In today’s episode, Kailee Costello hosts David Haber, General Partner at a16z. David focuses on technology investments in financial services.David was previously a senior executive in Firmwide Strategy at Goldman Sachs where he helped lead partnerships, new ventures and M&A. Before joining the firm, David was the Founder and CEO of Bond Street, which aimed to transform small business lending through technology, data, and design. Bond Street was acquired by Goldman Sachs in 2017.

In this episode you will hear about:

- The outlook for fintech: challenges and opportunities

- How seeing the world from the perspective of an operator, an entrepreneur, and an investor has shaped David’s investing today

- David’s current investing theses

- David’s learnings from Bond Street about the importance of “leading with software”

- How David’s lessons from Bond Street and his time at Goldman Sachs have influenced what he looks for in an investment and a founding team

- David’s rationale for leaving his VC role at Spark Capital to found a startup

- What David liked and disliked about his roles in VC compared to his role as founder and CEO at Bond Street

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