Sharing Big Ideas
What's the Big Idea?
We are in the ideas business. We find the teams with the best ideas for a business and the best idea for a technology to use and we back them. Finding and funding the best of fintech is our mantra.
Times of upheaval call for even bigger ideas. It seems to us that 2020 is such a time. Therefore, we've decided to devote this issue to two big ideas that have captured our attention.
The first is about the future of capitalism. We believe Navi Radjou has a perspective that is worth studying. It calls for tying business methods and results to the demands of its customers. Those customers make the enterprise succeed so expanding the company mission to their demands: better society, better impact are ways to grow the business in tune with its users.
The second is about reforms for the US government. It does not take a political party angle but recognizes the reality of the situation in America and the need to renew.
The big ideas are all about renewal and recommitment to a better approach which will lead to a better future. See what you think and tell us your big ideas (email us at mcasady@vestigoventures.com)!
—Mark & Dave
Envisions Interview
Sharing Big Ideas
w/ Navi Radjou
Check out Navi's Ted Talk and article in the MIT Sloan Review here!
President Bill Lincoln
John Micklethwait
We thoroughly enjoyed this essay which was replete with big ideas, the central theme of which were the centrist policy initiatives of the hero America needs.
We also wish government were as small, efficient, and nimble as the companies we are obsessed with. While there are obvious practical barriers to going that far - we might take a page out of William Gladstone and Abraham Lincoln's righteous, frugal, and radical policy agendas to move our country in a positive direction.
—The Vestigo Team
New Portfolio Company
We are delighted to announce the newest addition to the Vestigo portfolio: Railz. Railz is building an essential data infrastructure layer that fintech has been sorely missing (think of Plaid for accounting data).
Portfolio Updates
Clerkie Selected for Google Startups Accelerator
Clerkie was recently selected to join "Google for Startups" accelerator. We are confident that this scrappy team will be able to leverage Google's technical expertise and access to help this business get to the next level.
Jewel Burks
The Vestmark Family Continues to Propel Innovations Among Incumbents
Vestmark's wholly-owned RIA-platform, Adhesion Wealth, recently announced the launch of its Personal Indexes investment solution to help advisors deliver a customized tax-advantaged investment option to clients.
Adhesion Wealth
The BBC Highlights Jobble's Zack Smith
While we're still getting used to reading BBC coverage of our portfolio company leaders, we love to see Zack getting the kind of recognition he deserves! Zack's perspective on the funding gap for black entrepreneurs is important for our entire industry to consider.
Padraig BeltonTechnology of Business reporter
Interesting Reads
Navi Radjou
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