The PFF21 F in Tech Podcast

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The PFF21 F in Tech Podcast

The PFF21 F in Tech Podcast

Creatore: Elliott Gotkine for the Paris Fintech Forum Communities

Part of the Paris Fintech Forum Communities program for 2021, this podcast focus on Fintech founding myths from the pioneering innovators, entrepreneurs and investors who turned their disruptive visions into reality. Hosted by broadcaster Elliott Gotkine the F in Tech podcast lifts the lid on finte...

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Credit Kudos CEO, Freddy Kelly [PFF2021/38]

Credit Kudos CEO, Freddy Kelly [PFF2021/38]

When he got his first taste of startup life, in San Francisco, freshly-graduated Freddy Kelly did a few months at culinary school on the side. Little...

2021-12-23 23:00:00 00:33:13

Bridge by Bankin' CEO, Joan Burkovic [PFF2021/37]

Bridge by Bankin' CEO, Joan Burkovic [PFF2021/37]

In its early days, banks tried to block Bankin’. Some set up call centres, warning customers of the danger of using the personal finance app, and enco...

2021-12-16 23:00:00 00:33:21

Banxware Founder, Miriam Wohlfarth [PFF2021/36]

Banxware Founder, Miriam Wohlfarth [PFF2021/36]

Some people thought launching a fintech during a pandemic was crazy. Then Banxware - a Germany-based, white-labelled SME lending platform - saw its ba...

2021-12-09 23:07:32 00:32:17

Alpaca Co-Founder & CEO, Yoshi Yokokawa

Alpaca Co-Founder & CEO, Yoshi Yokokawa

How Yoshi Yokokawa is enabling the world to have Robinhood-style access to financial markets and crypto, and why the Alpaca co-founder & CEO feels the...

2021-11-25 23:00:00 00:36:09

Wakam CEO, Olivier Jaillon [PFF2021/34]

Wakam CEO, Olivier Jaillon [PFF2021/34]

How Olivier Jaillon cheated death, and survived the failure of his U.S. startup, to reinvent a 200-year old insurer-turned-insurtech, Wakam.

2021-11-18 23:00:00 00:36:49

Elinvar CEO, Chris Bartz [PFF2021/33]

Elinvar CEO, Chris Bartz [PFF2021/33]

Blurb: How having investors from day one helped wealth management platform, Elinvar, get off to a flying start, and why co-founder and CEO, Chris Bart...

2021-11-12 01:06:08 00:28:55

Bitbond CEO, Albrecht Radoslav [PFF2021/32]

Bitbond CEO, Albrecht Radoslav [PFF2021/32]

Aged 14, Radko Albrecht, was one of Germany’s top figure skaters. A child of Slovakian refugees, he was on track to become an Olympian, something that...

2021-11-04 23:00:00 00:35:34

iwoca Co-founder & CEO, Christoph Rieche [PFF2021/31]

iwoca Co-founder & CEO, Christoph Rieche [PFF2021/31]

When Christoph Rieche told colleagues at Goldman Sachs he was leaving to set up iWoca, some of them thought he was crazy. Others were jealous. Ten yea...

2021-10-21 23:00:00 00:33:20

Divido CEO, Christer Holloman [2021/30]

Divido CEO, Christer Holloman [2021/30]

The buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) space is on fire right now - just look at Klarna’s latest funding round, valuing the fintech in excess of $45b, or the $2...

2021-10-07 23:00:00 00:40:22

Bunq CEO, Ali Niknam [PFF2021/29]

Bunq CEO, Ali Niknam [PFF2021/29]

How Ali Niknam went all in with more than 100 million euros ($125m) of his OWN money to create an eco-friendly neobank called Bunq (now valued at near...

2021-09-30 23:00:00 00:37:25

Minna Technology CEO, Joakim Sjöblom [2021/28]

Minna Technology CEO, Joakim Sjöblom [2021/28]

Joakim Sjöblom founded Minna Technology to stop people wasting money on subscriptions they no longer want - but seeing his first company fail, and los...

2021-09-23 23:00:00 00:27:12

Simplex CEO, Nimrod Lehavi [2021/27]

Simplex CEO, Nimrod Lehavi [2021/27]

How Nimrod Lehavi turned his frustrating experience of buying crypto into Simplex, and why it was anything but simple.

2021-09-16 23:00:00 00:31:08

Tandem co-founder, Ricky Knox [2021/26]

Tandem co-founder, Ricky Knox [2021/26]

His grandfather founded the Cincinnati Bengals American Football team. Ricky Knox co-founded Tandem (along with 10,000 other people - kind of), while...

2021-09-09 23:00:00 00:46:21

Dreamquark CEO, Nicolas Meric [2021/25]

Dreamquark CEO, Nicolas Meric [2021/25]

How Nicolas Meric made the leap from particle physics to fintech, and the challenges he faced along the way with Dreamquark.

2021-09-02 23:00:00 00:41:05

Railsbank Co-Founder & CEO, Nigel Verdon [2021/24]

Railsbank Co-Founder & CEO, Nigel Verdon [2021/24]

Entrepreneurs often describe multiple existential challenges hitting them at the same time as “a perfect storm”. But Nigel Verdon, CEO of banking-as-a...

2021-07-29 23:00:00 00:47:04

Raisin Co-Founder & CEO, Tamas Giorgadse [2021/23]

Raisin Co-Founder & CEO, Tamas Giorgadse [2021/23]

Tamas Giorgadse was a chess prodigy who survived civil war and hyperinflation. He finished school aged 12, and completed his masters three years later...

2021-07-15 23:00:00 00:45:46

Collective Benefits Founder & CEO, Anthony Beilin [2021/22]

Collective Benefits Founder & CEO, Anthony Beilin [2021/22]

A back injury - possibly caused by some overexuberant dancing at a wedding - put Anthony Beilin out of action for six months. Luckily, he worked full-...

2021-07-08 23:00:00 00:46:43

Ubble Co-Founder, Juliette Delanoe [2021/21]

Ubble Co-Founder, Juliette Delanoe [2021/21]

A lunch, an idea and a co-founder she trusted were all it took for Juliette Delanoe to leave her job at Thales to create Ubble, a (for now) French-foc...

2021-06-24 23:00:00 00:40:27

Bux Founder, Nick Bortot [PFF2021/20]

Bux Founder, Nick Bortot [PFF2021/20]

When he was fired by Citi in 1999, a young Nick Bortot received some friendly advice from his soon-to-be ex-boss: don’t get another job in finance. Y...

2021-06-17 23:00:00 00:41:47

Primary Bid CEO, Anand Sambasivan [PFF2021/19]

Primary Bid CEO, Anand Sambasivan [PFF2021/19]

Born in Bombay, and raised in Singapore, Anand Sambasivan was destined to be a doctor - till it turned out he wasn’t very good at medicine. He went in...

2021-06-10 23:00:00 00:42:32

Moneyhub CEO, Samantha Seaton [PFF2021/18]

Moneyhub CEO, Samantha Seaton [PFF2021/18]

Sam Seaton was an eventing champion. She flew around the world with her horse in the hold. But after failing to make the Sydney Olympics team, and rea...

2021-05-27 23:00:00 00:38:55

Nav Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Levi King [PFF2021/17]

Nav Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Levi King [PFF2021/17]

Farmer. Missionary. Electric sign salesman. Hotelier. And most importantly - for our purposes, at least - founder of not one, but TWO successful finte...

2021-05-20 23:00:00 00:43:19

Meniga Co-Founder & CEO, Georg Ludviksson [PFF2021/16]

Meniga Co-Founder & CEO, Georg Ludviksson [PFF2021/16]

Georg Ludviksson was once Iceland’s top mathlete and creator of a Tomb-Raider-topping video game. But it took the global financial crisis to help turn...

2021-05-13 23:00:00 00:44:33

Akoni CEO, Felicia Meyerowitz Singh, [PFF2021/15]

Akoni CEO, Felicia Meyerowitz Singh, [PFF2021/15]

If you can switch financial assets, like stocks and pensions, super easily, why can’t you do the same with the bank that holds your cash? This germ of...

2021-05-06 23:00:00 00:41:27

Zego Co-founder & CEO, Sten Saar [PFF2021/14]

Zego Co-founder & CEO, Sten Saar [PFF2021/14]

There's no ego in Zego! And so when Estonian-born Sten Saar replaced his co-founder in the top job, there were no recriminations. Instead, the insurte...

2021-05-02 12:30:37 00:42:27

Plum Co-Founder & CEO, Victor Trokoudes [PFF2021/13]

Plum Co-Founder & CEO, Victor Trokoudes [PFF2021/13]

In his early 30s, Victor Trokoudes was a man without a plan. He was also a man with no savings, and a father who kept nagging him to do something with...

2021-04-08 23:00:00 00:41:33

Husayn Kassai, Co-Founder & CEO, Onfido, [PFF2021/12]

Husayn Kassai, Co-Founder & CEO, Onfido, [PFF2021/12]

Aged 10, and freshly arrived in the UK, Husayn Kassai watched his parents struggle to prove their identity. A couple of years later, he “borrowed” his...

2021-04-01 23:00:00 00:43:51

Pollinate Founder & CEO, Al Lukies [PFF2021/11]

Pollinate Founder & CEO, Al Lukies [PFF2021/11]

Running a fintech is apparently just as challenging as playing professional rugby. Al Lukies should know - he’s done both, though he only broke half t...

2021-03-25 23:00:00 00:47:14

OurCrowd Founder & CEO, Jon Medved [PFF2021/10]

OurCrowd Founder & CEO, Jon Medved [PFF2021/10]

Already well-known as the world’s biggest cheerleader for Israeli tech, Jon Medved set up OurCrowd in 2013 to enable retail investors to get the same...

2021-03-18 23:00:00 00:45:00

Christian Wiens, CEO, Christian Wiens, [PFF2021/09]

Christian Wiens, CEO, Christian Wiens, [PFF2021/09]

Forget glass ceilings, Christian Wiens had to break through glass doors - and be billed for them by his landlord - before being inspired to found his...

2021-03-11 23:00:00 00:42:10

Liberis CEO, Rob Straathof [PFF2021/08]

Liberis CEO, Rob Straathof [PFF2021/08]

Rob Straathof is CEO of Liberis, an alternative lender for SMEs, whose technology and data enable it to pre-approve businesses for loans.

2021-03-04 03:00:00 00:44:54

Zopa co-founder, Giles Andrews, [PFF2021/07]

Zopa co-founder, Giles Andrews, [PFF2021/07]

With a passion for motor racing and cars Giles Andrews wasn’t always destined to found a fintech. And when he did, he almost crashed and burned. But u...

2021-02-25 01:31:40 00:45:38

Future Family Co-Founder & CEO, Claire Tomkins [PFF2021/06]

Future Family Co-Founder & CEO, Claire Tomkins [PFF2021/06]

They say founding a startup is like raising a child. After blowing more than $100,000 on her own fertility treatment, Claire Tomkins did both, alongsi...

2021-02-18 05:00:00 00:39:04

Goodlord CEO & Nutmeg Chairman, William Reeve [PFF2021/05]

Goodlord CEO & Nutmeg Chairman, William Reeve [PFF2021/05]

Serial entrepreneur William Reeve is CEO of lettings software platform Goodlord and Chairman of robo-advisor Nutmeg. He sold his first startup - Fletc...

2021-02-11 05:00:00 00:44:30

Kantox Co-Founder & CEO, Philippe Gelis [PFF2021/04]

Kantox Co-Founder & CEO, Philippe Gelis [PFF2021/04]

Picture this: you've been beavering away for years on your fintech. Friends and family have chipped in. And now you've just raised your seed round of...

2021-02-04 05:00:00 00:48:39

Curve Founder & CEO Shachar Bialik [PFF2021/03]

Curve Founder & CEO Shachar Bialik [PFF2021/03]

They say bad things always come in threes. Shachar Bialik would no doubt agree. Brexit and COVID would ordinarily be enough on their own to floor many...

2021-01-28 05:00:00 00:50:28

eToro Co-Founder & CEO, Yoni Assia [PFF2021/02]

eToro Co-Founder & CEO, Yoni Assia [PFF2021/02]

Is working in roller coasters not the perfect metaphor - and experience - for running an online trading platform? We think so! Yoni Assia, who leads s...

2021-01-21 05:00:00 00:43:54

Hippo Co-Founder & CEO, Assaf Wan‪d [PFF2021/01]

Hippo Co-Founder & CEO, Assaf Wan‪d [PFF2021/01]

Is it an insurtech, is it a unicorn, is it a hippo? It's all three! Having raised more than $700m, Hippo - which unlike, Lemonade, is firmly focused o...

2021-01-14 05:00:00 00:38:14

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