🚀 Vilnius Founders 🍸 on FinTech: Q&A with Andrius Bičeika, NED at Revolut, & Founders of Kashimi
This time at Vilnius Founders, we're bringing different perspectives on building fintech companies from Lithuania — from an early-stage financial infrastructure startup to one of Europe's most scaled fintechs.
We'll start the evening with a Q&A with Benas Pavlauskas and Robertas Sadovskis, serial entrepreneurs and the founders of Kashimi, a fast-growing Lithuanian fintech building open banking–powered account-to-account (A2A) payment infrastructure. Kashimi recently raised $1.36M in pre-seed funding.
🍸 Drinks at this event are sponsored by Kashimi! 🍸
After that, we'll sit down with Andrius Bičeika, one of the most experienced operators in Lithuania, who has scaled fintech businesses to tens of millions of users and has nearly a decade at Revolut. Andrius spent 9+ years at Revolut, where he played a key role in scaling the company across Europe and beyond. Today, he is a Non-Executive Director at Revolut Holdings Europe, overseeing Revolut's banking, securities, and insurance businesses serving 30+ million retail and 500k+ business customers across the EEA.
🗓️ Agenda
17:30 — Doors open & networking 🍸
18:00–18:30 — Q&A with the Founders of Kashimi
18:30–19:15 — Q&A with Andrius Bičeika
After — Drinks, conversations, and deal-flow
🎙️ Q&A with Kashimi founders
Why they decided to start again in fintech after senior roles in banks and scaleups
What it really takes to build a regulated payment infrastructure from day one
Raising a pre-seed round in the current market — what worked and what didn't
Selling to banks and financial institutions as an early-stage startup
How open banking and A2A payments are evolving in Europe, the UK, and the US
Lessons early-stage founders can apply outside fintech
🎙️ Q&A with Andrius Bičeika
What early-stage founders should focus on in the first 12–24 months
How Revolut scaled country by country — and what startups underestimate
Building teams, culture, and leadership during hypergrowth
Partnerships and business development: when they help and when they don't
Lessons from regulated markets that apply even outside fintech
How Lithuania can produce more globally competitive companies
About the speakers
Andrius Bičeika, NED at Revolut, Aukok.lt
Andrius Bičeika is a senior business leader and board member with deep experience in global expansion, fintech, and high-growth organizations. He is a Non-Executive Director at Revolut Holdings Europe and a former Deputy CEO & Board Member of Revolut Bank (EEA). Beyond Revolut, Andrius has held leadership roles at TransferGo, CityBee, Mobassurance, and DevMotion, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board at Aukok.lt.
Benas Pavlauskas, Co-founder & CEO, Kashimi
Benas is a fintech executive and entrepreneur with deep experience across payments, banking, licensing, and go-to-market. Before Kashimi, he held senior leadership roles at Kevin, Inbank, and other regulated financial institutions across Europe. At Kashimi, he leads the company's vision to build a scalable, compliant A2A payment infrastructure for global financial institutions.
Robertas Sadovskis, Co-founder & CTO, Kashimi
Robertas is a seasoned technology leader with extensive experience building large-scale, regulated payment systems. Before Kashimi, he served as CTO at Kevin, Barbora, and worked on global products at Western Union and Telia. At Kashimi, Robertas leads engineering, with a focus on bank-grade reliability, security, and developer-first infrastructure.
About 🚀 Vilnius Founders
Vilnius Founders is a casual, founder-driven meetup series bringing together startup builders, operators, and investors over drinks. No slides. No suits. Just honest conversations about what it really takes to build global companies from Lithuania.
Come for the fintech insights. Stay for the cocktails and the real talk. 🍸
🍸 Drinks at this event are sponsored by Kashimi! 🍸