Come. Drink. Nosh. Network. Join the Vilna for our signature Happy Hour on the Hill networking event featuring a panel discussion on Fintech: Convention and Controversy.
Our highly experienced panel will look to share their own unique stories and perspectives on FinTech, one of the most rapidly evolving fields in our society today and a major disrupter within the financial services industry, while taking a deeper dive into the below critical themes:
Hype and Reality
Crypto burst onto the scene in 2018 but is now back to less than a quarter of its highs. Are we in a ‘now-or-never’ moment for Blockchain, the underlying technology?
The Battle between Incumbents and Disrupters
Are we still in the midst of a tug-of-war: startups vs. major banks and global payment providers, or are partnerships and synergies the new norm?
The Locus of Innovation
Is it in Cambridge or Silicon Valley, flooded with talent and capital, or should we be turning our attention to the emerging markets?
In partnership with Bernstein Alliance Wealth Management.
Panelists Include:
Harshita Rawat is the Senior Analyst at Bernstein covering US Payments, Processors and IT Services. Harshita joined Bernstein in 2013 as a Senior Research Associate, working for three years on the Payments, Processors and IT services team, which was Institutional Investor’s No. 1-ranked team in the sector in 2017. Prior to Bernstein, Harshita worked at Deutsche Bank in Mumbai for the Asia Commodities Sales and Origination team. Harshita holds an MBA from London Business School, earned dual degrees (BTech and MTech) in Electrical Engineering from IIT Mumbai, and is a CFA charterholder. In 2018, Harshita was recognized as a Rising Star in both Payments, Processors & IT Services, and Business, Education & Professional Services sectors on Institutional Investor’s All-America Research Team.
Kyle R. Chapman is a partner at COSIMO Ventures where he focuses on early stage fintech investments involving peer-to-peer transactions, digital assets, and blockchain-based payment solutions. Prior to COSIMO, Kyle spent five years at Citigroup Global Markets in New York where his work consisted of portfolio management, equity research, IPO marketing and equity derivative trading. After leading the Equity Capital Markets Desk for the firm’s private bank, Kyle performed extensive distributed ledger research for the second largest stock exchange in the world and provided M&A consulting services for a global database software provider. His work on digital assets and blockchain platforms have been published in Barron’s, CNBC, Reuters, the Boston Business Journal, and Yahoo Finance. He holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and is completing an M.B.A from M.I.T Sloan School of Management.
Jason Frishman is the founder and CEO of Netcapital. Jason has been mentoring, advising, and investing in early stage companies to help them raise their first capital for over three years. He founded Netcapital to reduce the systemic inefficiencies he saw in the way early stage companies access capital through his experience as a coach and mentor. Jason holds advisory positions with leading organizations in the financial technology ecosystem, and has conducted speaking engagements as an external expert with Morgan Stanley, University of Michigan, The Capital Network, and others. Jason has a background in the life sciences and has previously conducted research in medical oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and cognitive neuroscience at the University of Miami, where he graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Neuroscience. Prior to shifting his attention to the world of private early stage financings, he co-authored a paper published in the medical oncology periodical Cancer Cell.