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FinTeach - Alexandre Velut

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# 30 - Alexandre Velut⎢Invyo
Description of the episode
For this new episode of FinTeach, I welcome Alexandre Velut, co-founder and CEO of INVYO, the 1st data management marketplace in France. Together, we discussed his atypical career, the genesis and activity of INVYO, as well as their collaboration with France FinTech for the panorama of French fintech 2021. In terms of resources, Alexandre recommends the podcasts of Matthieu Stefani: Génération Do It Yourself , which we no longer present, and La Martingale, on personal finances. And the entrepreneur who inspires him? Olivier Goy, founder and CEO of October. I just interviewed Olivier a few months ago, over here to listen to the episode. Good listening !

Finscale # 73

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# 73 -Philippe Gelis (Kantox) - The "tech" box that automates currency risk hedging
Description of the episode
We have already addressed the issues of cash management, however, we have never yet covered the subject of currency risk management. Kantox works hand in hand with Banks to enable its clients, mid-cap companies and SMEs to better address currency risk and thus reduce P&L volatility induced by changes in exchange rates. This “tech” box is present in the United Kingdom and in Europe and has recently entered the United States. We discover the way in which the “Dynamic Hedging” solution was designed and works, but also the evolution of this scale-up which has refocused in recent years on software. We therefore see in more detail the “FX workflow” through the “use case” of a tour operator. You will find that it is impossible for treasurers to correctly assess this risk and cover it appropriately, the information being little or not accessible. We also look at how it works in other sectors such as manufacturing, travel, industry and understand that it actually concerns many companies of varying sizes. Philippe gives us full transparency on Kantox's banking partners such as Barclays, BNP Paribas, Silicon Valley Bank. We end with the risk coverage of crypto-currencies.

The Martingale # 81

The Martingale
#81: Joseph Choueifaty - Goodvest • Should we invest in responsible savings?
Description of the episode
The subject: At the end of the crisis, society wants to reconnect with growth, but not at any price: the public is increasingly aware of environmental issues. Companies resorting to greenwashing operations are multiplying and it is increasingly difficult to invest responsibly and sustainably. New actors are mobilizing. Today's guest: Joseph Choueifaty, is the co-founder and CEO of Goodvest, the first savings compatible with the Paris Agreement. He also hosts the podcast Monéthique, which addresses the challenges of sustainable finance. In this episode, he expresses his wish to democratize socially responsible investment (SRI) and to raise public awareness of the limits of the SRI label. At the microphone of Matthieu Stefani, co-founder of CosaVostra, Joseph Choueifaty discusses, among other things, the following points: # Even the most polluting companies can obtain the SRI label. No guarantee therefore that your investments support an ecological dynamic. For our speaker, companies must fully integrate environmental, social and governance issues. # The calculation of the companies' greenhouse gas emissions report depends on 3 criteria: scopes 1 (direct emissions linked to the manufacture of the product), 2 (indirect emissions linked to energy consumption) and 3 (other indirect emissions, suppliers and end users). If the first two are public, the last is difficult to access.

Finscale # 70

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# 70 -Guillaume Autier (MeilleurTaux) - Feedback from a historical player in FinTech ⏪
Description of the episode
At the end of this discussion, you will have a complete overview of the Meilleurtaux Group's offer and understand how the intuition of its founder Christophe Cremer in 1999 today allows this French broker to hold a considerable market share in the market. intermediation of financial products and services. We look at the different verticals and discover the nature of the services offered, the relationships with financial institutions, new players such as Luko (Episode # 54) or Orange Bank (Episode # 51) and the positioning in the current ecosystem. It is also a question of the way in which this historical comparator informs and supports its customers, whether through its online platform, its remote advisers or in branch. We also cover how the infrastructure has evolved, the tools and processes made available to franchisees. Without going into details, we discuss the figures, the group's buyouts and relations with its shareholder Silver Lake. Finally, you will understand the role played by the essential Marc Fiorentino within the Group.

Finscale # 69

Finscale
# 69 -Charles Egly (Younited Credit) - Everything you need to know about 'Credit as a Service' and 'Credit as a Payment'
Description of the episode
Everything you need to know about consumer credit in both B2C and B2B is this week's program. Charles gives us a maximum of details on the fundamental differences between consumer credit, mortgage, overdraft, and we come back to the concepts of 'Buy Now Pay Later', or even of 'Revolving'. You will discover how in 10 years, the French scale-up has become platformed thanks to its internationalization, thus making it possible to extend its offer to B2B whether it is to SMEs or to financial institutions. This deployment of new modules now allows Younited Credit to form 'Credit as a Service' or 'Credit as a Payment' partnerships. With the establishment of the Common Securitization Fund (FCT), Younited Credit collects money from professional investors (companies, insurers, foundations, pension funds). The funds collected are then used to grant consumer loans to borrowers. We come back to the different approvals necessary for Younited Credit in order to grant loans on the one hand and pay lenders on the other. Thus, from its launch, Younited Credit was approved in France as a Credit Institution and Investment Services Provider by the ACPR and the AMF. Charles explains how the company has become a key European player in consumer credit with EUR 2,7 billion in loans and payments taken out. We end with a light on the last funding round announced with Goldman Sachs and Bridgepoint and the skills sponsorship that Younited Credit deployed in 2017 with ADIE.

FinTeach - Anne-Laure Klein

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# 28 - Anne-Laure Klein⎢Akur8
Description of the episode
This week, I invite you to discover Anne-Laure Klein, the COO of Akur8. The company has developed a pricing solution for insurance based on transparent artificial intelligence. No worries, we explain all the concepts in the episode! We also discussed the experiences of the co-founders in large groups, the company's culture, the acceleration of their business development, their international expansion, particularly in the United States, as well as the impact of COVID on the industry. insurance. In terms of resources, Anne-Laure recommends: Generation Do It Yourself by Matthieu Stefani, French Founders resources, particularly on internationalization, More traditional resources on insurance, such as the publications of Munich Re, Munich Re Consulting and Mackinsey . Good listening !

FinTeach - Rodolphe Ardant

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# 27 - Rodolphe Ardant⎢Spendesk
Description of the episode
For this new episode of FinTeach, meet Rodolphe Ardant, founder and CEO of Spendesk, the expense management solution for companies. Together, we talked about the problem solved by Spendesk: the management of business expenses, but also recruitment and hypergrowth (how to go from 30 people to 300 in the team in 2 and a half years!), Alignment of different departments, the community of 6500 DAF created by Spendesk, CFO Connect, and much more. Spendesk announced its € 2021 million Series C in July 100 and is included in the French Tech 120 ranking for the second year in a row. It is for this reason that this episode is supported by a company that you surely all know: Salesforce. Salesforce supports a large number of companies in their growth. To develop, start-ups need to align their teams around the customer, throughout the contact cycle. So imagine, when they are in hypergrowth, like Spendesk, the structuring of their activities becomes essential. This is exactly what Salesforce allows with its integrated CRM platform. From sales to marketing to customer service: it offers a seamless end-to-end experience. This is also why some of our nuggets have chosen Salesforce to support their teams. To learn more about their solutions, visit sfdc.co/product. In terms of resources, Rodolphe recommends: "The four steps to the epiphany" by Steve Blank on the product / market fit, "High output management" by Andrew Grove, to which he returns regularly. Good listening !

Finscale # 65

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#65 - Benoit Grassin (Pixpay) - Reconciling families while training young people in finance: Pixpay's quest
Description of the episode
When you have children and teenagers, managing pocket money is an endless headache. That's why Benoit and his co-founders created Pixpay. In truth, the mission that this young startup has set itself goes much further than that. It is actually a matter of training and educating teenagers in the management of personal finances. So that money is no longer a taboo and a thorny issue in families, Pixpay has created an App' with an adult section and a child section to allow parents to accompany their children in their first financial experiences: savings, expenses, budget management, fundraising or simply that all work deserves pay. When we know that 4 out of 5 French people do not invest in the equity markets because they do not understand basic financial notions well enough, we say to ourselves that there is essential and exciting educational work to be done. We therefore go through all the features of Pixpay and how this young company will go about advancing knowledge and breaking down cultural barriers. We leave with a book to read: The week when Jérôme Kerviel almost blew up the global financial system by Hugues Le Bret Good listening to all!

FinTeach - Benoit Grassin

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# 25 - Benoit Grassin⎢Pixpay
Description of the episode
For this new episode of FinTeach, meet Benoit Grassin, co-founder and CEO of Pixpay, which offers payment services for teens and their parents. Together, we talked about his more than 10 years of entrepreneurship (Benoit was co-founder of MonDocteur, since merged with Doctolib), pocket money and means of payment for teenagers, but also the importance of education. financial, from an early age. In terms of resources, Benoit advises you: The Pixpay simulator to find out how much pocket money to pay your teenager, The Finscale podcast, by Solenne Niedercorn-Desouches to explore financial topics, And the TrackRecord podcast, by Roland Berger Tech Ventures, led by Emmanuel Touboul, dedicated to fundraising and venture capital. Good listening !

ClubDeal # 80

ClubDeal
# 80 The martingale to buy without contribution with Saskia Fiszel - CEO Virgil
Description of the episode
With soaring prices, especially in large cities such as PARIS, it has become difficult for a good number of tenants to afford to buy similar accommodation. At the same time and with the tightening of the conditions for obtaining financing, it has become "almost" impossible to borrow at 110%. Faced with her two observations and anxious to find a real solution to break this vicious circle, my guest of the day Saskia FISZEL created Virgil. Virgil is your co-investor for your main residence and completes your contribution or allows you to offer you the additional m2 you need. But how does it all work? Answer in this episode.

FinTeach - Riadh Alimi

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# 21 - Riadh Alimi⎢Finfrog
Description of the episode
Today, you have an appointment with Riadh Alimi, the founder and CEO of Finfrog. Finfrog allows the French to obtain a micro-credit, between 100 and 600 €, in barely 24 hours. With Riadh, we talked among other things about his experience in consulting, his motivations for creating Finfrog, the impacts of open banking on credit scoring, his approach to credit and responsibility, credit bureau and inclusion. financial. Before letting you listen to all this in detail, here are the resources recommended by Riadh: The Generation Do It Yourself podcast by Mathieu Stefani, The Galion Project publications, And, we think less: parliamentary work! On the question of credit, for example, research "Law Lagarde - Senate" or the report by Philippe Chassaing. Good listening !

FinTeach - Raphaël Jabol

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# 20 - Raphaël Jabol⎢Avostart
Description of the episode
Have you ever found yourself faced with a legal question, without knowing who you are talking to? If so, you will finally have a solution to your questions thanks to my guest of the week! For this new episode of FinTeach, I welcome Raphaël Jabol, the co-founder and CEO of Avostart, a digital legal assistance service… and also human! From pure legaltech, the start-up is now making a foray into the world of insurance and has just announced that it has raised € 2 million in seed. With Raphaël, we talked about his experience at L'Oréal, his motivations for creating Avostart, the incubators and accelerators that accompanied the start of his adventure, the communication in the start-up ecosystem and the reality behind, the importance of creating a community of entrepreneurs around you ... and many other things! One last word before letting you listen to my discussion with Raphaël. This episode is supported by platform58, the incubator of La Banque Postale, specialized in FinTech and Assurtech. platform58 is above all a place of innovation dedicated to early-stage start-ups. Beyond the incubator, it is a space that aims to promote exchanges, interactions and sharing between start-ups, partners and employees of the Group, so that they can jointly imagine banking and insurance. of tomorrow. An ecosystem favorable to the development of young shoots like Avostart, Raphaël testifies in the episode. I'll let you listen right away! Raphaël recommends The Pitch podcast, to listen to entrepreneurs pitch their project and get live feedback from investors. Otherwise, to resolve its blockages, its main resource is the Other: nothing like discussing with informed people. Good listening !

FinTeach - Gautier Delabrousse-Mayoux

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# 19 - Gautier Delabrousse-Mayoux⎢Iroko
Description of the episode
Today, I invite you to meet Gautier Delabrousse-Mayoux, the co-founder and CEO of Iroko. Iroko Zen is a SCPI. Do not be afraid of the word: concretely, it is a real estate savings product. The particularity of Iroko? They create and then distribute their own savings products. With Gautier, we therefore discussed savings, accreditation, international development and entrepreneurship with friends. Gautier doesn't have any particular resources to recommend to you. Instead, he suggests you do: take 2 hours to learn how to code a landing page, for example, using Le Wagon. Good listening !

40 shades of next -: 28 Part 2

40 shades of Next
: 28 Part 2 - Alexandre Prot - Qonto: The origins of a repeat entrepreneur
Description of the episode
"4 years ago everyone said it was a shit idea". Alexandre Prot, co-founder of Qonto. The tone is set. Today, Fintech is on the rise, in France, with investors, and at the microphone of 40 shades of Next. After Cyril Chiche from Lydia, we therefore welcome Alexandre Prot, co-founder with Steve Anavi of the "neo-bank" of VSE-PME. From its creation in 2016 to the spectacular fundraising of 104 million euros in 2020, from the launch in France to European development, from beta-users to 20 billion transactions, from Easy Business Banking to Business Just Got Simpler, its objective has remained unchanged: to simplify the life of VSEs and SMEs. With notably Tencent, DST Global, Alven and Peter Thiel in the capital, Qonto has seduced by its model and its promise of reinventing access to banking services for professionals. How did Alexandre and his partner manage to access and attract large investors, including abroad? Can we qualify the company as a Neo bank? We decipher the Qonto model, the way in which the company has been able to penetrate a complex market by making it simple and the market prospects with new offers. We discuss in particular the recent possibility for the brand's customers to obtain a professional loan thanks to a partnership with another key player in Next40: October and its founder Olivier Goy. It's only a beginning. “Today everyone says it's great, 'an obvious idea', whereas 4 years ago everyone said it was a shitty idea”. The beginnings were not easy, however, the steps to be climbed were high and numerous, and we come back to them in detail. And it is straightforward and without taboos, that he answers the pro and personal questions of my friend Olivier Mathiot, Steve Anavi, Céline Lazhortes and Anne Taffin. And soon at the microphone of Solène Etienne, her choice Sista with Anabelle Bignon, co-founder of Maria Schools. Find the Next 40 champions on https://podcast.ausha.co/40-nuances-de-next

FinTeach - Antoine Orsini

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# 17 - Antoine Orsini⎢Lemonway
Description of the episode
For this new episode of FinTeach, I invite you to discover Lemonway and its co-founder and CEO, Antoine Orsini. Lemonway is a platform that simplifies transactions for product and service marketplaces. Antoine tells us about the genesis of Lemonway, the evolution of his role as CEO, the importance of their authorization as a payment institution and much more. Created in 2007, the company is now at the scale-up stage and appears in the French Tech 120 ranking for the second consecutive year. It's for this reason that this week's episode is backed by a company that you all surely know: Salesforce. Salesforce supports a large number of companies in their growth. To develop, start-ups need to align their teams around the customer, throughout the contact cycle. So imagine, when they are in hypergrowth, the structuring of their activities becomes essential! This is exactly what Salesforce does with its integrated CRM platform. From sales to marketing to customer service: it offers a seamless end-to-end experience. This is also why some of our nuggets have chosen Salesforce to support their teams. To find out more about their solutions, I'll meet you here: https://www.salesforce.com/fr/products/. Before letting you discover my discussion with Antoine, Happy listening!

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