Category: People
-
Meet The Italian Founder Antonio Grasso
•
Antonio Grasso (LinkedIn) is the founder and CEO of the Italian startup Digital Business Innovation Srl and is considered one of the most influential digital transformation experts in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, digital transformation, the Internet of Things and blockchain. Born and raised in southern Italy, he began his career as…
-
Introducing Entrepreneur Bradley Leimer!
•
Bradley Leimer is co-founder of Unconventional Ventures, a company that connects founders with funders, mentors entrepreneurs, advises companies, and expands diversity opportunities in the ecosystem.
-
Introducing FinTech Influencer Of The Year Madame Moneypenny
•
Natascha Wegelin (Twitter) a/k/a Madame Moneypenny is a German blogger, author and entrepreneur. When Natascha couldn’t find a job after her business studies, she founded her first company, the portal wg-suche.de, with a fellow student at age 26. She sold part of this company to ImmobilienScout24 in April 2017.
-
Introducing the “Bill Gates Of The Alps” Daniel Mattes!
•
Daniel Mattes, the “Bill Gates of the Alps”, is an Austrian serial entrepreneur and business angel active in Austria, Germany, and the USA. Matthes was a member of the investor panel in the first season of 2 Minutes 2 Million. He made e spectacular exit in 2009 with his company…
-
Introducing The Australian Crypto King Fred Schebesta!
•
The Australien Fred Schebesta (LinkedIn) has been called the country’s Crypto King. He is the founder of financial comparison site Finder.com and the crypto broker HiveEX. In August 2020 Schebesta sold HiveEx to FTX for $300.000. Schebesta is also Finder Earn also massively involved in the Crypto segment. The Finder…
-
Minister Fleming Holds The Inaugural Meeting Of The Joint FinTech Group!
•
The Irish Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance, Seán Fleming (@SeanFlemingTD), held the inaugural meeting of the Joint Fintech Group on November 16. The Joint Fintech Group is a priority of the 2022 update of Ireland for Finance strategy, unveiled in October. The…
-
Genius, Guru, Hobbit, Or Fraudster? Who Is Sam Bankman-Fried?
•
On many pictures, Sam Bankman-Fried aka SBF looks like the Hobbit Samwise, aka Sam from the movie The Lord of The Rings. SBF has lost ten billion dollars or 94% of his wealth in just 24 hours, when his crypto exchange FTX crashed. A record. Never before has a billionaire…
-
Introducing Short-Seller Fraser Perring!
•
He is certainly not a buddy of managers of listed companies. Fraser Perring (Twitter) is a notorious short seller who repeatedly launches short-selling attacks against companies. He is one of the people behind Viceroy Research LLC, an investigative financial research group registered in Delaware, USA. Perring uses Twitter as a…
-
Twitter Rumors Confirmed? Twitter Payments Registered As A Money Services Business
•
Rumor has it that Musk wants to enrich Twitter with a payment function, transforming it into profitability. Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter has sent the global tech and media scene into a tizzy. Now it was revealed that Twitter indeed has registered with the U.S. FinCen as a…
-
Former Mollie Manager Brings U.S. FinTech Capchase To Germany!
•
The Spanish-American revenue-based capital provider Capchase (website) is coming to Germany. Frank Bertele, who was previously active in the same role at Mollie, will be responsible for the expansion. The business model of a revenue-based form of financing seems attractive.