MoneyNeverSleeps
Episodes
213: In the Middle | Patrick Pinschmidt and MiddleGame Ventures
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Pinschmidt is a General Partner and Co-Founder at MiddleGame Ventures, a financial technology venture capital fund focused on early-stage inve...
212: Money Talks: Opening the Bitcoin Floodgates | Grayscale vs SEC | Open Banking Meets AI
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend take a look at the aftermath of the American Bankpocalypse with contrasting views on bitcoin as a safe haven, and ho...
211: Money Talks: Lessons Learned from 1,000 Startup Deals | The American Bankpocalypse
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend take a quick look at the triumvirate of bank failures in the US with Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature ...
210: Money Talks | Web3 Gender Gap | Pitching the Right VCs | Revolut’s Neo-Profits | WhatsApp Goes Big in Brazil
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend look at the outsized gender gap in web3, then riff on the realities of venture capital ‘dry powder’ and crypto V...
209: Word is Bond | Liang Wu | Writing and Investing in Web3
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liang Wu is the Co-founding Managing Partner at Eleven26 Capital, an early-stage VC fund investing in diverse founders on the evolving Internet across...
208: MoneyTalks: US Crypto Crackdown | Apple + NBA Top Shot | Solaris Setback | Revolut’s Irish Trojan Horse
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend riff on the latest US regulatory crackdown in crypto markets, how NBA Top Shot on the Apple app store is ...
207: What Makes a Great Web3 Team
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special segment, we’re featuring web3 investors, founders and mentors such as Joey Krug from Pantera Capital, Matthew Graham from Sino Globa...
206: Sure Shot | Dee Coakley and Boundless
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dee Coakley is the co-founder and CEO of Boundless, the operating system for your international team, which she co-founded with Emily Castles in Irela...
205: Memory Lane | Sam Williams and Arweave
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Williams is co-founder and CEO of Arweave, a blockchain protocol allowing us to remember and preserve valuable information, apps, and history inde...
204: MoneyTalks: Silvergate Buries Diem | Jack Ma Done | Bitcoin vs. Ethereum vs. YouTube | Farming Yield and CheeseFi
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend riff on Eoin’s new role at Enterprise Ireland, the final nail in the coffin for Meta’s former crypto ...
203: MoneyTalks: 2023 Web3 & Fintech Predictions | | Techstars Web3 Update | Using ChatGPT | Fintech & Crypto Leadership
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend riff on the latest on Sam Bankman-Fried before diving into a few of the fintech and web3 predictions for ...
202: Clarisse Hagege, Dfns and Protecting Your Crypto Assets
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Clarisse Hagege, founder and CEO of Dfns, joins the show this week recorded recently as part of the Techstars Web3 Community Series events organized b...
201: Sean Lee, Odsy Network and Making Web3 Universally Accessible
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Lee, co-founder of Odsy Network, joins the show this week recorded recently as part of the Techstars Web3 Community Series events organized by th...
200: It Takes Two | Pete and Eoin’s Top 10 from the Last One Hundred Episodes
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Holy Mackenzie, we just hit 200 episodes! When Eoin Fitzgerald said to Pete Townsend in early 2018, “Hey Pete, I heard you on a couple of podc...
199: Money Talks #57: FTX WTF | Musk Monetizing Twitter | UK Tech Nation Revolts | Big Tech vs. Irish Startups
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Eoin and Pete take the inevitable plunge into what to make of the FTX mess, and then resurface with some of the scenarios unfolding on what...
198: MoneyTalks #56: Techstars Web3 | FTX Rant | Block’s Flywheel | Fintech+Crypto Apps HoF | Apple vs. NFTs & Reddit
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Pete gives some insight into the new Techstars Web3 accelerator and goes on a quick rant on FTX before he and Eoin riff on Block’s flywhe...
197: Connected for Life | Ollie Walsh, Pipit & Konect | Live from Web Summit
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ollie Walsh is the co-founder and CEO of Pipit, who are bringing to market the new Konect network that is powering international cash transactions wit...
196: Forever | Nigel Verdon and Railsr
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nigel Verdon is the CEO and co-founder of Railsr (formerly Railsbank) and is a 3x fintech founder and ‘Finance 4 Good’ evangelist focused on build...
195: All Eyez on Me | Web3 in Hollywood with Alex Amartei and Antara
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Amartei is an Irish entrepreneur originally from Shannon and is also an investor, film writer, and producer. He recently won the Hollywood Icon a...
194: MoneyTalks #55: FTX and Visa | Google Cloud Goes Crypto | Mumsnet and Community Fintech | Public Fintech Utilities | Meta’s Metaverse Mess
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Eoin and Pete riff on crypto exchange FTX’s partnership with Visa enabling users to spend crypto anywhere Visa is accepted, Google Cloud ...
193: Express Yourself | Amor Sexton, Blockdaemon and Web3 infrastructure
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amor Sexton is Head of International Operations for Blockdaemon, the leading independent blockchain node infrastructure to stake, scale, and deploy no...
192: MoneyTalks #54 | Crypto Regs vs. Crypto Failures l Sam Bankman-Fried to the Rescue | Walmart in the Metaverse | Goldman Goes Mobile
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Eoin and Pete riff on crypto asset service provider regulation through the lens of Revolut, the trifecta of crypto market failures in Voyag...
191: MoneyTalks #53 | Ethereum Post-Merge l Revolut Pay Later Trial | a16z Funds Sequence and Sardines | Bored Yachts
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Eoin and Pete talk through the aftermath of the Ethereum Merge, some pandas and goofy songs, an early-morning Bankless livestream of ...
190: Sky’s the Limit: Owen O’Driscoll and PlanDail
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Founder and CEO of PlanDail, Owen O’Driscoll, riffs with Pete Townsend on PlanDail’s mission to build Europe’s premier cross-border, seamless, r...
189: Money Talks #52: Metaverse Infrastructure | ETH Merge | Wayflyer Flying | Alloy’s Big Round | Bradley Tusk & DAOs
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin and Pete dive into the shortcomings of Metaverse graphics through the lens of Metaverse deep-thinker Matthew Ball and his new book on the Metaver...
188: Money Talks #51 | Revolut on Tour | Starling Flies | Vitalik on the Metaverse | Crypto Regulation & Talent | Umba’s Big Deal
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend riff on Pete’s trip to the US last month with the sheer ridiculousness of the 8 different combinations ...
187: Money Talks #50 | Techstars Demo Day Recap | Building the Bear | EU’s MiCA | Web3 as Embedded Finance
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend recap Techstars’ first-ever demo day in Dublin as part of the Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator, lo...
186: Money Maker | Eczodex | Bridging TradFi to DeFi | Michael Quartey and Lukas Bruell
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Quartey and Lukas Bruell, founder and co-founder of Eczodex, join the show this week to riff on how Eczodex are enabling investors to unlock m...
185: Diamonds Dancing | Your Diamonds | Tim Goodman
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Goodman is the founder and CEO of Your Diamonds, an ecosystem enabling the diamond industry to solve old-world problems through digital technologi...
184: In da Club | Staxe | Luis Martinez and Martin Liebrich
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Luis Martinez and Martin Liebrich are the co-founders of Staxe. Staxe is enabling music and creative production economies on web3 so that anyone can b...
183: Award Tour | MegaFans | Jeff Donnelley and Colin Bracey
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Donnelley and Colin Bracey are the co-founders of MegaFans, a mobile esports platform and community bridging web2 to web3 in a play-to-earn envir...
182: Hate It Or Love It | LiveDuel | Will Martin & Laura Brkic
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the show this week, we’ve got Will Martin and Laura Brkić from LiveDuel, a DeFi-powered digital sports market with live fan engagement. LiveDuel...
181: Friends | Securo Finance and DeFi with Victor Lee and Alvin Foo
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the show this week, we’ve got Victor and Lee and Alvin Foo, co-founders of Securo Finance (formerly DAOventures) who are building a compliant, se...
180: Reunited | Crowdclass with Filipe Pereira and Mario Frade
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the show this week we have Filipe Pereira and Mario Frade from Crowdclass, a web3 protocol for online education using the power of blockchain, toke...
179: Drop It Like It's Hot | BigFan | Eugene O’Brien and Kurt Pittman
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eugene O’Brien and Kurt Pittman from Ireland-based BigFan join Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend on the show this week. BigFan is reinventing sports...
178: Get it Together | Carla Rosenkranz and Barterchain
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carla Rosenkranz, founder of Barterchain, riffs with Pete Townsend about how the Barterchain idea is rooted in her own experience of exchanging Englis...
177: What’s the Scenario? | Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator Class of 2022
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What a week! Techstars kicked off the Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator this week in Dublin and they’re already moving at a breakneck pace. With...
176: Money Talks #49 | Ramp Goes Up | JPM Go West | Going Ape with Yuga Labs
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend return from a 2-week hiatus and look at what’s driving Ramp forward so quickly with their $8bn valuatio...
175: My Philosophy | Nik Milanović, This Week in Fintech and The Fintech Fund
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nik Milanović is the founder of This Week in Fintech, a global digest of fintech news, and General Partner at The Fintech Fund, an early-stage ventur...
174: Money Talks #48 | SoFi So Far | Circle and Stablecoins | Crypto Ads | Apple Pay and Stripe
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend riff on what started out as a student lending platform in SoFi now becoming a full-service digital finance player, C...
173: Mainstream | Adam Bialy, Fiat Republic and Bridging Banks and Crypto
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Bialy is the founder and CEO of Fiat Republic, the compliance-first, API-driven and highly secure and scalable bridge between banks and crypto. I...
172: Step Into the Realm | Matthew Larby and Realm
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Larby is the founder and CEO of Realm, a blockchain metaverse ecosystem where you can create and explore your own play to earn microverse. In ...
171: Money Talks #47 | Crypto Visa | UBS-Wealthfront | Walmart Fintech Doubledown | Ireland's Latest Unicorn: Wayflyer
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend are back with the first Money Talks segment of 2022 with a big bump in consumers spending crypto on Visa cards, the ...
170: The Finsight Series | Beyond WealthTech
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is from the second edition of the Finsight Series virtual event that Pete Townsend moderated recently hosted by Navirum and Salesforce. I...
169: Tim Bos | ShareRing, Building in Web3 and the Sharing Economy
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joining the show this week is Tim Bos, founder and CEO of ShareRing, a blockchain-based company that's focused on changing the landscape of the fragme...
168: Money Talks #46 | What a Year | Eoin and Pete's Top Stories of 2021
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend are back with their last Money Talks segment of the year with their review of their top stories for 2021. From...
167: Techstars Tag Team | Isaac Kato and Pete Townsend on Web2 vs Web3
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Isaac Kato, who leads the Filecoin Techstars Accelerator program in Seattle joins Pete Townsend on this episode originally recorded as part of the Tec...
166: Joey Krug | Pantera Capital, Being Early in Crypto and Shipping Fast
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joey Krug is the Co-Chief Investment Officer, Pantera Capital, the first institutional investment firm focused exclusively on bitcoin, other digital c...
165: Matthew Graham | Sino Global Capital, Web3 and Making Your Hobby Your Job
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Graham is the CEO of Sino Global Capital, who are providing strategic investment to best-in-class companies that are moving the blockchain and...
164: John Wu from Ava Labs | Blockchain, Web3 and Building on Avalanche
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
John Wu is president of Ava Labs, an a16z-backed technology company building the next-generation blockchain platform, Avalanche. John joins Pete Towns...
163: Go! | Teana Baker-Taylor, Digital Assets and the Chamber of Digital Commerce
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Teana Baker-Taylor is the Chief Policy Officer of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the longest established trade body representing blockchain and digi...
162: Money Talks #45 | Pete Townsend’s Irish Tech News Interview on Digital Finance | Rory Galvin on the Finsight Series
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Suzanna Hayek from Irish Tech News interviews Pete Townsend on Pete Townsend on financial trends, digital finance and investing in startups. This inte...
161: Money Talks#44 | Michelle Tsing and Mentoring in Blockchain from the Techstars Web3 Convo Series
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Tsing joins Pete Townsend in a special segment from the Techstars Web3 Convo Series of fireside chats driven by the Launchpool Web3 Techstars...
160: Freedom v2 | Colm Lyon’s Journey through Payments and Fintech
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Referring to Colm Lyon as an Irish fintech ‘O.G.’ is just the tip of the iceberg, as at the core, he’s an entrepreneur who’s built indigenous ...
159: Money Talks #43: Launchpool Web3 Techstars AMA | Stripe Goes Crypto Again | Stories from Token 2049
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend dive headfirst into insights from the first AMA session on the Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator, then look at S...
158: 3 is the Magic Number | Laura Walsh, Launchpool and Techstars
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Walsh is the COO of Launchpool, a digital asset platform with a mantra of egalitarian investing in blockchain projects. In this episode, w...
157: Money Talks #42: Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator in Ireland | Chase Goes UK | AngelList Gets Stacked
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
157: Money Talks #42: Launchpool Web3 Techstars Accelerator in Ireland | Chase Goes UK | AngelList Gets Stacked Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsen...
156: Bring the Noise | Gershie Vann and Magma Capital Funds
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest this week is Gershie Vann, Founder and CEO of Magma Capital Funds, a Chicago-based quantitative hedge fund firm. We talk through the long it...
155: Vision | Sophie Guibaud and OpenPayd
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie Guibaud is the Chief Growth Officer at OpenPayd and she’s spent the last 10 years designing and executing the go-to-market of banking-as-a-se...
154: My Parallel | Shane Monks O’Byrne and Aikido Finance
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Monks O’Byrne, founder and CEO of Aikido Finance, joins the show this week to talk to Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend about the Aikido Finan...
153: Money Talks #41: Amazon-Affirm BNPL | USDC and Stablecoins | Visa, CryptoPunks and the World of NFTs
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend walk through Amazon’s new partnership with BNPL (buy-now-pay-later) player Affirm and what this means for the Amaz...
152: Money Talks #40: Chime and American Neobanks | Facebook’s Wallet Relaunch | Amazon’s Crypto Journey | Lending Club Turnaround
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend unpack the shiny new $24bn valuation for Chime in the context of the American neobank landscape, Ron Shevlin’s con...
151: Money Talks #39 | The First Edition of the Finsight Series
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded during the Finsight Series virtual event that Pete Townsend moderated recently hosted by Navirum and Salesforce, this episode features an all...
150: Growing Up | Brian Kenny and MiniCorp
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Kenny is the CEO and Founder of MiniCorp. Brian left the Lego behind at an early age and started building through code. We go deep into how Bria...
149: Money Talks #38: Starling Up, Monzo Down | Square’s BNPL Deal | Amazon, Shopify, Revolut and Fintech Flywheels
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend dive deep into the annual results from UK neobanks Starling and Monzo and what’s next for both, before getting int...
148: The Bridge | Gerard Tannam and Strategic Brand-Building
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gerard Tannam, Strategic Brand-Builder at Islandbridge, tells us all about the use of storytelling as a framework in bridging the gap between buyers a...
147: Money Talks #37: Revolut’s Big Raise | Square’s Crossover | Robinhood IPO | Fintech Flywheels
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eoin and Pete mine a motherlode of fintech hotspots this week starting with insights into Revolut’s latest $33bn valuation, Square’s quest for cro...
146: Global Access | Ankur Mohan and MarketXLS
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ankur Mohan, Founder & CEO of MarketXLS joins the show to share his story on his entry point into Galway in the West of Ireland to launch MarketXL...
145: Calling My Spirit | Ernest Cantillon, Brian Elders and DramEx
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ernest Cantillon (CEO of DramEx) and Brian Elders (Founder of SORS Digital Assets and advisor to DramEx) join the show this week to talk about DramEx,...
144: Money Talks #36: Visa Goes Tink | Binance’s Troubles | Revolut’s Results and Rolling into a Rundle
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Money Talks segment, Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend start with some insights on Visa’s deal for Tink and how the European context of Tink...
143: Freedom | Achia Nila and Women in Digital
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Achia Nila, Founder & CEO of Women in Digital, joins the show to share her story on Women in Digital, an all-star team of female technologists ded...
142: Money Talks #35: Stripe Gets to Know You | Netflix and Flywheels | Bitcoin Highjinks in Miami
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Money Talks segment, Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend start with their insights on what Stripe’s latest product could mean for their long-t...
141: Teamwork | Mark Boylan and Trustap
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Boylan, CFO at Trustap, joins the show this week to share his story about his leap out of Big 4 and into startup life, finding the right distribu...
140: Money Talks #34: Ireland’s Startup Ecosystem | Fintech in Africa | European Banks Attack!
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Money Talks segment, we take a deeper look at the startup ecosystem on this island that we call home, then head south to Europe for a construc...
139: Trust | Steve Ritter and Mitek
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Ritter, CTO of Mitek, joins the show this week to share his story on fueling his passion for problem-solving with technology, how he thinks abou...
138: O.G. | Joseph Chang, Gray Webb and Liquibit Capital
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Joseph Chang and Gray Webb join the show to share their story on Liquibit Capital, a quantitative-driven investment management and technolo...
137: Money Talks #33 | Crypto’s Mainstream Moments | Messin' Musk | Munger Moans | Klarna and BNPL | Tiger Eats VC | The Finsight Series
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is our latest Money Talks segment, where we get into the onslaught of crypto’s mainstream moments in the past two weeks featuring Elon Musk’s...
136: The Prediction II | Andrew Mullaney and Premind AI
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome back Andrew Mullaney, CTO of Premind AI, sharing his story on the last 2+ years of building Premind, streaming 57,000 stock price...
135: Tipping Point | Oli Cavanagh, Charles Dowd and Strike
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Oli Cavanagh and Charles Dowd, the co-founders of Strike, tell the story of the confluence of experiences and ideas that brought them together to laun...
134: Money Talks #32 | Coinbase Goes Public | Goldman Backs Starling | Predicting the Next Apple Rundle
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back with another Money Talks segment this week, and we get into the story of Coinbase going public and the cryptofication of fintech, Starlin...
133: Bonus Episode | Ollie Walsh and the Pipit Global Crowdfunding Campaign
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special bonus episode welcoming back Ollie Walsh, co-founder and CEO of Pipit Global, a for-profit social impact fintech based in Galway her...
132: Jump Around | Mike Cavanaugh and Regiment Alpha
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Cavanaugh, Managing Partner at Regiment Alpha, shares his story on lessons learned in the open outcry commodity trading pits, his multiple entrep...
131: Wings | Fiona Edwards Murphy and ApisProtect
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fiona Edwards Murphy, co-founder and CEO of ApisProtect, shares her story on channeling her technology expertise into a passion for helping beekeepers...
130: All the Things You’re Searching For | Barry Darmody and Search4Less
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Darmody, founder and CEO of Search4Less and ENKI, shares his story on the life experiences that were the catalysts for him becoming a startup fo...
129: Money Talks #31 | Stripe’s Double Irish | Revolut Does America | Season of the SPAC | DeFi vs. Mainstream Crypto
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SOUND QUALITY WARNING: You know how Marc Andreessen said 'software is eating the world'? Well, software ate this episode, please excuse the unde...
128: Ten Thousand Hours | Robert Alice, Portraits of a Mind and NFTs
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Alice, artist and creator of the ‘Portraits of a Mind’ project, shares his story on how bitcoin - and to quote Robert – “and its essent...
127: Money Talks #30 | Starling Goes Unicorn | Roblox Goes Public | Walmart Feeling Super | Square Goes Tidal | Ireland Accelerates
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Money Talks segment, Pete and Eoin trip through the wires of Starling Bank’s latest fundraise, investing in Roblox’s direct listing, Walma...
126: The Source | Cian Prendergast and Ortus
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cian Prendergast, founder and CEO of Ortus joins the show to share his story on the origins of Ortus in Ireland, sharing his story on how there’s a ...
125: Lot to Learn | Gerry Fahy, Andrew Quinn and PAT Fintech
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the show this week we’ve got Gerry Fahy and Andrew Quinn with the story of the PAT Group and PAT Fintech, the Irish opportunity with the growth o...
124: Money Talks #29 | Clubhouse | Jay Z, Jack Dorsey and Bitcoin | Fintech SPACs and Digital Assets
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Money Talks segment, Pete and Eoin riff on Pete’s first experience with Clubhouse, Jay Z and Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin Trust for Africa and In...
123: Perfect | Deborah Brock and Nua Fertility
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deborah Brock, founder and CEO of Nua Fertility, joins the show to share her story on the origins of Nua Fertility in Ireland, why it made so much sen...
122: Fast Lane | Yoann Turpin and Wintermute
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yoann Turpin, co-founder and Head of Business Development at Wintermute, joins the show to talk about the parallels between competitive swimming, deri...
121: Money Talks #28 | GameStop-WallStreetBets | Visa-Plaid | Buying Monzo
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Money Talks segment, Pete and Eoin try to make sense of GameStop and WallStreetBets, the aftermath of the failed Plaid-Visa deal, who might bu...
120: Props | Matt McAllister and Mortgage Propeller
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matt McAllister from Mortgage Propeller joins the show to talk about bringing a new fintech to life in the middle of a pandemic, buying a house with a...
119: Words of Advice, Pt 2 | Brian McDonald and Bay Advisory | Entrepreneurs and Taking Money off the Table
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian McDonald from Bay Advisory joins the show for Part 2 of a 2-part series on M&A and raising capital for entrepreneurs and talks through the l...
118: Words of Advice, Pt 1 | Brian McDonald and Bay Advisory | M&A and Raising Capital for SMEs
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian McDonald from Bay Advisory joins the show for Part 1 of a 2-part series on M&A and raising capital for SMEs and talks through the intersecti...
117: Money Talks #27 | Big Valuations | Stripe | Bitcoin Scarcity | The Next Frontier of Money | Rundles
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special year-end Money Talks segment, Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend wax lyrical on big valuations in the 'Fintech Year in Review', Stripe ...
116: All These Funds | Brian McNulty and FAC | Changing an Industry for the Better
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brian McNulty, founder and CEO of FundAdminChain (FAC), joins the show to talk about solving a real business problem with distributed ledger technolog...
115: Transformers | Allan Boyle on Growth Stage Scaling, People and Change
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Allan Boyle, founder of Saltwater Consulting, joins the show to talk about helping growth-stage companies scale, putting people at the center of digit...
114: Changes | Mick Sweeney on Markets, Society, Leadership and Digital
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mick Sweeney, CEO of PineBridge Investments in Ireland, joins the show to talk about what triggered his early interest in the financial markets, the n...