Fintech Leaders

Billy Libby, CEO/Co-Founder at Upper90 – The Future of Debt, Credit, & Venture Capital

Aug 1, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

FinTech, Private Credit, Equity Investment and All That Jazz

3min

Transitioning to VC: A Different Beast

2min

How to Deal With Faults in Venture Capital

3min

How to Scale and Build a Successful VC Team

4min

How to Value Equity in Credit Driven FinTechs

2min

The Challenges of FinTech

2min

FinTech and the Cost of Starting a Startup

3min

The Differences Between Working With Companies in the US and Internationally

3min

10.

How to Be a Successful VC

3min

11.

How to Succeed as a Founder

4min

12.

The Future of Web Content

2min

13.

The Future of AI and Sustainable Investing

5min

14.

Upper 90: How to Study the Returns of Managers

2min

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Miguel Armaza sits down with Billy Libby, CEO/Co-Founder at Upper90 and Conor Witt, Vice President at Upper90. Upper90 is a hybrid fund that invests credit and equity in early-stage businesses.

Launched in 2018, Upper90 has over $1.5B in AUM and has backed fintech companies like Thras.io, Octane Lending, Mundi, and many more.

In this episode, we discuss:

Combining equity and debt underwriting and how Upper90 has built a team with two different skillsets under the same roof
What they’ve learned from working with the best credit-driven companies in the market and what great founders have in common
Venturing outside the US and why Upper90 sees a ton of opportunity in places like Latin America
How electronic and quantitative trading in Wall Street led Billy to fintech and venture capital… lots more!

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