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Fintech Founder Directory

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

CPA turned sports executive, currently VP of Strategic Initiatives at Miami Marlins. Previously worked in strategy and finance at MLSE (Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment) and McKinsey. Now building something new in AI at @openmind_agi.

Web3Finance
6 VCs
L
Langston Nashold
@langstonnashold

Former SWE intern at Facebook and algorithm engineering intern at Hudson River Trading, now co-founder and CTO of Vals AI.

Technical
6 VCs
V
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
6 VCs
J
Justin Fox
@jfox___

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

Finance
6 VCs
J
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
6 VCs
C
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
6 VCs
A
Ariel Givner
@givnerariel

IP & corporate attorney in FinTech, working legal at MonkeDAO. Founder of Givner Law and building DiversiFi. Villanova Law alum.

Web3Legal
5 VCs

Currently building something new. Previously worked in data at HRT (Hudson River Trading). Describes themselves as a "mad scientist by design."

Founder
5 VCs
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Utsav Shah
@suputsav

Co-founder & CEO of Kaaj AI, working at the intersection of AI and fintech.

Founder
5 VCs
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Walt Leung
@waltleung

CPO & Co-founder of Natural, a fintech company focused on payment solutions.

Product
5 VCs
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