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Learn about innovation in Credit #creditinnovation
Launching an STO or got a Credit startup? Book a demo table & get a video of your 3min pitch! Past pitches have thousands hits on their videos!
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David Blumberg Founder/Managing Partner Blumberg Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund based in San Francisco. David is an authority on early stage investing with David is the founder & managing partner of Blumberg Capital. David is an authority on early stage investing with decades of experience. He founded Blumberg Capital in the early 1990s & launched its first venture-backed fund in 2001. Prior to Blumberg Capital, David managed international investments with the Bronfman Family Office, Adler & Co, APAX Partners & at T. Rowe Price. He also launched business development for Check Point Software Technologies as one of its top four executives. David earned his A.B. in Government, cum laude, from Harvard College & his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business & INSEAD. David speaks French & is proficient in Hebrew & Spanish. David serves on the boards of Apester, Credorax, Deep Instinct, DoubleVerify, EarnUp, EasKnock, FeeX, IntSights, Jassby, Lendio, SigOpt, SupplyPike, Roam, Trulioo & Wunder.
Rohit Bodas, Partner Propel Venture Partners. Rohit leads Propel's international fund & is looking to partner with entrepreneurs building transformational companies that impact financial services. Rohit has led & currently manages Propels' investments in Trussle (UK), Groww (India) & DataSine (UK). Rohit brings global investing & operating experience in a wide range of sectors including payments, commerce, wealth management, insurance, AI & security. Rohit joined Propel from American Express Ventures, which he helped launch in 2011. At American Express Ventures, Rohit led investments in Plaid, Enigma, Signifyd, Capillary Technologies, Trulioo, Clip, Mezi (acq) & inAuth (acq) among others. Prior to Amex Ventures, Rohit helped launch Hartford Ventures, one of the early VC programs in the insurance industry. Earlier in his career Rohit held various positions at Motorola in engineering, product development, & its ventures division. He has developed key mobile video & security technologies & holds seven US patents.
Vilash Poovala CoFounder/CEO Oyster Financial Inc Vilash is based in Silicon Valley & is a serial entrepreneur & global FinTech expert with over 20 years of technology & product management. Oyster Financial is a digital Banking platform for freelancers & SMB's, prior to Oyster, Vilash was the CPTO for Infinitec Solutions, a Business Banking Platform as a Service, based in Berlin. Prior to Infinitec, Vilash served as the CPTO for PayU with an EMEA focus & also ran Technology M&A focus for Naspers FinTech. In 2012, Vilash co-founded Clip & was the CTO for a mPOS product for LATAM & is now one of the top five FinTech companies in Latin America. In prior roles Vilash was the VP of Products for Consumer & Merchant Acceptance of Visa Checkout by Visa; Head of Products at PlaySpan (payments startup focused on payments aggregation for online checkout acceptance), acquired by Visa in 2011. He ran the early Product team for PayPal Debit card for Business, & PayPal Transactional & Buyer Credit to improve checkout conversion on & off eBay. Vilash has also served as the chief payments architect for PlayerScale(gaming monetization platform), acquired by Yahoo in May 2013.
Ashish Gupta Chief Credit Officer Prosper Marketplace Ashish oversees all elements of Prosper's credit strategy, including pricing, underwriting strategy, verification strategy, loss-forecasting, data science & credit risk aspects of new product development. Ashish joined Prosper in 2017. Before joining Prosper, he spent more than 10 years at Citi in senior credit risk strategy positions, spanning across new customer acquisition, portfolio management & model development. In his most recent role as the Director of Risk Management at Citi, Ashish managed loss forecasting, comprehensive capital analysis & review (CCAR) stress testing, & collections oversight functions for $43 Billion credit cards portfolio. Prior to Citi, Ashish worked at Fair Isaac (FICO) & led credit card fraud analytics for US & International Banks. Ashish has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MS from University of Wisconsin-Madison & a B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.
Moderator: Mark Crager, Founder/Managing Partner Next Stage Partners Mark is the Founder & Managing Partner at Next Stage Partners with a focus on bringing meaningful innovation from early-stage fintech companies to leading financial institutions & merchants. He has extensive payments industry experience with a proven track record of moving products from concept to commercialization in consumer & B2B environments. Prior to Next Stage Partners Mark held executive management roles at Visa working with merchants & financial institutions. He successfully launched a variety of P2P, prepaid, mobile & e-commerce products & platforms. Prior to Visa, Mark held a National Sales Manager position at Sony & launched new divisions for both Nestle & Johnson & Johnson in the consumer packaged goods space. He received his Bachelor of Science in Marketing from California State University, Chico. Mark is a Member Board Advisor with StartX, the Stanford University incubator for fintech startups, a Mentor at Plug & Play, the innovation accelerator & an Advisor to several payments technology companies.
6:30pm to 7:00pm Networking
7:00pm to 8:00pm panel
8:00pm to 8:30pm STOs & Banking startups Demo Pitches/Networking
Launching an STO or got a Credit startup? Book a demo table & get a video of your 3min pitch! Past pitches have thousands hits on their videos!
Want to pay with Cryptocurrency? Pay for Tickets Here
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