Welcome to the connector podcast, an ongoing conversation connecting FinTechs, banks and regulators worldwide. Join CEO and founder Koen Vanderhoydonk as you learn more about the latest available trends and solutions in the markets.
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Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets
Michael Sidgmore
Alt Goes Mainstream podcast is the place to turn to for interviews with some of the brightest and most experienced minds in the world at the intersection private markets and wealth management. AGM dives into investment strategies like private equity (PE), private credit, venture capital (VC), secondaries, GP stakes, infrastructure, real estate, wealth management, and comprehensively covers tools and frameworks for approaching private markets, such as asset allocation, evergreen funds, model ...
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They say that money changes everything. Well, so does technology. In this podcast, The WealthTech Show, we speak to the ground-breaking pioneers who are using tech tools and trends to shape the future of investing and financial planning. With new solutions and trends popping up at a mind-boggling rate, we explore what this means for our everyday lives, as well as the wealth management and financial advice industries. Welcome to The WealthTech Show.
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WealthTech UnWrapped is a Bambu podcast that dives into the ins and outs of the WealthTech industry. It weaves the narrative between a startup founder, Ned Phillips, and special guests that bring their unique insight into this growing industry. Each week we tackle a different topic, from ideas on what the future of Robo-advisory should be, to the inside scoop of what it takes to run a tech company. Through humor, honest opinions, and playful analysis, we hope to unwrap the intricacies of Wea ...
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FinTech Germany is your insider pass to the startups, investors, and digital finance pioneers shaping the innovation economy of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (the DACH region). As a flagship sub-show of Startuprad.io™, this podcast explores everything from fintech innovation and capital growth to regulation, green innovation, and the emergence of financial unicorns in Central Europe. 🎙️ Each episode dives deep into: 🔍 VC investment trends in fintech, insurtech, regtech, and wealthtech 💡 ...
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Deep Tech Germany is your front-row seat to the boldest breakthroughs emerging from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland—the DACH region—where advanced research, scientific innovation, and venture capital converge. As part of the Startuprad.io™ network, we spotlight the founders, engineers, scientists, and investors fueling Europe’s deep tech ecosystems. 🌍 Hosted in English for a global audience, this show connects you to the people and platforms building the future of: AI, quantum computing, p ...
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Startuprad.io™ brings you fast, actionable, English-language coverage of the most important startup and tech news from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland — the DACH region and GSA tech ecosystems. 📈 Our monthly podcast delivers high-density insights in under 30 minutes, giving you the edge on: 🚀 Startup trends, venture capital movements, and unicorn builders 💸 Major funding rounds, pre-seed investments, strategic acquisitions, and IPO pipelines 🔍 Deep tech breakthroughs, AI-powered ventures, ...
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This is The Customer Wins podcast where business leaders discuss their secrets and techniques for helping their customers succeed and in turn grow their company.
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Join the team at Money20/20 as we explore, debate, and dive deep on how the concept of fintech has and will continue to evolve in the world of financial services and beyond.
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Make better financial decisions and learn all about personal finance, investing, and entrepreneurship with Philipp Muedder, StashAway’s Head of Personal Finance. He’ll chat with thought leaders and experts on how to FIRE, investing in ETFs, the evolution of cryptocurrencies, and more! If you enjoy what you hear, subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends. All of this really helps us make the show even better for you so that we can convince great guests to join us. Have feedback for us? ...
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Forming the Future of Finance
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Thoughtful, informed discussions about ideas, trends and developments in wealth management, moderated by Financial Planning editors.
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Stonepeak's Luke Taylor - what it takes to be a great infrastructure investor
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58:52Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into the evolution of infrastructure investing with the leading scaled specialist firm in infrastructure. We sat down in Stonepeak’s Hudson Yards office with the firm’s Co-President Luke Taylor to discuss the inner workings of the infrastructure investing world and unpack the st…
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German Startup Funding, Deep Tech AI, & Fintech M&A – September 2025 News
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29:00What if the next billion-dollar startup was brewing in Berlin, Munich, or Vienna right now? In this episode, we cover the game-changing deals, deep tech breakthroughs, and green innovation stories shaping the DACH startup scene in September 2025. Whether you’re a founder, VC, or ecosystem insider, this is your shortcut to staying ahead in Europe’s …
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German Startup Funding, Deep Tech AI, & Fintech M&A – September 2025 News
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29:00What if the next billion-dollar startup was brewing in Berlin, Munich, or Vienna right now? In this episode, we cover the game-changing deals, deep tech breakthroughs, and green innovation stories shaping the DACH startup scene in September 2025. Whether you’re a founder, VC, or ecosystem insider, this is your shortcut to staying ahead in Europe’s …
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German Startup Funding, Deep Tech AI, & Fintech M&A – September 2025 News
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29:00What if the next billion-dollar startup was brewing in Berlin, Munich, or Vienna right now? In this episode, we cover the game-changing deals, deep tech breakthroughs, and green innovation stories shaping the DACH startup scene in September 2025. Whether you’re a founder, VC, or ecosystem insider, this is your shortcut to staying ahead in Europe’s …
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A Conversation with bunq's CEO, Ali Niknam, and Chief Strategy Officer, Bianca Zwart
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51:22Join hosts Zach Anderson Pettet and Micky Tesfaye as they sit down with Ali Niknam and Bianca Zwart, the Founder/CEO and Chief Strategy Officer of bunq, for an insightful conversation about building a revolutionary digital bank. Discover how bunq's unique merit-based culture and logical approach to problem-solving have created one of the most innov…
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The Connector Podcast - FinanceX #15 - Lending & Mortages Innovation
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12:17Finance is being fundamentally rebuilt and re-architected as credit becomes woven into our digital lives rather than something we seek out separately. This shift toward invisible, embedded finance is changing how individuals and businesses access and manage money, with fintechs often leading the charge. • Invisible lending is embedding finance dire…
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[Perspective Series] From Mom’s Kitchen to Millions With Brandon Castaneda
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33:53Brandon Castaneda is the Founder and CEO of EZ Bombs, a Hispanic food brand known for its seasoned meat bombs that turned traditional Mexican recipes into a viral sensation on TikTok Shop. The company achieved over $20 million in sales within its first year by leveraging creator-driven engagement and viral social strategy. Brandon scaled operations…
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DACH Startup News: Berlin AI Rockets, N26 Shakes & Europe’s Hydrogen Bet
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21:33Berlin’s AI just rocketed from $350M to $2.3B. At the same time, Switzerland locked in €825M hydrogen funding, and N26 faced its toughest governance test yet. This is not Silicon Valley news. This is the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) reshaping startup dynamics — and it’s moving fast. In this Startuprad.io Summer Wrap-Up 2025, we unpac…
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DACH Startup News: Berlin AI Rockets, N26 Shakes & Europe’s Hydrogen Bet
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21:33Berlin’s AI just rocketed from $350M to $2.3B. At the same time, Switzerland locked in €825M hydrogen funding, and N26 faced its toughest governance test yet. This is not Silicon Valley news. This is the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) reshaping startup dynamics — and it’s moving fast. In this Startuprad.io Summer Wrap-Up 2025, we unpac…
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DACH Startup News: Berlin AI Rockets, N26 Shakes & Europe’s Hydrogen Bet
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21:33Berlin’s AI just rocketed from $350M to $2.3B. At the same time, Switzerland locked in €825M hydrogen funding, and N26 faced its toughest governance test yet. This is not Silicon Valley news. This is the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) reshaping startup dynamics — and it’s moving fast. In this Startuprad.io Summer Wrap-Up 2025, we unpac…
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How Climate Tech SaaS Is Ending Greenwashing | Irene Rosique, Nuvio Planet
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30:38Greenwashing is everywhere — from supermarket shelves to corporate ESG reports. But are those “eco-friendly” claims worth anything without data to back them up? In this episode of Startuprad.io, host Jörn “Joe” Menninger speaks with Irene Rosique-Conesa, CEO & Co-Founder of Nuvio Planet, a climate tech SaaS spun out of BASF. Irene believes the solu…
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Arcesium's David Nable - architecting private markets technology infrastructure for the future
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49:50Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into how operations and streamlining technology processes can be turned into a strategic advantage. We sat down with Arcesium’s MD and Head of Client and Partner Development David Nable to discuss how technology is impacting how funds manage their processes, operations, and data…
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Four Keys to Customer Experience Success With Richard Walker
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26:22Richard Walker is the CEO of Quik!, a provider of forms automation and management solutions for companies looking to maximize efficiency and productivity. He started Quik! in 2002 to help people spend less time on paperwork and more time on what they do best. Before Quik!, Richard was a business consultant with Arthur Andersen. He is also a publish…
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The Connector Podcast - Nordic Fintech Week: Where Innovation Meets Humanity (Special Discount code: “TheConnector20”)
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15:15Special Discount code: “TheConnector20” https://nfweek.com/ David Grundy takes us behind the scenes of Nordic Fintech Week, revealing why this gathering has become Europe's premier dedicated fintech event. Unlike other technology conferences that cover multiple domains, Nordic Fintech Week maintains a singular focus on financial technology, creatin…
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Juniper Square's Alex Robinson - "high tech and high service," balancing AI with the human element in fund administration
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1:03:21Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into what the future of fund administration could look like with a tech-forward approach and the application of AI. We sat down with Juniper Square CEO and Co-Founder Alex Robinson to discuss how and why they’ve built a digital first fund administrator for private markets, start…
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Productionizing AI: AWS Bedrock, MCP & Agentic Workflows for Startups
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57:14What does it really take to move from a GenAI prototype to a production-ready system? In this episode, AWS AI Engineering Specialist Dennis Traub breaks down the hard truths behind scaling, securing, and monitoring AI systems — and why the future belongs to startups who learn how to productionize AI fast. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Why most…
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Productionizing AI: AWS Bedrock, MCP & Agentic Workflows for Startups
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57:14What does it really take to move from a GenAI prototype to a production-ready system? In this episode, AWS AI Engineering Specialist Dennis Traub breaks down the hard truths behind scaling, securing, and monitoring AI systems — and why the future belongs to startups who learn how to productionize AI fast. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Why most…
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Money20/20 USA Agenda Insights + Fintech Predictions
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58:36When the Money20/20 global content team gets together, you know it's going to be a good time nerding out about all things fintech. In January 2025, they met to discuss their fintech predictions for the year, and now more than mid-way through the year, they are back to see what came true and what was way off. Plus, they anticipate what's coming next…
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[Perspective Series] Streamlining Franchise Success and Operations With Matt Goebel
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36:16Matt Goebel is the Founder and CEO of Woven, an all‑in‑one workplace management platform created in 2017 to help multiunit franchises streamline operations, manage people, facilities, and locations from a single system. With over 15 years of experience as a franchisor, consultant, and multiunit franchisee, Matt has gained firsthand insight into the…
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Capital Allocators' Ted Seides - the capital allocator behind the mic
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58:53Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. What happens when two podcasters walk into a room? They talk. Today’s podcast turns the tables on one of the industry’s leading podcasters and content creators to have him share his story and experience as an allocator and content creator. We sat down with Ted Seides, the Founder of industry-leading …
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How Startups Can Use GenAI Without Breaking GDPR or Trust
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48:10Startups love GenAI. But most founders are using it unsafely — and exposing their team, their customers, and their legal risk without even realizing it. In this episode of Startuprad.io, we sat down with Dennis Traub, AI Engineering Specialist at AWS, to unpack what safe adoption of Generative AI really means for founders, CTOs, and product leads. …
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How Startups Can Use GenAI Without Breaking GDPR or Trust
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48:10Startups love GenAI. But most founders are using it unsafely — and exposing their team, their customers, and their legal risk without even realizing it. In this episode of Startuprad.io, we sat down with Dennis Traub, AI Engineering Specialist at AWS, to unpack what safe adoption of Generative AI really means for founders, CTOs, and product leads. …
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Helping RIAs Scale With Smart Workflow Automation With Jeffrey Rusin
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30:19Jeffrey Rusin is the Co‑founder and CMO of Advisor Tech Partners, where he specializes in helping financial advisors optimize their operations through CRM tools, email marketing, and social media strategies. He grew up in Massachusetts, attending Wilbraham & Monson Academy, and earned a business degree from Whittier College, where mentors like Dr. …
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How Count Finance Tackles Millennial Money Anxiety with Automation & Empathy
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30:34What if your money app actually reduced your anxiety instead of triggering it?In this episode, Laura Cornely shares how she walked away from private equity to build Count — a fintech that’s deeply personal, empathy-led, and built for millennial mental clarity. What You'll Learn: How money anxiety is the unspoken epidemic of our generation — and how…
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Hg's Nic Humphries - investing at an inflection point in history
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1:22:09Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is about mining for investment success in enterprise software by going “an inch wide and a mile deep” with someone who is one of the industry’s most prolific private equity technology investors. We sat down with Nic Humphries in Hg’s London office. Nic is the Senior Partner and Execut…
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Building Businesses That Put People First With David Steele
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32:44David Steele is the Co‑founder and CEO of One Wealth Advisors, a San Francisco–based, fee‑only RIA managing over $1 billion in assets that helps clients simplify their financial lives through comprehensive planning. He brings nearly 30 years of experience in finance and entrepreneurship, having launched his career at JP Morgan before building One W…
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Why Startup Exec Hires Fail — Avoid €250K Mistakes with Diagnostic Hiring
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29:20What if every second leadership hire in your startup fails — costing you up to €250,000? In this episode of Startuprad.io, we uncover why so many startup executive hires flop and how diagnostic hiring is rewriting the rules of leadership selection. What You'll Learn: Why more than 50% of startup VP and C-level hires fail within 18 months The real-w…
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Why Startup Exec Hires Fail — Avoid €250K Mistakes with Diagnostic Hiring
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29:20What if every second leadership hire in your startup fails — costing you up to €250,000? In this episode of Startuprad.io, we uncover why so many startup executive hires flop and how diagnostic hiring is rewriting the rules of leadership selection. What You'll Learn: Why more than 50% of startup VP and C-level hires fail within 18 months The real-w…
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Live from Miami with EQT's Peter Aliprantis - bringing global local
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34:19Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s conversation brings us beachside, featuring a live podcast from Soho Beach House in Miami with EQT Partner, Head of Private Wealth Americas Peter Aliprantis. With the backdrop of the beach behind us and the wealth community in the audience, Peter and I discussed the nuances of the wealth chan…
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Unlocking Wealthtech Innovation and Growth With Vickie Lewin
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36:04Vickie Lewin is the Chief Growth Officer at Amplify, a leading wealthtech platform designed to streamline operations for RIAs and enterprise firms. With over 30 years of experience in financial services, fintech, and asset management, she previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Success Officer at AssetMark, where she played a pivotal r…
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Everything is Fintech Live: With Klarna's CMO, David Sandstrom
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49:04On the latest episode of Everything is Fintech, recorded live at Money20/20 Europe, hosts Zach Anderson Pettet and Mickey Tesfaye sit down with David Sandstrom, the visionary CMO behind Klarna's distinctive brand identity. Sandstrom reveals how Klarna deliberately broke away from traditional financial marketing, rejecting the "blue, boring, male, s…
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Second-Life EV Batteries: How Voltfang Raised €15M to Replace Coal in Europe
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25:33What if the key to Europe’s energy independence lies in the batteries of yesterday’s electric cars? This isn’t science fiction—it’s Voltfang’s reality. Today’s episode takes you inside the world of second-life EV batteries, where German climate tech startup Voltfang is repurposing used electric car batteries to stabilize power grids, decentralize e…
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Second-Life EV Batteries: How Voltfang Raised €15M to Replace Coal in Europe
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25:33What if the key to Europe’s energy independence lies in the batteries of yesterday’s electric cars? This isn’t science fiction—it’s Voltfang’s reality. Today’s episode takes you inside the world of second-life EV batteries, where German climate tech startup Voltfang is repurposing used electric car batteries to stabilize power grids, decentralize e…
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The Connector Podcast - From Estonian Startup to European Banking Pioneer: InBank's Journey
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20:39Ever wonder how a small Estonian startup transformed into a multi-country European bank during one of the most challenging periods in modern financial history? InBank's remarkable journey proves that crisis creates opportunity for those innovative enough to seize it. After the 2008 financial crisis, when traditional banks pulled back from consumer …
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