Episode Synopsis "Founder experience comes first - Mark Fiorentino, Index Ventures"

In the last episode of Fintech@Haas in 2020, I chat with Mark Fiorentino, Principal at Index Ventures.Index is a multi-stage VC firm based in London and San Francisco and their list of fintech investments is huge and includes; Robinhood, Transerwise, Plaid, Revolut, Metromile, Privacy, Revenue Cat, Nova Credit, Prodigy and Fast.We touch on Index's structure and how it's designed to put the founder's experience first (something he mentions multiple times), Mark's personal and professional journey into fintech and his recent investment in Revenue Cat.Mark talks about areas of fintech he is interested in which include cross border B2B payments, AR/AP tools and solutions for Finance teams.It includes a shout out to one of his favourite newsletters Fintech Today by Ian Kar and Julie VerHage and to Harry Stebbing's podcast.Check out my fintech newsletter here!

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