Building Alloy with Founder, Laura Spiekerman

Today’s guest is Laura Speakman, Co-Founder of Alloy. We cover her journey from interning in microfinance to narrowly avoiding becoming a career lawyer to then becoming a fintech founder building crucial infrastructure.Alloy is a global identity decisioning platform that helps banks and fintechs with onboarding, transaction monitoring and credit decisioning. They have 300+ customers and 300+ employees. Their last round value to them at over a billion dollars.But, getting there was by no means easy–building infrastructure in FinTech almost never is. We cover both the successes, but also the bumps in the road. Enjoy!We discuss:1. Her early career from Brooklyn DA’s office => Microfinance in Nairobi => Payments in the US2. Why she started Alloy in 2015 and how she met her Co-Founder, Tommy Nichols3. How they closed their early customers (small fintechs) and eventually their first large customer (Ally Bank!)4. How their GTM & Product has changed over time5. Alloy’s global expansion, starting w/ a London office6. Advice for new fintech foundersIf you prefer video, find our interviews on YouTube:youtube.com/@cambrianhq

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