We are a community of ex- bankers, asset managers, government officials, technology professionals and financial regulators joining forces to launch FinTech companies from scratch in a member-owned community of entrepreneurs that shares resources, deep industry experience and professional networks in order to foster innovation for both startups and financial institutions globally.
Team Members
Amilcar Chavarria
COO & President, FundPaaS
Co-Op Community Builder, FinTech Portfolio
General Partner, FinTech Portfolio
Instructor, FinTech School
Co-Op Community Builder, FinTech Portfolio
General Partner, FinTech Portfolio
Instructor, FinTech School
Daniel Rice
CTO, FinTech Associates
Founder @Dr Bit Studios
Founder @Dr Bit Studios
Emanuel Pleitez
Strategy & BD, FundPaaS
Technology Growth Equity Investor
Technology Growth Equity Investor
My Nguyen
Co-Op Community Builder, Fintech Portfolio
VP of Strategic Partnerships, FinTech School
Co-Founder, Fintech Meet
VP of Strategic Partnerships, FinTech School
Co-Founder, Fintech Meet
Gagandeep Gill
VP of Compliance & Ops, FundPaaS
Co-Founder, FinTech Tips
Head of Research, FinTech Scanner
AML & Compliance Expert
Co-Founder, FinTech Tips
Head of Research, FinTech Scanner
AML & Compliance Expert
Edwin Carlson
Instructor & Advisor, FinTech School
CEO & Founder, Bitsmart Loans
CEO & Founder, Bitsmart Loans
Robert Lusk
Head of Business Development, FundPaaS
Brian Castro
Co-Op Community Builder, FinTech Portfolio
Chief Executive Officer, FundPaaS
Chief Executive Officer, FundPaaS
Brady Mason
Head of Design, FundPaaS
Jim Zucker
Co-Op Community Builder, FinTech Portfolio
CTO, FundPaaS
CTO, FundPaaS
Kenneth Korcal
Software Developer, FundPaaS
Fernando Cabrales
COO, FinTech Portfolio
COO, FinTech School
COO, FinTech School
Amar Saigal
Chief Product Officer, FundPaaS
Timothy Li
Instructor, FinTech School
CEO, Kuber
CEO, Kuber
David Heckadon
Legal, FinTech Portfolio
Of Counsel, Gordon Rees LLP
Of Counsel, Gordon Rees LLP
David Leeson
FinTech Portolio
Jeremy Sterns
Member, FinTech Portfolio
President, CTO Vantage
President, CTO Vantage
Matt Daniel
CRO, FundPaaS
Founder & President, Blue Spade
Founder & President, Blue Spade
Dai Yoshida
General Counsel, FundPaaS
Attorney, Law Office of Dai Yoshida
Attorney, Law Office of Dai Yoshida
Calvin Koh
Partnerships & Events, FinTech Meet
Business Development, Uber
Business Development, Uber
Valli Bindana
Content Production, FinTech School
Writer, Director, Editor, The Surya Ganga Project
Writer, Director, Editor, The Surya Ganga Project
Patrick Baron
Instructor, FinTech School
Co-Founder, HitFin
Co-Founder, HitFin
Monte Malhotra
Instructor, FinTech School
Chief Dream Enabler & Founder, Money Intelligence
Chief Dream Enabler & Founder, Money Intelligence
Kaivan Sattar
Instructor, FinTech School
CEO & Co-Founder, Asaak
CEO & Co-Founder, Asaak
Lawrence Go
Head of UI/UX, FinTech School
Presentation Designer, Office of the CEO, Yahoo
Presentation Designer, Office of the CEO, Yahoo
Lan Quang
Head of Marketing, FinTech School
Luigi Wewege
Instructor, FinTech School
CEO, Vivier Financial Services
CEO, Vivier Financial Services
Markus Lampinen
Instructor, FinTech School
Co-Founder & CEO, Crowd Valley Inc
Co-Founder & CEO, Crowd Valley Inc
Noah Fitzgerald
Instructor, FinTech School
CEO & Founder, M-Analyst
CEO & Founder, M-Analyst
Jason Miles
CIO, FinTech Portfolio
Co-Founder, Crayvit
Co-Founder, Crayvit
Amy Pearson
Co-Op Community Builder, FinTech Portfolio
General Counsel, FinTech Portfolio
Managing Partner, TenacityIP LLC
General Counsel, FinTech Portfolio
Managing Partner, TenacityIP LLC
Amy Johnson
Co-Op Community Builder, FinTech Portfolio
Corp Development and Fundraising, FinTech Portfolio
Managing Director, CMN Funding
Corp Development and Fundraising, FinTech Portfolio
Managing Director, CMN Funding
Brandon Webb
Chief People Officer, FinTech Portfolio
HR Business Analyst, Hyundai Motor America
HR Business Analyst, Hyundai Motor America
Iman Rehmatullah
Finance & Ops Fellow, FundPaaS
Admin Assistant, RHDC International LLC
Admin Assistant, RHDC International LLC
Jeremy Glassenberg
Head of API Platform, FundPaaS
Expert in Residence, BootstrapLabs
Product Strategy Consultant, Clear Strategy Group
Expert in Residence, BootstrapLabs
Product Strategy Consultant, Clear Strategy Group
Daniel Gallagher
VP of Engineering, FundPaaS
John Ludlow
CMO, FundPaaS
Marketing Strategist, JP Marketing Consultants
Marketing Strategist, JP Marketing Consultants
Jim Jones
Director, Institutional Sales, FundPaaS
Founder, IRAeXchange.net
Founder, IRAeXchange.net
DuWyane Thomas
Sales, FinTech Portfolio
Hector Martinez
Sales & Customer Success, FinTech Portfolio
Federal Tax Associate, KPMG US
Federal Tax Associate, KPMG US
Hugh McSwain
Entrepreneur in Residence, FinTech Portfolio
Radiologist, UCSF
Radiologist, UCSF
Ishrak Iltut
Sales, FinTech Portfolio
Transportation Engineering Co-op Student, Associated Engineering
Transportation Engineering Co-op Student, Associated Engineering
Jay Mok
Contributor, FinTech Tips
Sr. Product Manager, Lending Club
Sr. Product Manager, Lending Club
Nathalie Salami
CLO, Liquid Tokens, Inc.
Founder & CLO, HitFin
Attorney, Naglaw
Founder & CLO, HitFin
Attorney, Naglaw
Neeraj Srivastava
Instructor, FinTech School
Founder/Chief Blockchain Architect, DLT Labs
Co-Founder & Chief Application/Blockchain Architect, True North Business Exchange
Founder/Chief Blockchain Architect, DLT Labs
Co-Founder & Chief Application/Blockchain Architect, True North Business Exchange
Josh Shepard
Director of ICO Sales, FinTech Portfolio
Advisors
Jeff Risberg
CEO at Squirrel Legend Games
Austin Lee
Advisor, FinTech Scanner
FinTech Expert
FinTech Expert
Tom Abogabal
Advisor, FinTech School
Consulting Venture Partner, NOMINUS Capital
EdTech Expert
Consulting Venture Partner, NOMINUS Capital
EdTech Expert
Kiran Anantha
Technical Advisor, FundPaaS
Sr. Engineering Manager, Groupon
Sr. Engineering Manager, Groupon
Erin Wiley
Advisor, FinTech Meet
President, Wiley Ideas
President, Wiley Ideas
Venture Initiation Program (VIP) Participants
Irene Zhou
Statistics & Economics Double Major, UCLA
Andrew Linxie
Software Engineer, FinTech Scanner
BS, Comp. Sci., UC Berkeley
Past VIP Participant
BS, Comp. Sci., UC Berkeley
Past VIP Participant
Runik Mehrotra
Machine Learning, FinTech Scanner
President & CTO, AI Labs
Past VIP Participant
President & CTO, AI Labs
Past VIP Participant
Jing Guo
Machine Learning, FinTech Scanner
President & CTO, AI Labs
Past VIP Participant
President & CTO, AI Labs
Past VIP Participant
Archie Kong
Front-End Engineer, FinTech School
Past VIP Participant
Past VIP Participant
Jatin Jaiswal
Marketing and Business Development Coordinator, FinTech School
Golden Gate University, MBA Candidate
Golden Gate University, MBA Candidate