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Joe Schmidt
Fintech

Joe Schmidt

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Joe Schmidt is an investing partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he focuses on investments in fintech and insurtech.

Prior to joining CFI Joe was VP, Business Development at Ethos, a life insurance company offering families simple, affordable life insurance in minutes. While at Ethos, Joe started and scaled the agent business to millions in monthly revenue, while also leading sales and managing carrier and reinsurance partnerships. Before Ethos, Joe was an investor at Accel.

Joe graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he was captain and voted most valuable player of the football team. He was also a Buser Fellow and worked closely with the university’s endowment. 

Latest Content

  • 3 financial service giants cornered the market on data at the dawn of the digital age. What can founders learn from them?

  • Investing in hyperexponential
    Angela Strange, Joe Schmidt, and Santiago Rodriguez

    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...

  • Fintech Fuels Global Payments
    Angela Strange, Joe Schmidt, and Gabriel Vasquez

    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.

  • Fintech Fuels Global Payments
    Angela Strange, Joe Schmidt, Gabriel Vasquez, Lauren Murrow, and Denis Young

    How cross-border infrastructure, instant payments, and open banking advances are creating a more integrated, financially inclusive world.

  • Software Transcends Borders—Why Not Money?
    Angela Strange, Joe Schmidt, and Gabriel Vasquez

    The company of the future is default global. Top fintech entrepreneurs are pursuing integrated cross-border payment infrastructure and full-stack solutions.

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