Fintech Week Breakfast for Founders & Funders
The teams at Fidelity, Fifth Third, and Willowtree are excited to gather the fintech community during Boston Fintech Week. We'll host breakfast & a panel, digging into what drives innovation and success in fintech right now. Our goal is to help folks across the ecosystem build connections and learn from peers in the fintech space.
Agenda
8-8:30 Arrivals & networking
8:30-9 Panel, led by Kristen Craft at Fidelity Private Shares
Dan Allred, Fintech Head at Fifth Third
Damien Balsan at Firmly.ai/Conexo Ventures
Sasha Yablonovsky, CEO of Loanspark
9-9:30 Networking & departures
Fidelity Private Shares
Fidelity Private Shares is committed to supporting the startup & venture capital community. Fidelity helps founders prepare for their next round of funding with our cap table management and data room platform, events that give you access to seed stage capital, equity scenario modeling, and premier support to generate, execute & store legal documents. No matter where you are in your journey - from inception to IPO - Fidelity has the expertise to support you.
Fifth Third
Fifth Third, with its recent acquisition of Comerica, is a top 10 US bank, and serves VC-backed companies via its Innovation Bank. This includes support for Fintech companies across their life cycle from early to established with services spanning corporate treasury & lending, embedded banking & payments, asset-backed finance, and investment banking.
LoanSpark
Loanspark is a technology-first commercial lender and lending technology company modernizing small-balance commercial finance. Its platform combines AI-powered tools, proprietary automation, direct capital, and end-to-end execution across commercial real estate and business-purpose lending. Through BLaaS™, partners can launch branded lending programs and embed Loanspark’s lending infrastructure and capital into their own platforms.
WillowTree Ventures
WillowTree Ventures is an early-stage venture fund investing at the intersection of AI, financial services, and commerce. Its General Partners bring decades of operating & investing experience, deep sector expertise, and a differentiated strategic LP base giving portfolio companies unparalleled access to enterprise customers and partners.