Docker-acquired founders building modern infrastructure access
++ NerdWallet product executive building MEA’s payment orchestration and revenue operations platform
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Geeks of the week
Startup Name: Money Hash
Geography: US
One-liner: One API to access payments and fintech across Middle East & Africa.
Founder(s) Background: Head of Credit and Debit Products @ NerdWallet, Product Lead @ SigFig (Series E; backed by General Atlantic, USV and Bain Capital Ventures), Chief Business Officer @ XPay.
Startup Name: Infra
Geography: US
One-liner: Infra brings authentication and access control to servers, clusters, and databases.
Founder(s) Background: Co-founder @ Kitematic (acq. by Docker), Senior Staff Engineer @ VMware Carbon Black.
Startup Name: Parallax
Geography: US
One-liner: Unlocking the benefits of crypto in payments.
Founder(s) Background: Senior engineer @ Linkedin, PM @ Linkedin & Kumu (Series-C General Atlantic-backed consumer social platform).
Founders building in stealth
Associate Partner @ Mckinsey, Founder @ Standard Treasury (sold to Silicon Valley Bank)
Quant Trader @ SIG, Quant Researcher @ Stevens Capital Management LP
Startup Idea & Trend
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LocalGlobe investment on SigmaOS (seed)
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