New York, New York 🗽
Finally, I arrived in NYC!
I’m really excited to be here - Skyscrapers and everything - I’m particularly looking forward to meeting with my friends from Fintech Meetup, Amanda Orson (VP, Head of North America at Curve), Nico Simko (Founder and CEO at Clair), Dan Westgarth (COO at Deel), and Dee Choubey (CEO at MoneyLion), to name a few.
And of course, all the people I haven’t met before! That’s always the best part of these trips and in-person events.
As you may know, I’m quite active on Linkedin, as a result of this I connect with a lot of people on a daily basis. However, nothing compares to in-person meetings and networking. I feel blessed to be able to travel again and meet with all these like-minded people from the FinTech space.
My upcoming schedule
Aside from much-anticipated meetings that I can finally have with people I know for a while, I will also be attending some New York FinTech week events while I’m around.
👉 We are kicking off with the opening party at Rise on Monday. Maybe I will see some of you there?
And last week, I mentioned a thing or two about my investing activities. So I’m extremely happy to say that I will be able to see some live startup pitches, as well, this week.
👉 On Wednesday I’ll be attending the FinTech Investor Breakfast to get to know the founders in the latest Western Union Accelerator Powered by Techstars.
It’s gonna be a busy week, but I’m really looking forward to it!
Suggested event
It’s still some weeks away, but there is an interesting event coming up in London next month: The FF Awards! 🥳
Because The FF Awards is an in-person event, and I’ll be there in person, as one of the judges, on November 29th.
If you want to join the festivities, you can get your tickets here
I hope to see some of you there!
My take on current events
Looking at last week’s news, one article that caught my attention, was from one of my idols: Snoop Dogg. Even though I’m from Amsterdam, I’m not heavily invested in the cannabis space (surprise!).
But, as you might know, Snoop is investing heavily in FinTech. So he is practically my colleague right? Although he’s definitely on another level in many ways, I take this as a yes and consider this as a childhood dream come true! 😉
I will never leave out an opportunity to shine a light on things I’m passionate about. And many passions come together in this great picture made by Ilja Meefout I can’t give the man enough credit for this!
If you like it as much as I do, you can order the great book “1, 2 1, 2 Portraits of Hip Hop”. A book that should be on every bookcase, if you ask me.
Nothing more for me to say than enjoy your Sunday and talk soon!
Cheers,
Marcel.