So how did you get your dream job? Every week Archie Biltcliffe, Ben and Michael speak to media industry leaders. From critically acclaimed journalists to your favourite creators, we talk to the people who are Plugged In. Instagram: www.instagram.com/pluggedinpod Twitter: www.twitter.com/pluggedin Produced by Archie Biltcliffe Music & Sound Design by Dylan Tarayan-Bibbs: www.instagram.com/dylan.oka
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Learn from today’s global leaders building the organizations that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.
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State of the art information on natural medicine and the expressive arts for the best healthcare possible to build your immune system, and heal from lingering trauma! Most of the first 30 episodes explored the basis for Dr Heather's new book, Surviving A Viral Pandemic Through the Lens of a Naturopathic Medical Doctor. We also have started to venture into her upcoming book, Transforming Trauma, a drugless and creative path to healing PTSD. Dr Heather speaks with top people in the field - doc ...
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Eric Poirier, CEO of Addepar – Powering $5 Trillion of Assets, Modernizing Investment Management, From Engineer to CEO & The Power of Bold Bets
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Miguel Armaza sits down with I sit down with Eric Poirier, CEO of Addepar, a global tech and data company with over $5 trillion in client assets managed on the platform and clients in more than 45 countries. Founded in 2009 by Joe Lonsdale and Jason Mirra, Addepar has raised half a billion dollars from a long list of great investors. Eric has been …
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What Makes a Great Investor? Strategy Masterclass from 10 VCs with $160B in Collective AUM
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In this special episode, Miguel Armaza brings you a compilation of the best insights and actionable learnings on what it takes to be a great VC investor from 10 amazing interviews recorded over the last two years with early and late-stage investors. The Partners and leaders featured in this podcast, represent firms with a combined $160 billion AUM …
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Michael Blaugrund, CEO of DriveWealth – Powering 24/7 Investing Worldwide, The Next Gen of Embedded Finance, 3 Major Crises that Shaped the Industry
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Michael Blaugrund, CEO of DriveWealth, a fintech platform and broker-dealer enabling investing products for businesses and consumers worldwide. Founded in 2012, DriveWealth works with over 100 corporations in almost all continents, including Revolut, BTG Pactual, GBM Mexico, MoneyLion and many more. They have raised ove…
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Matt Harris, Partner at Bain Capital Ventures – Lessons From Three Decades of Fintech Investing, What Defines Great Founders, & Embedded Finance’s Massive Potential
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[Original air date, Nov 8, 2022] Miguel Armaza sits down with Matt Harris, Partner at Bain Capital Ventures and one of the Fintech OG legends who started his investing career back in 1995 and has been working with fintech entrepreneurs throughout several cycles. Some of his investments include GoCardless, Orum, Finix, Acorns, and many more. In this…
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Season 4 Episode 2 Speaking with Tamar Dunbar, American Israeli Independent Journalist and Blogger
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Reflecting on the state of Israeli citizens and who an Israeli citizen might be, Tamar Dunbar sheds light on the conditions after the massacre of October 7th. You can find her blog at Israeldreams.com and on Instagram @eemahleh. From Dr H: We need to heal the divide to understand the Jews are an ancestral tribe and deserve, need, have a right to th…
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Sohail Prasad, CEO of Destiny - Democratizing Private Investing in Companies like SpaceX, Stripe, and OpenAI
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Sohail Prasad, CEO and Co-Founder of Destiny and Co-founder of Forge (NYSE: FRGE). Destiny is creating a family of exchange-traded products that will enable anyone with a brokerage account to invest in publicly traded portfolios of private technology companies. Their first and flagship product, the Destiny Tech100 (NYSE…
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David Magerman, Co-Founder of Differential Ventures - Risks of Building with GenAI, Pioneering Quant Trading, & How to Fix the Internet
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Miguel Armaza sits down with David Magerman, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Differential Ventures, an early-stage fund that invests in data-focused entrepreneurs building enterprise technology. In a past life, he spent 22 years in leadership roles at Renaissance Technologies (RenTech), a hedge fund with over $100 billion in AUM and probably the…
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Shamir Karkal, Co-Founder of Sila – Selling Your Company to a Large Bank, A Bullish Case for Consumer Fintech, The Hard Parts of Entrepreneurship
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Shamir Karkal, Co-Founder of Sila, a fintech company that’s raised over $20m to modernize payments. Shamir is also a true OG in fintech. He previously co-founded Simple, the first US neobank built for the smartphone era, and sold it to BBVA in 2014 for $117 million. We discuss: Selling Simple to BBVA and the post-acquis…
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Bill Capuzzi, CEO of Apex - Bringing Capital Markets Technology to the 21st Century
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Bill Capuzzi, CEO of Apex, a company that’s built capital markets infrastructure to enable investing. Their customers include major global banks, Webull, eToro, SoFi, and a long list of financial institutions with $115B+ in AUM and 21 million brokerage accounts. In 2023 the company reportedly had over $400 million in op…
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Wayne Slavin, CEO/Founder of Sure – The Future of Insurance, Pulling off a Business Pivot, How the Immigrant Drive Helps Build Massive Companies
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Wayne Slavin, CEO & Founder of Sure, a leading insurtech SaaS and infrastructure company powering embedded products for some of the world’s most recognized brands and carriers. They’ve raised over $120m from Menlo Ventures, IA Capital, David Rubenstein’s Declaration Partners, Plug and Play, and many more. We discuss: Ho…
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Dan Rosen, Founder of Commerce Ventures - The Real Advantage of Repeat Founders, Qualities of Great Investors, How to Build a Top Performing VC
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Dan Rosen, Founder of Commerce Ventures, a fintech and retail-focused fund that’s been building an impressive portfolio since 2013. Some of their investments include Bill.com, Marqeta, Socure, Moov, MX, and many more. We discuss: Building a Venture fund and how their thematic strategy has evolved in the last decade Qual…
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Company Building Masterclass – Lessons From the CEOs of Ramp, Gusto, Figure, Upgrade, Melio, Fundrise, Sardine, and Many More
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In this special episode, we explore valuable company-building lessons and mistakes shared by 18 of our guests from over last 2 years. So if you’re building a business, I hope you find it helpful. This show is divided into four categories of insights: Organizational Culture Product Strategy Leadership Tactics Sales and Marketing Each chapter explore…
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Season 4 - Episode 1. October 7, What's True about the Massacre? Talking with Emergency Physician Dr Mona Balogh MD (ret'd)
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The October 7 Massacre. Between the atrocities committed to the reaction of the world to it there is a sense of tumbling into the bleakness of the human mind that I have never experienced before. Friends, good friends of mine, were in denial. From the first day I heard, "That's not true, babies weren't beheaded, women weren't raped," they wrote or …
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Nilan Peiris, Chief Product Officer at Wise – Building a Multi-Billion Fintech Powerhouse, Global Expansion Strategies, & Customer-Driven Innovation
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This episode was the most popular one of 2023 - it first aired Apr 18, 2023. Enjoy and have a happy new year! Miguel Armaza sits down with Nilan Peiris, Chief Product Officer at Wise (WISE.L), a global fintech that helps clients move money around the world. Founded in 2011 by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus, Wise went public on the London Stock…
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Maëlle Gavet, CEO of Techstars – Lessons from Backing 9000+ Founders, VC’s Dire Need for Reinvention, Why Nothing Worth Doing is Ever Easy
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Maëlle Gavet, CEO of Techstars, a premier global accelerator and one of the world's most active pre-seed investors. Techstars was founded in 2006 and has backed almost 4000 companies with a combined portfolio market cap of $105B. Some of their invested companies include Remitly, Chainalysis, DataRobot, and Alloy. We dis…
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Luis Silva, CEO/Founder of Cloudwalk – Building a Multi-planetary Fintech, Why GenAI is Your Ally (And Future Boss), Scaling to $400M+ in Revenue
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Luis Silva, CEO & Founder of Cloudwalk, where they are building an interplanetary payment network. Headquartered in Brazil, Cloudwalk has now expanded internationally, is profitable, and recently crossed annual revenue of $400 million. They are backed by Valor Capital, Coatue, DST, FIS, Plug and Play, The Hive, and many…
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Sarah Hammer, Executive Director at the Wharton School – Accelerating Fintech and Leading Through Crisis
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Sarah Hammer, Executive Director and Professor at the Wharton School. Sarah has a long history of leading multiple fintech and financial institutions at Wharton, in the private sector, and also in the public sector. Additionally, Sarah leads the Cypher accelerator, Wharton’s fully-remote and non-dilutive accelerator pro…
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Ohad Samet, CEO & Co-Founder of TrueML – Re-Inventing a $20 Billion Industry, The State of BNPL, Why VCs Are Not Your Friends
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Ohad Samet, CEO & Co-Founder of TrueML, a leading platform of fintech products to enable intelligent, digital customer communication, which in clues TrueAccord, a leading debt recovery and collections platform with a consumer-friendly digital experience. They are backed by AmEx, Arbor Ventures, BoxGroup, Felicis, Homebr…
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Jason Guss, CEO & Co-Founder of Octane - Building a Profitable Fintech, Capital Markets Lessons, The Future of Software in Fintech
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Jason Guss, CEO & Co-Founder of Octane Lending, the leading software and credit provider for purchases of powersports vehicles, RVs, and outdoor power equipment. Founded in New York City in 2014, Octane now funds over a billion dollars in annual loans and is backed by Valar Ventures, Contour, IA Ventures, Barenson, Thir…
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Emmalyn Shaw, Flourish Ventures Managing Partner – What Motivates Mission-Driven Founders, Why Specialist Funds Win Big, Investing in Global Fintech
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Emmalyn Shaw, Managing Partner at Flourish Ventures, a global fintech-focused fund with over $850 million in assets under management. Flourish Ventures is also a permanent capital vehicle that aims to back companies that can create systemic change and help build a more fair financial system. Some of their investments in…
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Secrets to Managing Your Board of Directors - From Board Members of Nubank, Acorns, dLocal, Justworks, Upgrade, XP, Alibaba, & More Global Titans
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In this episode (originally published Jan 3, 2023), Miguel Armaza brings you a curated selection from the best lessons, reflections, and secrets on how to build and manage an amazing board of directors. Whether you’re a CEO managing a board, an investor who sits on several, an independent board director, or you just want to learn, we hope you find …
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Stuart Sopp, CEO of Current – Fintech’s ‘Era of Value’: Balancing Growth, Innovation, and Profitability
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Stuart Sopp, CEO and Co-Founder at Current, one of the largest New York fintech platforms offering financial services to US consumers. Launched in 2015, Current serves almost four million customers and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, TQ Ventures, Avenir, Sapphire Ventures, Foundation Capital, Wellington …
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Howard Morgan, Tech & VC Pioneer – 50 Years of Shaping the Future, From ARPANET to Building RenTech, First Round, and B Capital
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Today we bring you a living legend. Miguel Armaza sits down with Howard Morgan, Chair and General Partner at B Capital, a global investment firm with $6.3 billion in AUM and 160+ portfolio companies. Howard is also a true technology pioneer. He was one of the first people in history to experience the web, and had computer #50 on the ARPANET. His re…
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Ben Miller, CEO & Co-Founder of Fundrise – Serving 2 Million Clients, A Tough Business Pivot That Led to $3.3 Billion AUM, Building a Lasting Culture
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Ben Miller, CEO & Co-Founder of Fundrise, the largest direct-to-investor alternative asset manager in the US, that has grown from an idea to a platform with over 2 million active users and $3.3 billion in real estate private equity, private credit, and growth-stage venture capital. We discuss: How a product pivot cost F…
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Josh Reeves, CEO & Co-Founder of Gusto – Building a $9.6 Billion Company to Serve Small Businesses
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In this 100th Fintech Leaders episode, we bring you someone extra special. Miguel Armaza sits down with Josh Reeves, CEO & Co-Founder of Gusto, one of the largest HR & Payroll companies in the US, focused on serving small and medium-sized businesses. In addition to HR, payroll, and benefits, Gusto is a strong player of embedded fintech solutions an…
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Tom Callahan, CEO of Nasdaq Private Market – Transparency, Innovations, and Challenges… State of the $3.5 Trillion Private Markets in 2023
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Tom Callahan, CEO of Nasdaq Private Market, a secondary marketplace and liquidity provider for private company trading and transactions. NPM recently spun out of Nasdaq is now backed by a consortium of banks and financial institutions, including Nasdaq, Citi, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, and others. We discuss: An update on…
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Jean-Denis Greze, Plaid CTO – At the Cutting Edge of Privacy and Security, Powerful Network Effects, How LLMs Will Reshape Our Digital Experience
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Jean-Denis Greze, CTO at Plaid, a data network and one of the foundational fintech companies that works with thousands of firms, including several Fortune 500s and some of largest banks in the world. Founded in 2013 by Zach Perret and William Hockey, Plaid’s network covers 12,000+ financial institutions across the US, C…
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Colin Walsh, CEO of Varo Bank - $1B to Create Better Banking, Securing a US Bank Charter, How to Build Trust With Customers
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Colin Walsh, CEO & Co-Founder of Varo Bank, a neobank and the first consumer fintech to be granted a bank charter in the US. In a past life, Colin held leadership positions at American Express, Lloyds Banking Group, and Visa. Varo has raised close to a billion dollars and is back by Blackrock, David Rubenstein’s Declara…
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Ricardo Josua, CEO of Pismo – Visa’s $1B Acquisition, Going Global From Day One, Building Trust With Fintechs & Large Banks
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Ricardo Josua, CEO/Co-Founder of Pismo, a global tech company that builds banking and cards solutions for digital banks and large financial institutions. Headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the company has operations in Latin America, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the US and processes $210 billion dollars in annual transa…
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Brex COO, Michael Tannenbaum - Dreaming Big, Building a Global Financial Powerhouse, Seizing Opportunities in a High Interest-Rates Era
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Michael Tannenbaum, COO at Brex, a $12 billion global spend platform for finance teams and founders to manage every aspect of global spend. Launched in 2017 Brex was last valued at $12B in January 2022 and has raised over a billion dollars from YC, Ribbit, Human Capital, GFC, DST, Dragoneer, TCV, and a very long list of…
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Season 3 Episode 4 - Chronic Pain, the basics to heal, the mind-body connection
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Chronic pain can seem endless and the situation hopeless. But that doesn't need to be the case. Because the brain gives the orders we can manipulate the situation when we understand neural signaling pathways and other pathways and organs to calm the pain response. In fact there is little difference in dealing with physical or physiological pain tha…
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Pedro Conrade, CEO/Founder of Neon – From Startup to Titan, Behind Brazil's Fintech Revolution, Mastering Your M&A Strategy and Navigating Major Crises
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Pedro Conrade, CEO/Founder of Neon, one of the largest digital banks in Brazil and Latin America. We sat down on stage in Sao Paulo at the Gilgamesh Ventures Summit, an annual meeting where we gather Limited Partners, Founders, Co-Investors, and friends for a series of events and discussions about the future of financia…
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Gary Hoberman, CEO/Founder of Unqork - From 300 No's to a $2B Valuation, Pioneering Codeless Software, Erasing Corporate Technical Debt
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Gary Hoberman, CEO & Founder of Unqork, a revolutionary technology company that has pioneered a Codeless as a Service (CaaS) platform to help eliminate legacy code for enterprises. Launched in 2017, Unqork’s clients include some of the world's largest banks and insurance companies. The company was last valued at $2 bill…
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Stephany Kirkpatrick, CEO/Founder of Orum – Making Fast & Real-Time US Payments Accessible for All
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Stephany Kirkpatrick, Founder/CEO of Orum, a fintech company that’s built a single API to enable US real-time and fast payments across RTP, FedNow, Same Day ACH, Wires, and more. Launched in 2020, Orum has raised over $80 million from great fintech investors including Inspired Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Clocktower,…
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Alexis Pantazis, Co-Founder of Hellas Direct – A Contrarian Play That Led to $150M Annual Revenue, Mastering Product & Market Launches, The Future of Insurance
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Alexis Pantazis Co-Founder of Hellas Direct, a full-stack InsurTech with operations in Greece, Cyprus and Romania. Launched in Athens a decade ago, Hellas Direct now generates over $150 million in annual revenue. The company has raised $56 million of equity and debt from Portag3, Third Point, the World Bank, Endeavor Ca…
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Billy Libby, CEO/Co-Founder at Upper90 – The Future of Debt, Credit, & Venture Capital
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Billy Libby, CEO/Co-Founder at Upper90 and Conor Witt, Vice President at Upper90. Upper90 is a hybrid fund that invests credit and equity in early-stage businesses. Launched in 2018, Upper90 has over $1.5B in AUM and has backed fintech companies like Thras.io, Octane Lending, Mundi, and many more. In this episode, we di…
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Chris Pento, Clear Street CEO/Co-Founder – Building a $2B Giant in 5 Years, Upgrading Wall Street's Technology, Strategy & Rapid Product Launches
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Chris Pento, CEO/Co-Founder of Clear Street, a $2 billion modern financial infrastructure business focused on providing capital markets services including clearing, custody, execution, and prime brokerage service. Launched just five years ago in 2018, Clear Street was recently valued at $2 billion and has raised close t…
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Salman Syed, CEO of Fidel API – Why CEO is a 24/7/365 Job, The Future of Financial Services, Leveraging Real-Time Transaction Data
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Salman Syed, CEO of Fidel API, a global financial infrastructure platform that helps build programmable experiences at the moment a transaction occurs on any payment card. They are backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Nyca Partners, QED, Citi Ventures, and Commerce Ventures. Prior to Fidel API, Salman spent over a decade in…
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Adena Hefets, CEO/Co-Founder of Divvy Homes - Rent to Own: Reimagining Homeownership & Unlocking Wealth
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Adena Hefets, CEO/Co-Founder of Divvy Homes, one of the most innovative PropTech companies in the US that helps renters transition into homeowners with a rent-to-own model. They are backed by great investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, GGV Capital, GIC, Tiger Global, Caffeinated Capital, and Max Levchin. We discuss:…
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Season 3 Episode 3: Speaking with Kara Dansky, how the trans movement hurts women and girls
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Kara Dansky is a feminist, attorney, public speaker and author of The Abolition of Sex, How the "Transgender" Agenda Harms Women and Girls. This is a must listen to episode. When you hear that women are not just in prisons with violent male sex offenders but are locked in the same cell you can't help but realize something is very cuckoo going on. K…
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So You Want to Raise Venture Capital? Learn From 9 Founders Who Have Collectively Raised $1.8 Billion in Funding
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In this special episode, Miguel Armaza brings you a curated selection of the best lessons, stories, and candid reflections about raising venture capital. You’ll hear directly from some of the strongest fintech entrepreneurs around the world spanning four continents. From the skyscrapers of New York, through the vibrant landscapes of Cape Town, up t…
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Soups Ranjan, CEO of Sardine – Navigating a Sea of Financial Fraud, Outsmarting Scammers, & The Need For Real-Time Fraud Detection
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Soups Ranjan, CEO/Co-Founder of Sardine, a fraud-prevention company that’s on a mission to make payments instant and risk-free. Sardine enables companies to improve risk management through a single API for fraud detection and compliance within financial services. Founded in 2020, Sardine has raised around $75 million fr…
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Tommy Nicholas, CEO/Co-Founder of Alloy – From 100 No’s to a $1.55B Valuation, Company Building Struggles, & The Fascinating World of Anti-Fraud
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Tommy Nicholas, CEO/Co-Founder at Alloy, a company that gives fintechs and banks a command center to control their fraud-fighting, credit, compliance, risk, and identity-decisioning needs. Founded in 2015, Alloy has raised around $200M from Bessemer, Avenir, Clocktower, Flourish, Lightspeed, Primary, Techstars, and a lo…
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Trisha Kothari, CEO/Co-Founder of Unit21 – Battling Financial Crime, The Impact of AI on Fraud, & How to Land Your First B2B Clients
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Trisha Kothari, CEO/Co-Founder of Unit21, a company at the forefront of the fight against financial crimes. Founded in 2018, Unit21 has raised close to $100M from Google, ICONIQ Capital, Tiger Global, Core Innovation, and a number of great angel investors. We discuss: Finding Unit21’s initial design partners and how the…
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Tidjane Deme, Partech Africa General Partner – From Africa to the World. How African Fintechs are Becoming Global Champions
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Tidjane Deme, General Partner of Partech Africa, one of the largest Africa-focused venture capital funds with close to $500 million in assets under management. Some of their investments include TradeDepot, Wave, Yoco, Reliance, and Nomba. We discuss: A deep dive into the African Fintech landscape and what he’s learned f…
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Luvleen Sidhu, CEO/Founder of BM Technologies – The Future of Banking Technology, Going Public on the NYSE, Navigating a Company Strategy Pivot
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Luvleen Sidhu, CEO & Founder of BM Technologies (NYSE American: BMTX) a US Banking-as-a-Service platform that provides access to multiple financial services. The company currently serves over two million account-holders and provides disbursement services at approximately 725 colleges and universities. We discuss: How th…
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Jorge Combe, CEO/Co-Founder of DD360 - Bootstrapping to a 91M Series A, The Intersection of PropTech & AI, Incredible Opportunities in Mexico & LatAm
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Miguel Armaza heads to Mexico City for a conversation with Jorge Combe, CEO & Co-Founder of DD360 and DD3 Capital Partners, one of the leading PropTech and real estate financing groups in Latin America. Prior to launching the firm, Jorge and his Co-Founder, Martin Werner, were co-heads of Goldman Sachs Mexico and Latin America. They left Goldman si…
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Daniel Cohen, Banking Leader & Entrepreneur – Fintech is Transforming the Financial Industry, but Banks Can Still Thrive
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Daniel Cohen, Co-Founder of Cohen Circle, an investment firm; Cohen & Company, an asset manager with $2.2+ billion AUM; and The Bancorp, a bank specialized in fintech as a service and payments. Notably, Daniel has had a successful career in banking, along with his co-founder and Mother, Betsy Cohen. We discuss: Turmoil …
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David Haber, a16z General Partner - Building Fintech Giants, Leading With Software, What Makes a Truly Great VC
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Miguel Armaza sits down with David Haber, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), one of the largest Venture Capital funds in the world, founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. Based in NYC, David focuses exclusively on investing in global fintech. Before a16z, he founded Bond Street, a NY fintech that aimed to transform small b…
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Itai Damti, CEO/Co-Founder of Unit – The Future of Software-Driven Fintechs, Solving Atomic-Level Problems, & Founder Mistakes and Successes
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Miguel Armaza sits down with Itai Damti, CEO & Co-Founder of Unit, one of the leading banking-as-a-service and embedded finance providers in the US. Launched in 2019, Unit is backed by Accel, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Insight, Flourish Ventures, and many more. Itai is also a serial entrepreneur, having previously co-founded two companies in the fin…
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