So excited to announce that I’ve joined @meritechcapital to invest in the next generation of fintech, enterprise software, and marketplace companies!
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ashleypaston
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- Crazy week in fintech, but it’s only Wednesday.... 💔 @Plaid / @Visa Breakup 🛒 @Walmart getting into fintech 🛍 @Affirm pricing at ~$15B 🌪@blendlabsinc raising $300m @ $3.3B Ⓜ️@mX raising $300m 🏃♂️@RapydPayments raising $300m @ $2.5B 🚛Relay Payments raising $43mm
- Such a pinch me moment!! Thank you to @Forbes for the incredible nod and the founders, friends, and family that helped me get here✨
- Just updated the Twitter location, so I guess it’s official - say hello to SF’s newest resident!! Best restaurants / places to hit?! 🙃🌉
- Thrilled to publish @BainCapVC’s thesis on ‘Software as the Future of Payments Distribution’ alongside @mattcharris // @HSConferences
- 🏡📜Finally, startups such as @sprucehq @qualiasoftware @statestitle @Jetclosing are taking on the $14B title insurance industry. Read my take below for the latest ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #insurtech
- Ex-employees on expert calls are the best psychological case study. Brain: "Hype the company, pump your equity” Mouth: "Let me tell you why that place was a complete dumpster fire”
- 1/ Today, @baincapvc announced their $21M Series A investment in @hello_orum, a company poised to revolutionize the way money moves
- Excited to share my latest views on fintech 💳, female empowerment 👊🏼, and mental health ❤️This week’s guest is @ashleypaston from @BainCapVC. Read her interview on future #payment #trends and how #fintech will impact financial literacy and mental health awareness. bit.ly/FFF-AshleyP #nycfintechwomen #womeninfintech #baincapitalventures #investor
- In the past 6 months, integrated payments as a % of U.S. Bankcard Distribution has already increased from 8% to 10%. #embeddedfintech
1/ Fintech as the fourth platform will create $3.6T in value. Sure, the internet, cloud and mobile were great. But to put things in perspective, those three platforms together produced just under $3 trillion of value combined. cc: @Forbes forbes.com/sites/matthewh… - Lemonade filed its S-1 today 🍋🍋🍋 ⬆️ GWP (17/18/19): $9m > $47m > $116m ⬆️ Revenue (17/18/19): $2m > $23m > $67 💸 Net Losses (17/18/19): -$28m > -$53m > -$109m 👩👧 Customers: 70% <35 yrs old (90% not switching from another carrier) #Insurtech sec.gov/Archives/edgar…
