Behind Company Lines

Behind Company Lines

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Behind Company Lines episodes

  • Alexey Nikityuk, Founder & CEO of Maroo

    Before Maroo, Alexey headed the FP&A team at Revolut (UK’s largest fintech company), where he set up financial planning function and was part of a core team raising a $500m Series D round. Previously, Alexey spent 10 years working in finance all over the world–from 15 states across the US to China, France, the UK, and Russia–for Procter & Gamble and General Electric.


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  • Chris Kline, CRO & Co-Founder of Bitcoin IRA

    A Denver, Colorado native, Chris Kline, was challenged to develop a way for individuals to directly invest in Bitcoin for retirement.

    Together with Camilo Concha and Johannes Haze, Kline co-founded Bitcoin IRA, and Kline then developed the process and exclusive partnerships to create a full-service, turnkey solution allowing investors to capitalize on the rapidly growing digital currency market space for their retirement portfolio while maintaining full IRS compliance.

    Kline holds a degree in International Finance and Leadership from the University of Colorado, Boulder.


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  • Shameer Sachdev, Founder of Growth Gorilla

    After moving on from his career with top brands such as Barclays Wealth and Alexander David, Growth Gorilla’s Founder and Managing Director, Shameer Sachdev, struck out on his own and built the fintech growth marketing agency, Growth Gorilla. The agency focuses exclusively on catalyzing growth for courageous fintech.
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    Now Shameer is on a mission to share expertise from all corners of the fintech industry and provide The FML Podcast’s listeners with unique and valuable insights that can help deliver real results. 


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  • Rick Porter, CEO & co-founder of DSCVR

    Rick was disillusioned with the web2 social media space. He saw social media platforms using people for data and then changing algorithms to eliminate the whole reason people even joined the platform. 

    He, and his team, created DSCVR to give people options, put emphasis on community and ultimately give control back to the user. They already have 115k users and are growing rapidly.


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  • Manuel Schoenfeld, CEO of PowerX

    Manuel Schönfeld is the founder and CEO of PowerX, a company with the mission to combat climate change. PowerX is venture-backed by Seqouia Scout Fund, Y Combinator and Antler.

    Manuel spent several years working for McKinsey and Company as a project manager. He advised governments and private sector on innovative energy solutions (ie. Power-to-X, hydrogen to chemicals, solar to cooling) and worked with clients from all continents.

    Before joining McKinsey, Manuel worked for the World Bank and Morgan Stanley Hong Kong with a focus on renewable energy and intelligence testing. He authored different books and articles, which have been quoted in renown publications such as the World Development Report 2018 (WB, United Nations).


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  • Nick Dazé, Co-founder & CEO of Heirloom

    Nick Dazé is the co-founder and CEO of Heirloom. Before co-founding Heirloom, he was the co-founder of PocketList, and an early team member at tech companies such as Faraday Future ($FFIE), Fullscreen (acquired by AT&T), and Bit Kitchen (acquired by Medium as Knowable). He studied English at the University of Southern California and has spent his entire career in startups.


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  • Howard Katzenberg, Founder & CEO of Glean AI

    Howard Katzenberg is a seasoned entrepreneur and early “FinTech” industry pioneer, with significant expertise in scaling venture-backed businesses through IPO, strategic planning, financial leadership, and financial technology.

    Currently, Howard is the Founder and CEO of Glean AI, the only Accounts Payable company that combines smart automation with spend intelligence and helps companies save money on their vendor expense.  Prior to Glean, Howard was the CFO of Better.com, the leading home finance company, where he enabled the company to grow revenue 5x while significantly accelerating its path to profitability.  Before joining Better.com, Howard served as the CFO of OnDeck, the leading small business lending company.  Under his leadership as CFO, OnDeck consistently grew over 100% annually, completed one of the first FinTech IPOs in 2014, and was regularly recognized as a top place to work. 


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  • Andres Fleischer, Managing Partner of Ripio Ventures

    Andres Fleischer, Managing Partner of Ripio Ventures
    Andres has an incredible life story that brought him as a young child in Argentina to a Stanford-educated thought leader and entrepreneur at the forefront of blockchain innovation in Latin America. 

    Today, he’s the Managing Partner of Ripio ventures, where he strategizes how to best support up-and-coming web3 startups in Latin America and globally.


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  • Alex Louisy, Co-founder & CEO, Upflow

    Alex Louisy is the co-founder and CEO of Upflow.io, a fintech startup on a mission to revolutionize how B2B businesses get paid. Their accounts receivable software is helping hundreds of fast-growing B2B companies collect customer payments effortlessly: saving time, helping make better business decisions, enhancing customers' experience, and improving cash flows. Upflow is backed by leading investors (Y Combinator, 9yards, eFounders) and top BAs from N26, Square, Mercury, Uber, and Netsuite.

    Previously, Alex started his career in investment banking, before overseeing the international expansion of Wifirst - a telecom company.


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  • Zerzar Bukhari, CEO of Zynq

    Zerzar Bukhari is Founder & CEO at Zynq. Zerzar has worked on various enterprise products at Google and Microsoft. He holds an engineering degree from the University of Toronto and a master's degree in finance from Harvard University. 


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