A podcast mapping out the Swiss and global FinTech ecosystem
Founder of the Swiss FinTech Ladies (SFTL) association, Karen Wendt and board member Carolina Newton, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about how to bring ladies to invest more in FinTechs and be better represented in start-up boards. They also talked about many activities and initiatives of the SFTL to get there.
Read MorePatrick Awori, Founder and CEO at Imaginarium, a Kenyan-based FinTech behind the Circle, a virtual savings platform, hosted another episode of Voice of FinTech: Africa Series. Patrick spoke to Andrew Barden, Director of Insights at Dedalus Global | Lead Organizer and Content Director at Africa Fintech Summit about the state of play on the African FinTech scene and the upcoming Africa Fintech Summit in South Africa.
Read MoreIn this episode of the Africa Series, Patrick Awori speaks to Lavanya Anand, Principal at Vested World, a leading early-stage VC with a diversified portfolio covering East and West Africa about VC perspectives on the opportunities in Africa and zooming on the hottest one of all, FinTech!
Read MoreSabah al-Binali, Partner of OurCrowd Arabia shared his perspectives on the benefits in investing in start-ups alongside VC and the background on the first Israeli VC expanding to the Middle East with Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast.
Read MoreHenning Piezunka, an Assistant Professor at INSEAD, shared with Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, what led Henning to choose the academic path, his highly successful workshop Venture Capital, Business Angels, and Start-ups, and key learnings from it.
Read MorePenny Schiffer, CEO and co-founder of Raized.ai, a Swiss-based start-up determined to make early-stage investing smarter using data, AI and analytics, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast about the pain points in the early-stage investing for investors and start-ups, how to address them using technology, product development and fundraising approach and more.
Read MoreOlga Shikhantsova, Principal at Speedinvest, focused on FinTech and Forbes 30 under 30, explains why she and Speedinvest believe in European FinTech while thinking globally and what is VC redefined when it comes to operational knowledge transfer.
Read MoreNot many VCs in Europe have been in business since 2000 like HV Capital, backers of Zalando, HelloFresh, Delivery Hero, Penta, Scalable Capital, SumUp, Upvest, BUX, Yapily or Solaris Bank and many others who dare. What's their investment philosophy, success stories and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs?
Read MoreLearn more about corporate venturing with Head of DB1 Ventures (Deutsche Boerse) Eric Leupold and VP Rebecca Qian Gong. How to be agile when considering investing in start-ups from a large corporate perspective?
Read MoreSara Palmbush talks to Radboud Vlaar, co-founder and partner at Finch Capital, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands about how and why Finch Capital backs companies developing great new tech for the financial services sector.
Read MoreOur guest host, Sara Palmbush, talks to Eva Schram, a Dutch journalist based in San Francisco, about what made Silicon Valley successful, which features Europe should replicate, and which it should avoid when building a successful start-up ecosystem.
Read MoreIn this episode, we talk to Mark Beeston, founder and Managing Partner of Illuminate Financial, London headquartered VC firm with a global mandate, about their investment approach, success stories and views on the Capital Markets FinTech as well as WealthTech and Asset Management Tech companies scene in Europe and globally.
Read MoreAstorre Modena is General Partner at Terra Venture Partners, based in Israel. We talked on the side of Startup Funding - VC Talks event in Zurich, organized by the FinTech Connector. He explains the Terra Venture Partners investment approach, the Israeli government's support of innovation, his views on the art of startup valuation and fundraising and Israeli-Swiss VC and start-up connectivity.
Read MoreAn interview with Jatin Rajput, former Head of Strategy / Corporate M&A APAC at Deutsche Bank Singapore and now Partner at Union Park Ventures in New York, about how he became interested in investing in B2B and financial inclusion focused FinTechs and his views on digital transformation and FinTech buzz words and megatrends.
Read MoreAn interview with Harald Nieder, Partner at Redalpine, leading VC firm based in Zurich, investing in Technology (including FinTech) and Health Tech businesses in Europe. Harald explains how he started investing in start-ups and what the VC firms like his are looking for when investing in start-ups.
Read MoreMinh Q. Tran, Managing Partner at Odysseus Partners, former GP of AXA Ventures, explains why he founded an asset builder company after many years in VC in Media, Telecom and Insurance and how it differs from a traditional VC or an alternative fund.
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