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Jake Gibson

Jake Gibson

Why We Invested in Stay

Why We Invested in Stay

I’m thrilled to announce our investment in Stay! The Brazilian retirement savings system is fraught with problems. Rather than 401ks like we have in the US, pretty standard benefits of full-time employment, they have pension plans, and those are primarily only offered by the largest employers. Fewer than 15%

Video: What is The Mint, Really?

Video: What is The Mint, Really?

⬅️The video below was originally published on our YouTube channel here. It has always been part of our mission to build BTV into the epicenter of fintech talent. In the years before BTV, Sheel and I angel invested in more than 90 companies, and we built an accelerator to back

Why We Invested in Permanent

Why We Invested in Permanent

🚀 We're thrilled to announce our investment in Permanent! 🍃 🚜 Today, the biggest challenge for farmers is selling more. Above all, they need to find buyers for their products. Most smaller farms lack the resources for transportation or logistics, which limits their ability to work with mid-sized and larger buyers.

Forget Perfectionism, Embrace the Chaos

Forget Perfectionism, Embrace the Chaos

⬅️Article originally published here by our friends at This Week in Fintech. In my previous two pieces in this series, I talked a bit about how startups are an exercise in controlled chaos, and how building an enduring franchise means getting very comfortable with ambiguity. That’s easy to say,

Podcast: Jake on Breaking Banks, Ep. 548

Podcast: Jake on Breaking Banks, Ep. 548

⬅️Originally published on YouTube here and Spotify here. Killing It: And then Paying It Forward Jake Gibson is a former investment banker, entrepreneur/co-founder of NerdWallet, angel investor, and now VC founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures. He crossed career paths with host, Jason Henrichs, 10+ years ago. Today, they have

Podcast: Jake on TWiF's The OGs of Fintech, Ep. 5

Podcast: Jake on TWiF's The OGs of Fintech, Ep. 5

⬅️Originally published by our friends at This Week in Fintech here. In episode number five of the Fintech OG series, we talk with Jake Gibson of NerdWallet and BTV, and Nik Milanović of TWIF, who share their extensive journeys within the fintech sector, shedding light on the evolution of financial

Podcast: Sheel and Jake on the I/O Pod, Ep. 9

Podcast: Sheel and Jake on the I/O Pod, Ep. 9

The Kings of Fintech | How NerdWallet's Jake Gibson and Sheel Mohnot Are Funding The Next Generation