Everything is always for sale and everything has a price. And things sell a lot better if there's not a ‘for sale’ sign on them! ... Enjoyed talking to Rebecca Lynn from Canvas Ventures about how startups should think re preparing for M&A opportunities. Links to the full

This was a brilliant interview - thank you Doug Ricket!

Miguel Armaza 🎙🎧 of Fintech Leaders interviewed Prove Identity CEO & Co-Founder Rodger Desai to get his insights on the future of identity verification and how Prove’s ability to verify consumers' identity with just their phone is changing the game for fintechs and all digital

Kaspi.kz is a $23 Billion tech giant built in Kazakhstan that IPO’d on the Nasdaq in January of this year. They are led by a purpose-driven CEO and it’s truly an inspiring story. I was delighted to spend the morning with Mikhail Lomtadze (Mikheil Lomtadze) , CEO of Kaspi.kz, at

Charles is easily amongst the best guests we’ve had

Allow yourself a healthy dose of visionary thinking. Otherwise, what are we even doing? Spotify: spoti.fi/3KitB4b Apple: apple.co/4bXmmuC Youtube: bit.ly/3Vh4HIz Miguel Armaza 🎙🎧 Fintech Leaders

How do you build a $7 billion company in just 7 years? I sat down with Anthony Denier, President of Webull, a global investment platform serving 20M users in over a dozen countries. Founded in 2017, today they transact $2-2.5 billion in equity daily and are one of the top

Legendary episode

Very interesting new episode

We studied the top 15 most influential fintech companies that are breeding the next wave of founders in the Americas. Together they have spawned close to 2,600 founders over the last decade. In this study conducted by Gilgamesh Ventures and The The Wharton School School, we dive into the data

Great episode with Darian Shirazi

If Latin America runs on WhatsApp, it’s fair to say Peru runs on Yape... Raimundo Morales (Raimundo Morales) is the CEO of Yape, the dominant fintech app in Peru and one of the biggest consumer fintechs in the world. For context, Yape has 16 million users in Peru, which represents

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I love this! Richie starts off by sharing a story about how some investors wanted him to fit a model of engineer (Patrick Collison of Stripe) or business guy (Zack from Plaid). But Richie, like Patrick and Zack actually, was both…

When I moved to SF, most founders wouldn’t give me a shot b/c they said I was a “big company guy” who didn’t have “startup experience.” Richie Serna was the 1st person who didn’t care about any of that and focused on what I could bring to the team. Will never forget that.

October 2024 was another record-breaking month for Fintech Leaders! Current numbers (all growing): - 1.3 Million annual reads - 132k annual listens - 70k subscribers - 180 countries reached - 50 episodes a year The power of consistency never ceases to amaze me.

It's very impressive how consistent Miguel Armaza 🎙🎧 is in booking great guests and facilitating thoughtful, in-depth conversations. Another great pod this week with a fintech OG.

A+ episode for the audience this week

Today we have a superb Fintech Leaders episode with an absolute legend, Alan Patricof (Alan Patricof), Co-Founder of Primetime Partners, Greycroft, and Apax Partners. It’s hard to explain just how important Alan has been for tech and VC. He’s one of the true pioneers in

Thank you to Miguel Armaza 🎙🎧 and the Gilgamesh Ventures team for having me at their annual summit and on the Fintech Leaders podcast. Listen to the full episode here! fintechleaders.substack.com/p/alan-patrico…