168: Money Talks #46 | What a Year | Eoin and Pete's Top Stories of 2…
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend are back with their last Money Talks segment of the year with their review of their top stories…
167: Techstars Tag Team | Isaac Kato and Pete Townsend on Web2 vs Web3
Isaac Kato, who leads the Filecoin Techstars Accelerator program in Seattle joins Pete Townsend on this episode originally record…
166: Joey Krug | Pantera Capital, Being Early in Crypto and Shipping …
Joey Krug is the Co-Chief Investment Officer of Pantera Capital, the first institutional investment firm focused exclusively on b…
165: Matthew Graham | Sino Global Capital, Web3 and Making Your Hobby…
Matthew Graham is the CEO of Sino Global Capital, who are providing strategic investment to best-in-class companies that are movi…
164: John Wu from Ava Labs | Blockchain, Web3 and Building on Avalanc…
John Wu is president of Ava Labs, an a16z-backed technology company building the next-generation blockchain platform, Avalanche. …
163: Go! | Teana Baker-Taylor, Digital Assets and the Chamber of Digi…
Teana Baker-Taylor is the Chief Policy Officer of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the longest established trade body representin…
162: Money Talks #45 | Pete Townsend’s Irish Tech News Interview on D…
Suzanna Hayek from Irish Tech News interviews Pete Townsend on Pete Townsend on financial trends, digital finance and investing i…
161: Money Talks#44 | Michelle Tsing and Mentoring in Blockchain from…
Michelle Tsing joins Pete Townsend in a special segment from the Techstars Web3 Convo Series of fireside chats driven by the Laun…
160: Freedom v2 | Colm Lyon’s Journey through Payments and Fintech
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 buil…
158: 3 is the Magic Number | Laura Walsh, Launchpool and Techstars
Laura Walsh is the COO of Launchpool, a digital asset platform with a mantra of egalitarian investing in blockchain projects. In…
156: Bring the Noise | Gershie Vann and Magma Capital Funds
Our guest this week is Gershie Vann, Founder and CEO of Magma Capital Funds, a Chicago-based quantitative hedge fund firm. We tal…
155: Vision | Sophie Guibaud and OpenPayd
Sophie Guibaud is the Chief Growth Officer at OpenPayd and she’s spent the last 10 years designing and executing the go-to-market…
154: My Parallel | Shane Monks O’Byrne and Aikido Finance
Shane Monks O’Byrne, founder and CEO of Aikido Finance, joins the show this week to talk about the Aikido Finance mission of demo…
153: Money Talks #41: Amazon-Affirm BNPL | USDC and Stablecoins | Vis…
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend walk through Amazon’s new partnership with BNPL (buy-now-pay-later) player Affirm and what this…
152: Money Talks #40: Chime and American Neobanks | Facebook’s Wallet…
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend unpack the shiny new $24bn valuation for Chime in the context of the American neobank landscape…
151: Money Talks #39 | The First Edition of the Finsight Series
Recorded during the recent Finsight Series virtual event that Pete Townsend moderated (hosted by Navirum and Salesforce), this ep…
150: Growing Up | Brian Kenny and MiniCorp
Brian Kenny is the CEO and Founder of MiniCorp. Brian left the Lego behind at an early age and started building through code. We …
149: Money Talks #38: Starling Up, Monzo Down | Square’s BNPL Deal | …
Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend dive deep into the annual results from UK neobanks Starling and Monzo and what’s next for both,…
148: The Bridge | Gerard Tannam and Strategic Brand Building
Gerard Tannam, Strategic Brand-Builder at Islandbridge, tells us all about the use of storytelling as a framework in bridging the…
147: Money Talks #37: Revolut’s Big Raise | Square’s Crossover | Robi…
Eoin and Pete mine a motherlode of fintech hotspots this week starting with insights into Revolut’s latest $33bn valuation, Squar…
146: Global Access | Ankur Mohan and MarketXLS
Ankur Mohan, Founder & CEO of MarketXLS, joins the show to share his story on his entry point into Galway in the West of Ireland …
145: Calling My Spirit | Ernest Cantillon, Brian Elders and DramEx
Ernest Cantillon (CEO of DramEx) and Brian Elders (Founder of SORS Digital Assets and advisor to DramEx) join the show this week …
144: Money Talks #36: Visa Goes Tink | Binance’s Troubles | Revolut’s…
In this Money Talks segment, Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend start with some insights on Visa’s deal for Tink and how the Europ…
143: Freedom | Achia Nila and Women in Digital
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 …
142: Money Talks #35: Stripe Gets to Know You | Netflix and Flywheels…
In this Money Talks segment, Eoin Fitzgerald and Pete Townsend start with their insights on what Stripe’s latest product could me…
141: Teamwork | Mark Boylan and Trustap
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, findi…
140: Money Talks #34: Ireland’s Startup Ecosystem | Fintech in Africa…
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 …
139: Trust | Steve Ritter and Mitek
Steve Ritter, CTO of Mitek, joins the show this week to share his story on fueling his passion for problem-solving with technolog…
138: O.G. | Joseph Chang, Gray Webb and Liquibit Capital
This week, Joseph Chang and Gray Webb join the show to share their story on Liquibit Capital, a quantitative-driven investment ma…
136: The Prediction II | Andrew Mullaney and Premind AI
This week we welcome back Andrew Mullaney, CTO of Premind AI, sharing his story on the last 2+ years of building Premind, streami…
135: Tipping Point | Oli Cavanagh, Charles Dowd and Strike
Oli Cavanagh and Charles Dowd, the co-founders of Strike, tell the story of the confluence of experiences and ideas that brought …
134: Money Talks #32 | Coinbase Goes Public | Goldman Backs Starling …
We’re back with another Money Talks segment this week, and we get into the story of Coinbase going public and the cryptofication …
133: Bonus Episode | Ollie Walsh and the Pipit Global Crowdfunding Ca…
This is a special bonus episode welcoming back Ollie Walsh, co-founder and CEO of Pipit Global, a for-profit social impact fintec…
132: Jump Around | Mike Cavanaugh and Regiment Alpha
Mike Cavanaugh, Managing Partner at Regiment Alpha, shares his story on lessons learned in the open outcry commodity trading pits…
131: Wings | Fiona Edwards Murphy and ApisProtect
Fiona Edwards Murphy, co-founder and CEO of ApisProtect, shares her story on channeling her technology expertise into a passion f…
130: All the Things You’re Searching For | Barry Darmody and Search4L…
Barry Darmody, founder and CEO of Search4Less and ENKI, shares his story on the life experiences that were the catalysts for him …
129: Money Talks #31 | Stripe’s Double Irish | Revolut Does America |…
SOUND QUALITY WARNING: You know how Marc Andreessen said 'software is eating the world'? Well, software ate this episode, please…
128: Ten Thousand Hours | Robert Alice, Portraits of a Mind and NFTs
Robert Alice, artist and creator of the ‘Portraits of a Mind’ project, shares his story on how bitcoin - and to quote Robert – “a…
127: Money Talks #30 | Starling Goes Unicorn | Roblox Goes Public | W…
In this Money Talks segment, Pete and Eoin trip through the wires of Starling Bank’s latest fundraise, investing in Roblox’s dire…
126: The Source | Cian Prendergast and Ortus
Cian Prendergast, founder and CEO of Ortus joins the show to share his story on the origins of Ortus in Ireland, sharing his stor…
125: Lot to Learn | Gerry Fahy, Andrew Quinn and PAT Fintech
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 opportunit…
124: Money Talks #29 | Clubhouse | Jay Z, Jack Dorsey and Bitcoin | F…
In this Money Talks segment, Pete and Eoin riff on Pete’s first experience with Clubhouse, Jay Z and Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin Trust …
122: Fast Lane | Yoann Turpin and Wintermute
Yoann Turpin, co-founder and Head of Business Development at Wintermute, joins the show to talk about the parallels between compe…
121: Money Talks #28 | GameStop and WallStreetBets | Visa-Plaid Deal …
In this Money Talks segment, Pete and Eoin riff on GameStop and WallStreetBets, the Plaid-Visa deal falling apart, spitballing id…
120: Props | Matt McAllister and Mortgage Propeller
Matt McAllister from Mortgage Propeller joins the show to talk about bringing a new fintech to life in the middle of a pandemic, …
119: Words of Advice, Pt 2 | Brian McDonald and Bay Advisory | Entrep…
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 ta…
118: Words of Advice, Part 1 | Brian McDonald and Bay Advisory
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 throu…