Table Ronde with Malik Yacoubi (Nesto Group)

​Malik Yacoubi is the Co-Founder and CEO of nesto, a Montreal-based digital mortgage lender founded in 2018. Since launch, nesto has funded billions in residential mortgages across Canada, raised over $100M in equity financing, and built a team of 400+ employees. The company combines licensed mortgage expertise with technology to offer fully online approvals and rate transparency in a highly regulated, bank-dominated industry.

​Topics on the menu:

​🏦 Building in a Regulated Industry (FinTech)

​⚔️ Competing with Giants

​📊 Unit Economics & Capital Efficiency

​🚀 Scaling Operations at Speed

​What is Table Ronde?

​​​​​​​​Table Ronde is a curated space for people who are building.

​​In a world full of noise, advice is everywhere — but real experience is becoming harder to find and access.

​​Table Ronde exists to bridge aspiration and real experience.

​​We bring builders together with founders, investors, and executives who share what really happened — the context, constraints, and tradeoffs behind real outcomes.

​​No fluff. No polish.
Just honest conversations and real human connection.

​​Signal over noise.