Christian Gabriel of Capdesk
Christian Gabriel is the founder of Capdesk, a social shareholder platform that digitalizes cap tables and creates social experiences for shareholders in unlisted companies.
Startup
Rainer Plentl of Finpoint Ltd
Rainer Plentl is CEO of Finpoint Ltd, a free online platform that enables SMEs to submit a single funding application to 80+ lenders including banks and alternative finance providers, streamlining the business finance sourcing process.
Matiss Ansviesulis of CreamFinance
Matiss Ansviesulis is CEO and co-founder of CreamFinance, an online consumer finance company established in 2012 that uses behavioral pattern recognition to provide fast, convenient consumer loans globally, with funding from venture capital, debt financing, and a public bond issue on the Warsaw...
Gray Stern of Landbay
Gray Stern is Chief Commercial Officer of Landbay, a UK marketplace mortgage lender connecting retail and institutional investors to prime residential borrowers.
Toby Triebel of Spotcap
Toby Triebel is CEO and Co-Founder of Spotcap, an online lending platform providing short-term loans to small businesses. With economics degrees from Cambridge and LSE, plus over 10 years in finance including roles at Goldman Sachs and Finisterre Capital, Triebel founded Spotcap to address the...
Special Feature: Arina Osiannaya of the Business Funding Show (BFS)
Arina Osiannaya is Managing Director of the Business Funding Show (BFS), the UK's first exhibition exclusively dedicated to SME funding and growth support.
Marco Monaco from tip
Marco Monaco is CEO and founder of tip, a private blockchain-based mobile payments platform that enables the issuance, management, and exchange of various digital assets.
James Tuckett of investUP - the year in review
James Tuckett of investUP, a crowdfunding and P2P lending marketplace aggregating deals from over 23 partners, discusses the platform's first year achievements including FCA regulation and plans to launch an enhanced version with improved search, social features, and robo-lending tools.
Gary Turner of Xero
Gary Turner is Managing Director of Xero, the online accounting software company. He discusses Xero's mission to help SMBs manage finances, the company's £20/month pricing model, and how financial mismanagement contributes to business failures.
Bill Gourlay of Idea Group
Bill Gourlay is CEO of Idea Group, a privately owned fintech firm founded in 1995 that specializes in bespoke investment management systems, financial messaging solutions, and product management software for the financial services sector.
Emmanuel Lumineau of BrickVest
Emmanuel Lumineau is CEO of BrickVest, a pan-European online real estate investment platform launching soon that democratizes property investment across Europe and North America from €1,000 minimum with transparent access and lower fees than traditional gatekeepers.
Subash Atreya of InvestFly
Subash Atreya is the founder and CEO of InvestFly, a cloud-based trading platform that enables retail investors to develop, automate, and share customized trading strategies using modern technology and data tools previously accessible only to institutional traders.