“We are in a period of what I will call Fintech Maximpustism,” says the founder of the chemistry and GP Goldberg’s note. “By this, I mean the companies that have grown in the last five to 10 years in Fintech, those that have been executed quietly until the winter of the 2021 to 2024 period, have emerged as composers in a way that really took my breath away.”
After nearly a decade at Index Ventures, where he supported standout fintech companies such as Plaid, Persona, Lithic and Pilot, Goldberg left in 2024 to start ChemistryAn early stadium business business. Founded in parallel with Kristina Shen and Ethan Kurzweil, the $ 350 million fund is part of a growing trend in business capital: Experienced investors that surpass large platforms to build more focused, boutiques.
Today, with equality, Mary Ann Azevedo has fallen with Goldberg about what led him to make the move, what chemistry is and how the business landscape evolved in recent years.
Listen to the full episode to hear more about:
- Fintech, a Goldberg area has long been having a look-and why he sees “much more tech-fin than fintech” these days
- Why those who are waiting for a wave of fintech iPos may be for a long possession
- What follows in 2025 and beyond, from AI’s impact on fraud to shifting the activity of the agreements, including a receipt to mergers and acquisitions and secondary
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