapital

Henrik Landgren co-founder and CPTO of Ark Kapital a precision financing company that empowers technology businesses to grow faster with non-dilutive capital.

Ripsy Bandourian

Head of Europe - Plaid

Bandourian comes to the position from a background in consumer experience. She's the head of plaid Europe and also has extensive experience in technology, operations, and driving consumer experiences at scale.

Martha Sazon

President, CEO - Gcash

Martha Sazon took over as President and CEO of GCash’s holdings company Mynt – a partnership between Globe Telecom, Ant Group, Ayala Corporation and Bow Wave – in June 2020

Katica Roy

CEO - Pipeline Equity

Katica is a gender economist and CEO and founder of Pipeline, a SaaS company leveraging AI to drive economic gains through gender equity. A leader with more than two decades of experience in tech, healthcare, and financial services

Michael Schlein

President, CEO - Accion

Since 2009, Michael Schlein has served as President and CEO of Accion, a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a pioneering legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing.

Abdulla Almoayed

CEO - Tarabut Gateway

Abdulla Almoayed is a serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Tarabut Gateway the first Open Banking platform in MENA. He is passionate about creating game-changing digital infrastructures that drive forward the data-driven economy.

Gastón Irigoyen

Co-Founder, CEO - Pomelo

Gastón Irigoyen is Co-Founder & CEO of Pomelo, the fintech that is building the new financial services infrastructure in Latin America.

Gwen Cheni

Partner - Khosla Ventures

Gwen Cheni is joining Khosla Ventures as a Partner on the investment team. She was previously a Partner at IndieBio/SOSV covering bio and AI. Prior to IndieBio, Gwen was the founder and Managing Partner of Galapagos Ventures

Lana Graf

Impact investor - IFC

Impact investor in technologies focusing on AI applications, Data leveraging and Deep Tech. Accomplished tech executive with 14+ years of experience - global product development, business development in multiple robotics and Ai software companies.

Triin Hertmann

Co-Founder - Grünfin

Triin is co-founder of sustainable investment platform Grünfin and active angel investor with portfolio of 25+ companies. She was recently awarded as Wise Wallet (Investor of the year) by Estonian startup community.

Matteo Rizzi

Co-Founder - FTS GROUP

Matteo Rizzi is an unconventional entrepreneur with two decades of experience in Financial Services, constantly referred amongst the top executives in the industry.

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