Fintech Leaders

Oded Zehavi, Co-Founder/CEO at Mesh – $60M to Build a Corporate Self-Driving Wallet, Lessons from PayPal, & the Fascinating Israeli Fintech World


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Miguel Armaza sits down with Oded Zehavi, Co-founder & CEO at Mesh Payments, a corporate spend platform that aims to empower finance teams at every company. Founded in 2018 out of New York City and Tel Aviv, Mesh now serves almost 1,000 corporations and has raised more than $60 million dollars in venture funding.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • His time at PayPal and what he learned working with great people and many other future global fintech entrepreneurs
  • Walking the fine balance of fintech innovation, where you have to build and ship fast in a highly regulated environment
  • A birds-eye view of the fascinating Israeli fintech ecosystem and some factors driving its tremendous success
  • Oded’s vision for Mesh, where they are building a self-driving wallet for corporate CFOs… and a whole lot more!

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Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder & Managing 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.

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