More About Angela
Angela Strange is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where she focuses on financial services including fintech infrastructure, insurance, and B2B software. Today, Angela serves on the boards of Addi, Cygnvs, hyperexponential, Jeeves, Moov, Sardine, Tally, Valon, and Vesta.
Angela also coined the idea that “Every Company Will Be a Fintech Company” — the now widely cited observation that companies will increasingly derive a significant portion of their revenue from financial services driven by the influx of new, transformative financial infrastructure tools.
Prior to joining CFI Angela was a product manager at Google where she launched and grew Chrome for Android and Chrome for iOS into two of Google’s most successful mobile products. She has also served as director of product management and business development at Ruba.com (acquired by Google), a senior associate partner at Bay Partners focusing on the consumer internet sector, and a consultant at Mercer Management Consulting in Toronto.
Angela helped launch and was co-chair of C100, a non-profit that bridges Canadian entrepreneurs with Silicon Valley, and on the Canadian Finance Minister Morneau’s Economic Growth Council. She earned her Mechanical Engineering degree from Queen’s University in Canada and an MBA from Stanford. Angela is also a world-class athlete, having spent two years training professionally as a runner; she has won several marathons and achieved a seventh-place national ranking in Canada.
Latest Content
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In this In the Vault episode, CFIGeneral Partner Angela Strange talks with Jeff Sloan, former CEO of Global Payments, about industry trends and AI.
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Over the past decade, data infrastructure across industries has been modernized by many disruptors like Databricks, Fivetran, et al. The modern data stack has made it much easier for companies to ingest, store, query, an...
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A new age of maritime exploration, the rise of the developer as a buyer in financial services, and more applications for computer vision and video intelligence. We asked over 40 partners across CFI to preview one big idea they believe will drive innovation in 2024. Here in our 3-part series, you’ll hear directly from partners across all our verticals, as we dive even more deeply into these ideas. What’s the why now? Who is already building in these spaces? What opportunities and challenges are on the horizon? And how can you get involved?
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Software crosses borders effortlessly. The globalization of money, however, is considerably more challenging. This is especially true for multinational businesses, which grapple with managing multiple accounts in diverse currencies, navigating costly foreign exchange rates, and unpredictable money transfers. As businesses increasingly embrace a global default, top fintech entrepreneurs are rising to the challenge, addressing cross-border infrastructure issues and offering comprehensive solutions. In this episode, CFI partners Angela Strange, Joe Schmidt, and Gabriel Vasquez discuss the challenges of cross-border payment infrastructures and what fintech entrepreneurs are doing to create a more integrated, financially inclusive world.
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How cross-border infrastructure, instant payments, and open banking advances are creating a more integrated, financially inclusive world.