Michael Sidgmore, Venture Partner Broadhaven Capital Partners Michael invests in early-stage FinTech companies. He is on the Board of Liveoak Technologies and Credijusto and on the Advisory Board at Trizic. Michael is also the Founder of Let’s Humanize Finance, a podcast that interviews FinTech innovators who are changing how we interact with money. Prior to Broadhaven, Michael was a pre-product employee and Senior Vice President at iCapital Network, a financial technology company that provides simplified and tech-enabled access to alternative investments at lower costs and lower minimums. Michael helped build the family office and RIA networks and helped grow the platform to over $2.1 billion of assets. Prior to iCapital Network, Michael was the first sales hire and the Director of Institutional Investments at Mosaic, a financing platform for affordable home solar loans that has surpassed $1 billion of loans originated and has received a $200 million equity investment from Warburg Pincus. Michael started his career as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs’ Principal Strategic Investments team in London, a direct investing team focused on market structure and FinTech investing. Michael is an Advisory Board Member for Village Capital’s US FinTech Program and a Special Advisor to Panorama Point Partners.
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Alex Davidov, Core Innovation Capital #svversusnycfintechvc
Alex Davidov, Principal Core Innovation Capital. Alex invests in founders who are solving problems that impact financial services, healthcare access, and the future of work. His career spans financial services and technology, as an investor and an operator. Alex co-founded two companies, Intellitoys (an interactive children’s toy) and SkillSlate (a labor marketplace that was acquired by TaskRabbit). He spent six years in financial services, working to scale a wealth manager and informing trading strategies for Bridgewater Associates. Alex earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and an MBA from Columbia University.
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DISCUSSION: Michael Sidgmore, Venture Partner Broadhaven Capital Partners; Michael Gilroy, Principal Canaan Partners; Alex Davidov, Principal Core Innovation Capital; MODERATOR: Tess Hatch, Investor Bessemer Venture Partners
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DISCUSSION: Charles d’Haussy, Head FinTech InvestHK; Jim Del Favero, Chief Product Officer Personal Capital; Michael Sidgmore, Venture Partner Broadhaven Capital Partners; Steve Lewczyk, CRO Trizic; Thad Longson , COO RobustWealth; Greg Bennett, Investor Village Capital; MODERATOR: Mark Albertson, Silicon Valley journalist