Fintech Family Hour Kamran Ansari, Headline Ventures: Private Markets, Public Markets, IPOs, Oh My!
I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Kamran Ansari, Partner at Headline Ventures. We talk about public markets, private markets, why he’s convinced Stripe isn’t going public in 2024, and some other smokin’ hot takes.
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Topics:
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:01:27) - Kamran’s journey into VC
(00:05:05) - The early days of Venmo
(00:11:52) - Working in corporate development with Pinterest
(00:15:14) - The importance of people and recruiting
(00:25:04) - Stripe will not IPO in 2024 PERIOD
(00:32:43) - Predictions for NeoBanks
(00:35:16) - Chime
(00:40:40) - SPACs and Better
(00:46:02) - The Capital One/Discover deal
(00:54:37) - How do you start a bank?
(00:56:56) - Kamran’s day-to-day life and work
**note on Venmo: The deal happened before Kamran joined. He ended up finding deep alignment with the founders and ended up working closely with the team as a Board Observer as well as a Leader and Advisor in many capacities.