EKMH Innovators Interview Series
Ellevate Network, the largest community of women at work, ignites a powerful coalition of ambitious and supportive women around the world who believe there is strength in numbers.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
In this interview OurCrowd CEO and Founder Jon Medved shares his candid insight about a variety of topics, including FoodTech, delicious, love-at-first-bite Kosher Beyond Meat cheeseburgers, successful exits, OurCrowd’s new incubator Labs/02, impact investments, investment advice and more…
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
Optimism remains central during these difficult times, and new platforms certainly provide that hope for further disruption and exciting innovation. This week we focus on two fresh faces in the digital asset ecosystem, Laurent Benayoun and Shi (Tom) Qiu, the founders of HedgeTech.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
As the pandemic and US political turmoil continues, the Innovators series will continue to spotlight global cerebral trailblazers who are fomenting and inspiring much-needed change both in and out of their sectors.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
As the Founder and General Partner of Blockchain Valley Ventures, Heinrich Zetlmayer not only has built long-term relationships with his portfolio companies but also possesses vast experience in turning around small and medium-sized businesses in periods of distress.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
In the last few years Fermín Bueno has accomplished more than most have accomplished in their entire careers. As the Finnovista Co-Founder / Managing Partner and new Partner at Rainmaking, Bueno leads global teams and synthesizes their vision for innovation and disruption through active and deliberate collaboration.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
Regulatory technology company iComply Investor Services, Inc focuses on making financial markets more robust, secure, and efficient, aiming to improve the overall user compliance experience for all counterparties in every transaction.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
The EKMH Innovators Interview series continues with Tech Entrepreneur and Geeq Founder and CDO Stephanie So. While co-founding Geeq, the Princeton grad was a Senior Lecturer and a Research Assistant Professor of Economics and Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
Since launching, New York-based Climb Credit has focused on three key principles: to leverage a proprietary diligence process, requiring all partner schools to provide data confirming valuable outcomes for their students at a reasonable price; to partner with schools that participate in the loans alongside Climb; and the obligation on a student loan after graduation should be affordable.
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To write that 1irstcoin LLC Senior Advisor Sean Brizendine is just involved in Blockchain in an understatement. Since 2011, Brizendine has actively focused on Blockchain technology research and development and become a key connecter in the industry. In addition to his current role at 1irstcoin, Brizendine is also a certified ICO Bench Expert, IIB Council Certified Blockchain Professional, and EC Council University Lecturer and Advisor.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
With a goal of making blockchain technology accessible for everyone, Lisk’s software development kit (SDK) allows developers to build blockchain applications in JavaScript, the world’s most widely used programming language.
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Kadena now provides the only public blockchain that is production-ready for smart contracts, solving Bitcoin scaling challenges and the security issues of Ethereum.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
Finnovista, an impact organization that empowers Fintech and Insurtech ecosystems in Latin America and Europe, including Startupbootcamp Scale, an innovation program for growth-stage startups in emerging markets which offers a customized approach to help startups solve challenges in areas such as business development and expansion.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
Teamwork and collaboration have never been so essential. Global work force patterns have shifted dramatically these last weeks with many people now quarantined and working from home to prevent the further spreading of COVID-19.
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In order to show gratitude and to celebrate the gradual de-escalation of lockdown of my new hometown Barcelona, I reached out to Canadian singer-songwriter Lindsay Kay whose candid, ethereal and often melancholy music “dabbles in unreality while keeping gracefully attached to this world.”
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Some days business opportunities for women can still feel stuck in the 1980s; consider the catchy yet disturbing lyrics to the classic Dolly Parton song, “9 to 5"… Then entrepreneur Sherry Deutschmann and her alter-ego Lucy enter the room.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
As the pandemic continues, the Innovators series will continue to spotlight global trailblazers who foment and inspire much-needed change toward equality. Although many changes thankfully occur rapidly, systemic improvement unfortunately takes longer and evolves over months, years and decades.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
More than a decade since consumers unwittingly opened their lives to Big Tech, consumers are finally beginning to realize that a phone in every pocket and a screen in every face comes with consequences. According to ImagineBC, the grand bargain of the digital age, in which consumers have willingly traded their data for free services, is coming apart …
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
Built by founders for founders, Vouch Insurance is a new type of insurance company serving early stage startups with proprietary insurance products and risk assessment tools designed specifically for high growth companies.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
This week’s interview features the financial technology force FintechOS Head of Solution Architecture Andra Sonea.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
During this festive time of year, delicious food, cocktails, restaurants, dinner parties and celebrations become top of mind. In order to embrace and kick off the holiday season, this week’s interview features Cleveland Restaurateur, Entrepreneur and Chef Douglas Katz.
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Fintual, a robo-advisor backed by PayPal, BlackRock and CitiBanamex, helps people make investments based on their individual interests and backgrounds. The fintech startup was selected as the first Chilean startup to participate in the final selection round in San Francisco for the highly-prestigious Y Combinator. Last year, Fintual was recognized by Village Capital as the best Latin American fintech company.
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Startups in the earlier stages of their life cycles are particularly vulnerable if growth stagnates or even drops for a period of 3 -6 months. The uncertainty of the current situation puts pressure on fundraising, cash management, marketing and staff management. In the short-term we of course see many hurdles that startups need to address in order to survive and the newly limited opportunities…
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Financial and regulatory technology company Securrency started 2020 announcing a $17.65 million Series A funding round led by strategic investor WisdomTree Investments and joined by Abu Dhabi Investment Office, RRE Ventures, Strawberry Creek Ventures, Panthera Capital and Monex Group.
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San Francisco-based Brightback aims to identify and classify the primary reasons why customers cancel; data shows that buyers are more likely to engage if a message is tailored to them. Brightback CEO and Co-Founder Guy Marion discusses his insight on varied topics such as improving Brightback clients' overall customer experience, client retention, his career path, sailing, book and podcast recommendations.
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In March global commercial payment solutions provider FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc.(NYSE: FLT) acquired Nvoicepay, Inc., a leader in full AP automation for businesses. Oregon-based Nvoicepay continues to deliver automated accounts payable solutions to over 400 business clients, providing a simple UI that allows customers to electronically pay all of their suppliers.
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In today’s interview Apto Global Founder / CEO Traci Snowden reiterates the importance of language and cultural fluency in global collaboration by leveraging Apto Global’s technology for equality and education. Apto Global’s mission dares to imagine a world in which our global community can use technology…
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As the job market grows more competitive, businesses need a more flexible benefits solution to hire and keep talented employees. PeopleKeep offers that solution. I recently connected with CEO Victoria Hodgkins via email to learn more about her new role at PeopleKeep, ICHRA, HRA benefits, personalized benefits automation software, the importance of community involvement and her book and podcast recommendations.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
Headquartered in Malta, OKEx currently offers more than 400 token and futures trading pairs to millions of customers in 150+ countries. OKEx Head of Operations Andy Cheung discusses new developments at OKEx, regulatory pressure and global anti-money laundering legislation.
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Idea Financial Co-Founder & CEO Justin Leto talks about the new Cross River Bank partnership, Idea Financial's genesis, his strategic vision and scaling plan for Idea Financial. Leto also shared his U.S. fintech predictions and advice for those considering considering a career in fintech.
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In late September Drum launched with nearly $11 million in seed funding, reportedly unveiling the first instantly available, massively scalable and completely flexible sales force platform. Investors participating in the round included Propel Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, American Express Ventures…
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Earlier this month Atlanta-based Kabbage, Inc., a data and tech company which offers automated cash flow solutions to small businesses, closed a $200 million revolving credit facility to support its rapid growth providing U.S. small businesses access to flexible, online funding.
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Over the last two years CEO Luc Falempin has been at the forefront of tokenization innovation. His team has grown to over 20 professionals with a global reach spanning from Luxembourg, London, Paris and Minneapolis..
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More than a year after launching @womenoffintech, Gemma Young saw the need to create a more organized community where everyone had a voice.
EKMH Innovators Interview Series
Last week Elixxir launched its Elixxir Early Access Developer Program, offering third-party developers an opportunity to build on the Elixxir protocol.
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Xenia von Wedel is a force in the tech communications and PR fields.
Tide Foundation just launched a data marketplace aimed at making privacy profitable. Tide’s blockchain protocol seeks to address costly GDPR compliance, compensation and data accuracy issues to drive a new consensual data economy.
In mid-March, Taiwan-based blockchain security company CoolBitX, creator of CoolWallet S, a Bluetooth mobile hardware wallet for digital assets, has created a tech partnership with the Asia Blockchain and Crypto Association (ABACA), the appointed Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) of the Philippine government agency Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) aiming to create a more secure future environment for tokenized securities.
Honeycomb Credit, a two year old Pittsburgh-based fintech platform, aims to enable growing businesses loans to be underwritten by its customers at reasonable rates and terms.
As the year comes to a close, let’s get the scoop on Cryptocurrency predictions for 2019! Crowdfund Insider reached out to the Fintech and crypto community for its thoughts on how the sector will change during the next year.
As 2018 winds down and we review the market’s ups and downs, it only makes sense to predict trends for 2019. This year Blockchain was in the news, daily making leaps and bounds in its advancement, and industry leaders predict that Blockchain’s momentum — and investment in the Blockchain — will continue to surge in and beyond fintech in the new year.
‘Tis the season for decking halls, lighting candles, spending time with family and friends, reflecting on 2018 and thinking ahead to 2019 and new trends in the global Fintech market.
Fresh from the most successful OurCrowd Global Investor Summit 2017, Israeli serial entrepreneur and OurCrowd founder and CEO, Jon Medved has become one of the most vocal and engaging advocates in the global investment crowdfunding sector.
Last week the NEM.io Foundation made a major move toward transparency and “reboot” of its operating structure after checking the books and seeing “little to no accountability for funds.”
During the new few weeks, readers will hopefully have some more time to not only catch up on their own reading but also time to explore some new books. Need some fintech, fiction, or non-fiction recommendations? Not sure how to explain crypto and blockchain in one sentence at a dinner party? See books to read and recommend.
Today the direct real estate investment platform Groundfloor launched an online public offering enabling any Groundfloor account holder to purchase stock directly from the company. The platform indicated that the online public offering aims to “level the cap table” so members of the public can own an increasing share — 20% — of the Fintech company.
The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), an institutional-grade, regulated and insured token sale platform and digital asset exchange, has added NEM’s XEM token to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX). XEM was brought to the GBX-DAX by the sponsor firm Techemy and will have trading pairs with USD, BTC, and ETH on the GBX-DAX.
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