“The fintech market is hot again,” said Sheel Mohnot, a fintech investor and founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV). “And I’ll see more exits in the near future.”
Recent reports show that Fintech funding is on the rise, with global investments reaching $600 billion in the first half of the year alone, marking a major rebound from the previous year’s dip.
Mohnot – Most likely you’ve come across if you’re following Fintech, Mohnot has invested in over 100 deals over the years, mainly on Fintech, and co-founded Accelerator Program The Mint. In today’s episode of TechCrunch’s Equity Podcast, Mary Anne Azevedo catches up to Monotto and discusses why FinTech thinks he is “possessed to get lots of results in the near future.” And Deepseek’s impact on the AI landscape.
Listen to the entire episode and hear the following:
A journey from founder to investor to Mohnot after co-founding companies like Feefighters, which was sold to Groupon in 2012. Who’s doing it right in 2025? Mohnot highlights Fintech’s optimistic outlook with potential IPOs from companies like Chime, Klarna and Stripe, to highlight players in accounting automation spaces like Basics, Layers and Inscope. How Seal built his impressive online follow-up, and how Taco Bell’s Metaverse wedding and Justin Bieber are involved in it.
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