This podcast is dedicated to shining a spotlight on the unique perspectives of rural community stakeholders. We'll delve deep into their experiences, their challenges, and their innovative solutions as they navigate the ever-expanding digital frontier.
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Bridging the Digital Divide: A Smart City Podcast from Soofa is a show that shares stories of unique smart cities and the important technology that helps make their community connections stronger. You’ll discover that the application of smart city methodology and technology may look different from place to place, but many of the end goals are the same: connection, innovation, and sustainability. Subscribe to meet the communities who have a passion for smart technology! Hosted by Kiel Hauck a ...
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A monthly intake of the most prominent news, trends and features surrounding fintech, digital finance and the platform economy. We’ll cover controversies, debates, and interviews on the biggest topics you haven’t heard about. Our efforts will uncover the decisions made behind closed doors that affect the digital future of marketplaces, economies, and civilisations. The Digital Dividend, by Fasanara Capital; your sneak peak into the digital future.
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#11 – Zvilo – Kosovo’s leading digital lender, fuelling trade by providing working capital digitally to SMEs
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Welcome to the first episode of The Digital Dividend. In this episode we are joined by Zvilo's Founder and CEO Admir Imami. Leveraging the experiences gained across multiple successful exits of previously founded businesses, including a direct lender, factoring company, and asset manager, Admir has built Zvilo into the leading non-bank working capi…
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#10 – Plata – Mexican fintech credit card lender soon to be digital bank
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Welcome to the first episode of The Digital Dividend. In this episode we are joined by Plata's CEO and Co-Founder Neri Tollardo. Plata was born when a team from Tinkoff Bank, decided to leverage their experience of having built the first, largest, and most successful digital bank and credit card issuer in Russia to do the same in Mexico. Despite ha…
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#9 – Karmen – French fintech SME lender with a forward-looking approach
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Welcome to The Digital Dividend! In this episode we are joined by Karmen's Co-Founder Gabriel Thierry. After seeing first-hand the astronomical growth and success of revenue-based SME lending models in the US, Gabriel and his co-founder Paul seized the opportunity to be the first player to launch a tech-driven RBF lending business in their home cou…
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#8 – Tilta – German B2B BNPL embedded payment solution provider
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Welcome to The Digital Dividend! In this episode we are joined by Tilta's Founder Christoph Nicola. With the goal of enabling B2B marketplaces to provide their sellers the ability to offer extended repayment terms to their buyers via the seamless integration of Tilta in a single line of code, Tilta is a digital payment service provider and lender s…
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#7 – Multifi – UK SME payables finance lender taking a digital first approach
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Welcome to The Digital Dividend! In this episode we are joined by Multifi’s Founder and CEO Rob Keown-Boyd. A repeat founder, Rob discusses how lessons learned from a previous digital lending venture helped him when planning and launching Multifi, the UK’s newest SME working capital lender providing a digital-first payables finance solution. In add…
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How the City of San Diego Implements Sustainable Initiatives
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Welcome to our last episode of season one! This week on Bridging the Digital Divide, we’re talking about all things sustainability. We’re joined by Shelby Rust Buso, the Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of San Diego. She’s had experience working with various cities like Atlanta and Miami, and is putting her learnings in practice by leading…
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Understanding City Innovation on a Global Scale with Alby Bocanegra
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On this episode of Bridging the Digital Divide, our hosts talk to Alby Bocanegra, the Founder and CFO of the Urban Futurist, an advisory and consultancy company. Alby has many years of experience working with smart cities and companies like New York City, San Francisco, Mastercard, and more. In addition to working with partners in the U.S, Alby has…
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Sarah is the CEO of the WInfield Chamber of Commerce. She and her husband also have a smallish hobby farm and a cute farm store in town. Sarah discusses th needs of the community from the perspective of the Chamber of Commerce and the limitations of transportation and how that impacts digital acessibility. Learn more about winfield business here: h…
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Bonus Episode: Giving Thanks for Smart City Learnings
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It's a week for giving thanks, so we decided to look back at the midway point of our first season and celebrate some of the important lessons we've learned from our conversations with smart city leaders. We discuss the importance of relationship building and collaboration when it comes to seeing projects through and the power that comes from truly …
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Katelin and I sat down at a local favorite spot, Collegehill Coffee, to discuss her perspective on the digital divide for the job seekers who are her clients as a vocational rehabilitation specialist. Katelin has a high-level perspective on the barriers faced by job seekers in rural communities. Her insight further connects the intersection of the …
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Taking a Human Approach to City Innovation in Northampton, MA
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This week we welcome Alan Wolf, the Chief of Staff at the Office of Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra, in Northampton, MA. In this episode you’ll hear how the Northampton government takes time to listen to their community and implement, or not implement, city development projects. Listen in to find out what makes Northampton special, how they can accomplis…
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Embracing Digital Equity at Dallas Innovation Alliance
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On this episode of Bridging the Digital Divide, we welcome Jennifer Sanders, the Executive Director at Dallas Innovation Alliance in Dallas, Texas. We talk about how Dallas Innovation Alliance creates digital equity in their communities, their recent projects, how the non-profit gathers valuable information from local people, and more. The Dallas I…
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Building Fulfilling City Partnerships at District Bridges, Washington D.C.
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This week our guests are Madeleine Odendahl and Brianne Dornbush from the non-profit organization, District Bridges in Washington D.C. In our conversation, we hear about how they’ve built valuable relationships in their community, their passion for city development, and Washington D.C’s leading role as the nation's capital. District Bridges is on a…
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Making Technology Accessible for All in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
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On this episode of Bridging the Digital Divide we chat to Bridget Anne Morin, the Director of Communications in Bay Harbor Islands, and she is no stranger to a challenge. With her intriguing career journey and positive attitude, she continues to work hard to connect all residents with useful information and technology to help them day to day. In ou…
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Expanding City Voices Through Technology in Augusta, Georgia
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Welcome to our first episode of Bridging the Digital Divide! Our first guest is Katherine Bonner, the Project Coordinator of Downtown Development Authority in Augusta, Georgia. In this conversation, we learn how the city uses technology to connect with its residents and promote collaboration in the community as well as Augusta’s current and past co…
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Welcome to Bridging the Digital Divide: A Smart City Podcast from Soofa. On this show, we’ll explore the places where urban landscapes are intertwined with technology, and see how connectivity thrives, innovation sparks, and sustainability grows. You'll hear from smart city leaders from across the country who share their experience in creating stro…
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#6 - Finiata - Leveraging tech to prudently provide working capital to Polish SMEs at speed
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Welcome to The Digital Dividend! In this episode we are joined by Finiata's CEO Anna Kozlowska, who worked her way up to a leadership position by learning the business inside and out after joining the firm as a sales manager in 2018. Through the course of the discussion, Gennaro Crocamo and Matt Kus from Fasanara's origination desk gain interesting…
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#5 - Flexfin - Greece's first and only licensed non-bank factoring fintech
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Welcome to The Digital Dividend ! In this episode, Flexfin's co-founders and life-long friends, Dimitris Vranopoulos and Alex Kelaiditis, join Matt Kus and Gennaro Crocamo from Fasanara's origination desk. Dimitris and Alex provide insight into their unique founder journeys, starting with a friendship in elementary school which endured as they both…
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#4 - SellersFi - Industry leading financial solutions for e-commerce merchants looking for growth
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Welcome to Digital Dividend ! In this episode, Patrizia Lando, Head of Capital Markets Origination & Financing at Fasanara Capital welcomes Ricardo Pero, Founder and CEO of SellersFi, formerly SellersFunding, a global financial technology company that aims to empower e-commerce merchants looking to grow. From working capital solutions to payment so…
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#3 - Novicap - Pioneering Spanish digital SME lender
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Welcome to Digital Dividend ! In this episode, Novicap's Founder and CEO, Federico Travella joins Francesco Filia (Founder & CEO) and Matt Kus (Head of Originations for Developed Markets) from Fasanara Capital. Federico discussed his journey from training in marine biology to founding and scaling up one of the largest non-bank SME working capital l…
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#2 - StashFin - Leading FinTech Consumer Lender in India
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Welcome to the second episode of The Digital Dividend. For this episode we have Naman Rastogi from our Fasanara VC team speaking with Shruti Aggarwal, Co-founder StashFin. We spoke at length about the consumer lending landscape in India and learnt how StashFin became a successful FinTech lending company in India. Shruti highlights some of the key m…
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#1 - SME Finance - Largest non-bank lender in the Baltics
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Welcome to the first episode of The Digital Dividend. For our inaugural episode we welcomed Mindaugas Mikalajūnas, CEO of SME Finance. We learned how SME Finance started as an idea by three ex-coworkers with 100K of their own capital to the largest non-bank lender in the Baltics with >150 million outstanding portfolio. Mindaugas highlights some of …
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A bi-weekly intake of the most prominent news, trends and features surrounding fintech, digital finance and the platform economy. We’ll cover controversies, debates, and interviews on the biggest topics you haven’t heard about. Our efforts will uncover the decisions made behind closed doors that affect the digital future of marketplaces, economies,…
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