Fintech Leaders

Melissa Guzy, Arbor Ventures Co-Founder – Global Fintech Investing, Generating Liquidity for LPs, What Makes Emerging Market Founders Special


Listen Later

Send us a text

Miguel Armaza interviews Melissa Guzy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Arbor Ventures, a global fintech-focused fund with offices across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US. Founded in 2012, some of their portfolio companies include Tabby, TrueAccord, Grab, and Fundbox.

We discuss:

  • Melissa’s early days as a VC investor at VantagePoint Capital where they navigated the dot com crash and later invested in Tesla’s Series A
  • Building Arbor Ventures and pioneering fintech investing in China, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East
  • How Arbor has successfully generated liquidity from fintech investing in emerging markets
  • Why real-time payment networks have the potential to transform fintech… and a lot more!


Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today’s global leaders that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.

Do you prefer a written summary? Check out the Fintech Leaders newsletter and join ~70,000+ readers and listeners worldwide!

Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder and General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.

Miguel on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nKha4Z

Miguel on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Jb5oBc

Fintech Leaders Newsletter: bit.ly/3jWIp

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Fintech LeadersBy Miguel Armaza

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

28 ratings


More shows like Fintech Leaders

View all
This Week in Startups by Jason Calacanis

This Week in Startups

1,269 Listeners

Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Freakonomics Radio

32,120 Listeners

a16z Podcast by Andreessen Horowitz

a16z Podcast

1,061 Listeners

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch by Harry Stebbings

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

519 Listeners

Acquired by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

Acquired

4,200 Listeners

Odd Lots by Bloomberg

Odd Lots

1,867 Listeners

Macro Voices by Hedge Fund Manager Erik Townsend

Macro Voices

3,063 Listeners

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS by 11:FS

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

182 Listeners

Modern Wisdom by Chris Williamson

Modern Wisdom

3,748 Listeners

The Pomp Podcast by Anthony Pompliano

The Pomp Podcast

1,838 Listeners

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg by All-In Podcast, LLC

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

9,266 Listeners

Acquiring Minds by Will Smith

Acquiring Minds

255 Listeners

The Morgan Housel Podcast by Morgan Housel

The Morgan Housel Podcast

997 Listeners

The Markets by Goldman Sachs

The Markets

69 Listeners

Uncapped with Jack Altman by Alt Capital

Uncapped with Jack Altman

33 Listeners