Fintech Founder Directory

Founders building the future of finance, payments, and banking.

Alec

Fellow at Next Chapter, currently co-founding a stealth startup. Previously worked at Superpower and describes himself as a "verbal biographer" with hedge fund experience.

Web3OperationsFinanceContent

Followed by 7 Top VCs7 VCs

Sophia Deng

@sophdeng

Former Group Product Manager at Remote turned founder of a stealth consumer AI startup. Previously worked at Ramp and Instacart. Co-hosts the Go Life podcast.

ProductOperationsFinance

Followed by 7 Top VCs7 VCs

Shuo Wang

@shuooo

MIT grad and repeat founder who co-founded Deel, a global payroll and compliance platform. Previously co-founded and served as CTO at Aeris Cleantec AG.

FundedWeb3Sales

Followed by 6 Top VCs6 VCs

Jessica Chen Riolfi

@jesschenriolfi

Dartmouth and Harvard Business School alum who worked as Head of Product at Earnin and product consultant at Robinhood. Now co-founder and CEO of Uprise, democratizing financial optimization for everyone.

FundedWeb3ProductFinance

Followed by 6 Top VCs6 VCs

Justin Fox

@jfox___

Co-founder of Special, previously worked at DOGE and has a background in finance.

Finance

Followed by 6 Top VCs6 VCs

Vlad Matsiiako

@matsiiako

Cornell grad and former engineer at Figma, now co-founder and CEO of Infisical, helping developers secure their secrets. YC alum building developer tooling after experience at both fintech and design platforms.

FundedTechnical

Followed by 6 Top VCs6 VCs

Bolun Li

@i_am_bolun

Built and sold fintech startup Zogo at 22 for $36M. Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient now working on Vamo as founder and CEO.

Funded

Followed by 5 Top VCs5 VCs

Chan Akireddy

@chan_akireddy

Product manager at Robinhood working on special projects. Previously led finance & strategy at the company before moving into product management.

ProductFinance

Followed by 5 Top VCs5 VCs

Caleb Hammer

@sircalebhammer

Product manager turned founder of Hammer Media, hosting a top 10 podcast that's #1 in finance. Built a massive social media following with 1.9M+ on YouTube and TikTok, 500k+ on Instagram.

ProductSalesFinanceContent

Followed by 5 Top VCs5 VCs

Lindon Gao

@lindon_gao

Former VP of Engineering at Instacart and co-founder of Caper AI (acquired for $350M), now co-founder and CEO of Dyna Robotics.

FundedTechnicalFinance

Followed by 5 Top VCs5 VCs

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Our directory helps investors and talent discover exceptional founders building in this space. Each profile includes their background, current company, and direct links to their social profiles.