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JC Bahr-de Stefano

JC Bahr-de Stefano

Vertical AI Summit: The Economics of AI Growth

Vertical AI Summit: The Economics of AI Growth

To close the inaugural Vertical AI Summit a few weeks ago, I moderated a panel on the economics of AI growth with Varun Anand of Clay and David Eckstein of Legora. Varun is a co-founder of Clay, where he runs go-to-market. David is the CFO of Legora,

My Compliance Conundrums

My Compliance Conundrums

Where This Started Before I was a VC, I spent three and a half years at Promontory Financial Group, a risk and compliance consulting firm that advised many of the largest financial institutions in the world. It was a great business, particularly in the wake of the 2008 crisis. It

1Q26 Newsletter

1Q26 Newsletter

👋 Hello, It’s BTV Welcome back to our quarterly update! As always, it was a very busy quarter for Team BTV. Some exciting news to kick things off - we're co-hosting a Vertical AI Summit with Ramp and Greylock in NYC in early June. Invite-only, 100 to

Why We Invested in Rely

Why We Invested in Rely

Excited to Announce Our Investment in Rely! We are thrilled to share our investment in Rely! We led their pre-seed round and invested in their $4.5M seed round led by 2048 Ventures. Every time a multifamily asset changes hands or gets refinanced, thousands of unstructured documents need to

Fireside Chat with Itai Damti of Unit + Thomas George of Housecat

Fireside Chat with Itai Damti of Unit + Thomas George of Housecat

It was a pleasure to host a fireside on AI and fintech last week with Itai Damti and Thomas George. Itai is the Co-Founder and CEO of Unit and has spent years building one of the most important pieces of embedded finance infrastructure out there. Thomas spent 10 years

Why We Invested in InstaSwitch

Why We Invested in InstaSwitch

Excited to Announce Our Investment in InstaSwitch! We are thrilled to share our investment in InstaSwitch! We led their pre-seed round and invested in their seed round led by Chicago Ventures. 5.4 million U.S. small businesses try to switch banks every year. Most never finish. The story

Podcast: JC on Venture Grounds

Podcast: JC on Venture Grounds

⬅️Originally published by Rho here. In this Venture Grounds episode, JC Bahr-de Stefano from Better Tomorrow Ventures explains why the best FinTech companies aren't leading with AI — they're leading with the problem they solve. He breaks down why AI is enabling technology, not the product