Rise New York brings to you this month's fintech mentor, Sunil Rao! Sunil is the CFO/COO at Plum Alley Ventures Company. He has a unique mix of institutionalised finance experience and broad exposure to the start-up ecosystem. In his 20+ years in banking, he has operated as an internal founder - building and leading businesses, functions, and products across multiple disciplines. This session will take place at Rise New York on 26 September at 9:00 AM ET. Register here: http://ms.spr.ly/6040mEK3Q #Fintech #Mentoring
Rise, created by Barclays
Financial Services
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Building the future of finance at the #HomeofFinTech.
About us
Rise, created by Barclays is a global fintech ecosystem made up of cutting-edge start-ups and scale-ups. At Rise, we have created an environment for innovation and growth in financial services through our physical locations in New York and London, and our virtual community in India. Our ecosystem has access to Barclays' network of industry experts, mentors, investors and partners to help founders scale at pace. Onsite and virtually we offer events and mentoring sessions on the topics of all things fintech. We also have the Rise Academies, digital fintech programmes designed to meet founders at every stage of their journey. Be a part of a community of likeminded individuals to connect and collaborate with at the #HomeofFinTech.
- Website
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https://rise.barclays
External link for Rise, created by Barclays
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- London, England
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 2015
- Specialties
- fintech, startup, accelerator, scaleup, innovation, financial services, and technology
Locations
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Primary
41 Luke Street
London, England EC2A 4DP, GB
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43 W 23rd St
New York, US
Employees at Rise, created by Barclays
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Ben Heyhoe Flint
CGO, early stage Advisor & Mentor - Monetising Intellectual Property Rights (TV, Film, Sport, Celebrity) | B2B Tech/Data, Marketplaces, SaaS - Legacy…
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Antony Bream
Board & Founder Advisor | Scaling Tech Businesses | Sales & Business Development Best Practice | Fractional CRO | Mentoring & Coaching
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Gillian Kerr
Founder | Director | CMO | Board Advisor | Mentor
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Michal Karnibad
CEO COO Mentor, Advisor, Investor and board member | Visiting Fellow @ Zinc | Mentor @ Rise by Barclays & Pavilion | ex PayPal , Citi , HSBC
Updates
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Last week, was a blast at the Rise London Coffee Club in partnership with Levenue. Professionals from all levels came together to connect, share ideas and explore new opportunities in fintech. Thanks to everyone who joined us, and we look forward to the next Coffee Club meetup. #Fintech #Community #Networking
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We are excited to partner with FinTech North in hosting the Northwest FinTech Forum on 1 October, held at Barclays' Radbroke Campus in Cheshire. This event is a unique opportunity for both the fintech community and Barclays colleagues to connect, learn and innovate. 👉 Fintech Community: Discover how Barclays leverages open innovation and partnerships to drive cutting-edge solutions. 👉 Barclays Colleagues: Gain early market insights and immerse yourself in thought leadership from the vibrant external fintech ecosystem. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to engage with leaders, innovators and visionaries in fintech. Register here: http://ms.spr.ly/6045m8zKW #FinTech #Innovation
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Banks can lead the charge by embracing change. 🚀 In theme three of A View From The Leading Edge in partnership with Rainmaking, ‘Building the bank of the future’, we delve into how financial institutions should invest in AI-powered solutions to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency. Read here: http://ms.spr.ly/6046m8EUY #Fintech #Innovation
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Are you in London looking for 1:1 advice from industry experts on your fintech start-up or scale-up? 👉 Apply today for our mentoring sessions on 26 September at Rise London: http://ms.spr.ly/6043mDvkl Learn about our mentors: Kira Begunova- is an award-winning entrepreneur, with 20 years in operations and data in fintech and energy corporate sectors. Kira provides executive coaching and mentorship to start-ups across multiple industries, advising on strategy and tech product design. Jim MacDougall- has over 20 years of experience in fast-growing and complex organisations. He is skilled at building scale and momentum through intentional delivery mechanisms, data centric decision-making and robust organisational operating systems. Lilia Tira- is an Investment Banking professional, with her career spanning various organisations. For the last 5 years, Lilia has been advising fintechs with their business development strategy. Johnny Topaz- is a Senior Product Manager at Barclays with experience in Digital, Product and eCommerce. Johnny is passionate about optimising marketing channels, problem-solving and executing campaigns. Steven PAUL, CDir FIoD- is the Founder and Managing Director of Board-OS which transforms and upscales businesses exponentially at both an executive and board level. Steven architects and delivers programs, operating models and coaches leaders. #Fintech #Mentoring
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Congratulations to our latest Rise Growth Academy (RGA) cohort Anonybit, Data Safeguard Inc., Fennel, FinCrime Dynamics, Flexys, Heka Global, Juice, Mall IQ, Inc., Louisa AI, Odynn, Pockyt, Scribe, Singlify and Spendbase for graduating the programme. 🎉 We cannot wait to see your continued success! 👉 Learn more about RGA here: http://ms.spr.ly/6048m8zHr #HomeofFinTech #FinTech #Founder
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📢 Announcing the launch of 'Building the bank of the future', the final theme from our report, A View From The Leading Edge in partnership with Rainmaking. The bank of the future doesn't need to reinvent the wheel, it just needs to think outside the box. This release explores how banks can adopt technologies that are already transforming other industries into digital powerhouses. Read here: http://ms.spr.ly/6043m8OEv #Fintech #Innovation
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We’re excited to announce our sponsorship of FTT Fintech Festival 2024! 🎉 This is a must-attend 2-day festival on 11 - 12 November for c-level executives, founders and industry leaders across financial institutions, fintech and technology. The festival will be held at The Brewery, London and will bring multiple stages of conversations on open finance, payments, embedded finance, fraud, AI and more. Come and join us at the Rise booth where we'll be exhibiting some of the great initiatives we have for the global fintech ecosystem, and don't miss out on hearing insights from our Barclays speakers on stage. We're also thrilled to share that our Rise Fintech Mentoring sessions will be hosted on day 1. These sessions are for fintech founders looking to accelerate their fintech growth (stay tuned for our mentoring registration details). FTT Fintech Festival registration: http://ms.spr.ly/6041lAjTb Use our discount code FTTRISESOCIAL20 for 20% off when purchasing. #FTT24 #Fintech #Innovation Fintech Talents
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As part of our Innovation Spotlight Series: A View From The Leading Edge in partnership with Rainmaking we released ‘When finance meets real life’. In this release, we look at how banks can integrate intuitive, digital solutions within customers' daily lives to enable effortless and accessible financial management. It follows theme one, Financial products for changing needs, which shed light on how banks must pivot away from standard transactions to experiences that use the latest technology. Read here: http://ms.spr.ly/6044l0H9k #FinTech #Innovation
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Congratulations to Rise resident Hoptroff for being awarded funding by the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) to participate in its Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) testing for ‘Time Over Fibre’. 👏 This award will enable DOT to conduct real-world field tests of commercial PNT technologies to facilitate adoption into systems that depend on secure and reliable PNT services. Learn more here: http://ms.spr.ly/6040lLh2K #Fintech