Tag: Fintech

July 06, 2016
July 06, 2016

Fintech Investment is Exploding — 5 Ways Governments & Ecosystem Builders Can Help

Eddie Thai
with Sheel Mohnot Investment in fintech companies is up 8X in the past 5 years, with over 200 financings for a combined $4.9 billion in 1Q2016 alone.   "Silicon Valley is coming. There are hundreds of startups with a lot of brains and money wo...
April 13, 2016
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April 13, 2016

“Good Companies Solving Real Problems” — That Happen To Deal With Your Money

Walter Thompson
Before becoming 500 Startups' FinTech manager, Sheel Mohnot consulted for a company that was striving to be more competitive after the 2008 financial crisis. When pitching ideas, "the answer was often, 'raise the fees on your customers,'" said ...