Future of Finance. Don Butler, MD, Thomvest. Pre-Tech Crunch &Money 2020.
Ahead of TechCrunch and Money20/20, an evening with Don Butler, Managing Director at Thomvest Ventures and a leading Fintech investor.
Overview
Ahead of TechCrunch and Money20/20, an evening with Don Butler, Managing Director at Thomvest Ventures and a leading fintech investor.
Join us for a evening with Don Butler: 26 Years of Investing in the Future of Finance and iconic. We discuss his investments in iconic Fintech companies and what the road ahead looks like.
Join Fintech Next ahead of TechCrunch and Money20/20 for an evening with Don Butler, Managing Director at Thomvest Ventures and one of the most experienced investors in fintech. In conversation with Sheela Ursal, Founder of Fintech Next and an emerging fund manager, Don will share lessons from more than 26 years of investing and offer his perspective on how AI is reshaping financial services.
As the global technology and financial services communities gather in San Francisco for TechCrunch and Money20/20, Fintech Next is pleased to host this fireside chat with one of the industry's most respected investors.
Over more than 26 years, Don has backed many of the companies that defined modern fintech, including SoFi, LendingClub, Blend, Figure, Carta, Kabbage, Ladder, and Tala. His portfolio companies have gone public on the NYSE and NASDAQ and have been acquired by American Express, Cisco, BlackBerry, Roku, and Blackstone.
Why Attend
Gain insight from an investor who has seen Fintech evolve from its earliest days
Hear a his perspective on Future of Finance and AI amid today’s rapid change
Connect with the Bay Area Fintech community before the conference season begins
Network with founders and industry leaders in relaxed setting.
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Speakers:
Don Butler, MD, Thomvest Ventures.
Don Butler is a Managing Director at Thomvest Ventures, where he invests across the fintech ecosystem, including credit, financial services infrastructure, embedded finance, and insurtech.His credit investments include Capchase, Covalto, Figure (Nasdaq: FIGR), Kabbage (acquired by American Express), LendingClub (NYSE: LC), SoFi (Nasdaq: SOFI), and Tala. In infrastructure, his investments include Blend (NYSE: BLND), Carta, and Unqork. In embedded finance, they include Baselane and Coast, and in insurtech, Ladder and Obie (acquired by The Baldwin Group).He is currently focused on how AI is reshaping financial services, including agentic commerce and embedding financial services in AI-driven applications.Don holds a B.A. in Chinese from UCLA and master’s degrees in East Asian Studies and Political Science from Stanford University.
Sheela Ursal Emerging Fund Manager Fintech Next Fund
Founder and General Partner of Fintech Next, investing in the next generation of financial services across AI, payments, banking, fraud and identity, digital assets, and integrated finance.
More than 25 years of experience building and scaling products, enterprises, and startups, including Amazon, Western Union, and Netopia (acquired by Google). Experience spans digital payments, cross-border commerce, eCommerce, cloud services, and financial technology, with products and platforms reaching millions of consumers and businesses worldwide.
A unique perspective as both an operator and investor, combining deep domain expertise with hands-on experience in product strategy, go-to-market execution, partnerships, and global expansion. Fintech Next partners with experienced founders solving meaningful problems in large markets and supports them in building enduring companies that transform financial services.
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