Stuart Sopp, CEO of Current – Fintech’s ‘Era of Value’: Balancing Growth, Innovation, and Profitability

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Miguel Armaza sits down with Stuart Sopp, CEO and Co-Founder at Current, one of the largest New York fintech platforms offering financial services to US consumers.

Launched in 2015, Current serves almost four million customers and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, TQ Ventures, Avenir, Sapphire Ventures, Foundation Capital, Wellington Management, QED, and many more.

We recorded this conversation live in the heart of NYC at Barclays Rise, as part of a series of events during New York Tech Week.

We discussed:

• Launching Current and why it took many iterations and two pivots to eventually land on Current present state
• The importance of balancing growth and tech development in periods of hypergrowth
• Why Stuart believes we’ve entered the “era of value” for fintech and what this means for founders launching companies these days
• What he’s learned working with Mr. Beast and many other influencers
• Why NYC is the best place to start a fintech company… and a lot more! 

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Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder and General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.

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