DISCUSSION: Tom Ding, CEO/CoFounder String Labs; Mason Borda CTO /CoFounder Gen Life; Mike Belshe CEO Bitgo; Melody Li, CFA, former Principal InnoSpring Seed Fund; Lilly Huang, Senior Director Silicon Valley Bank (SVB); Cathryn Chen CEO/CoFounder MarketX; MODERATOR: David Spark Tech journalist/Founder Spark Media Solutions Learn why Globally China accounted for 46% of all FinTech investments in 2016!
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Laura Cain, Associate Thomvest Ventures #fintechsuccess
Laura Cain Associate Thomvest Ventures, a $250MM cross-stage fund based in Redwood Shores, CA. At Thomvest, Laura focuses on fintech investments, with a specific interest in online lending and insurance. Laura is responsible for evaluating new investment opportunities, conducting financial & business due diligence, and supporting existing portfolio companies. Prior to Thomvest, Laura worked at Deloitte Consulting as part of the Technology Strategy & Architecture division. There she focused on advising clients on cloud computing, enterprise architecture, IT cost optimization, and M&A. She served a broad range of clients across healthcare, information technology, finance, hospitality, and consumer product industries. Laura graduated from the UC Berkeley with a BS in Business.
Success in FinTech: Investor & Founder panel #fintechsuccess
This discussion with FinTech investors & founders enlightens us as to the key points to achieve success in FinTech companies!
DISCUSSION: Ben Narasin Partner Canvas; Thomas France CoFounder Ledger; Laura Cain Associate Thomvest Ventures; Nadim Homsany, CoFounder EarnUp; Dan Macklin, CoFounder SoFi; MODERATOR: Pierre-R. Wolff Managing Director ExecConnect
Alyse Killeen, Partner Stillmark Co #blockchaininnovation
Alyse Killeen Venture Capital Investor with seed stage to pre-IPO investment experience in enterprise and consumer technologies, now Managing Partner at StillMark Co., a venture capital investment and advisory firm. Alyse is a member of the Satoshi Roundtable, an annual retreat for the top 50 thought leaders in blockchain technology, and in 2015, the UN Foundation named her a Top 70 Bay Area Digital Leader. An international speaker on blockchain, sharing economy, and IoT, Alyse has presented at events including the IMF SKBI Conference 2016 and TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing 2015. Featured in publications including Forbes and Bloomberg, in 2015 Alyse authored a book chapter in the award-winning Handbook of Digital Currency. Alyse is a Mentor at Plug and Play Tech Center Accelerator and the Alchemist Accelerator, and a member of New York Fashion Tech Lab’s Expert Network. She is a Venture Partner at Vinetta Project, the largest organization serving women founders, and a member of the Board of Directors at BitGive, a startup NGO modernizing the nonprofit ecosystem using blockchain technology.
