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Fintech Founder Directory

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

Harvard grad who moved from quant trading to post-training research at OpenAI.

Research
3 VCs
G
George Lewin-Smith
@iam_gls

Former Goldman Sachs VP in Global Banking and Markets, now co-founder and CEO of Testudo, building insurance solutions for AI and GenAI risk.

FundedProductFinance
3 VCs
V
Vivek Krishnan
@viv_krishnan

Former PE fund manager and GE Capital executive turned CEO of SSS Defence, a defense company. Previously led acquisitions across Asia growth markets and worked in commercial real estate. Blogs about global economics and finance.

FinanceContent
3 VCs

Building AI agents for insurance at General Magic. Previously participated in a16z Speedrun 005 program.

Funded
3 VCs
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Will Zhao
@nerdwillz

CPA and CFA with finance leadership experience at Brookfield Properties and previous roles at EY and PwC, now co-founder of Shiplight AI. Previously worked at Airbnb, Snap, and Facebook.

Finance
2 VCs
A
Adam Kolom
@adamksay

Co-founder of Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Related Sciences, working at the intersection of science and finance to advance cancer research and biotechnology.

Finance
2 VCs
A
Aman Goel
@amangoeliitb

IIT Bombay alum and repeat founder, previously co-founded Cogno AI which was acquired by Exotel. Now co-founder and CEO of GreyLabs AI, building voice AI solutions for financial services.

Founder
2 VCs

Former school principal at buildspace and finance/ops director at Makers, now co-founder of Rival Inc building America's robot factory.

OperationsFinance
2 VCs
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Aseem Dhru
@aseemdhru

Vice Chair at SBFC Finance Ltd, a financial services company.

Finance
2 VCs
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Austin Campbell
@austincampbell

Founder and CEO of Zero Knowledge Group, teaching at NYU Stern. Previously worked at JPMorgan and Paxos. Board member at Aleo Foundation and advisor at Inca Digital. Runs the Zero In Newsletter and describes himself as a stablecoin expert.

Web3ResearchFinance
2 VCs
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