Triin Hertmann is the Founder of Grünfin - Invest your money where your values are. Triin is also an alumnus of Skype and Wise and is very active in angel investments being one of the few female angel investors in the region. In this episode we talk about:- Sustainable investing and the Grünfin product- Challenges in building a Fintech app- Impact of unicorn experience with Wise and Skype- Spotting a future unicorn founder/company The topics covered in this episode with Timestamps02:05 - Sustainable investing and the origins of Grünfin04:00 - State of overall sustainability thinking adoption05:30 - What constitutes a sustainable investment07:55 - The returns of sustainable investing14:00 - Challenges in building a fintech app14:55- In-house lawyer vs law firms for license acquisition19:55 - The product vision and pivots21:45 - Web vs mobile for investment platform26:05 - Acquiring customers for a Fintech product27:25 - What it takes to work in sustainability29:35 - The impact of Skype & Wise on Triin as a founder and person31:45 - How to spot a unicorn company in early stages35:35 - Scrappy stories from early days of Wise37:30 - Quote of the month by Triin on scaling38:45 - Combining running a startup and angel investingFind out over 50 other full length podcast episodes on > https://www.pursuitofscrappiness.co/ Support for this episode comes from Nexpay > https://paynexpay.com/===See the video content exclusively on Linkedin > https://www.linkedin.com/company/pursuit-of-scrappiness/ Questions/suggestions? Join our Telegram group > https://t.me/pursuitofscrappiness Watch select full-length episodes on our YouTube channel > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP6ueaLnjS-CQfrMCm2EoTA Support the show

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