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    Explore "lending club" with insightful episodes like "#146 Canvas Ventures’s Co-Founder and General Partner, Rebecca Lynn", "Ep. 160 - Is Lending Club Still a Legit Investment?" and "The Embedded finance revolution in cards and payments, with Highnote founder John MacIlwaine" from podcasts like ""Smart Venture Podcast", "The Good Financial Cents Show w/ Jeff Rose, CFP®" and "The Fintech Blueprint"" and more!

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    #146 Canvas Ventures’s Co-Founder and General Partner, Rebecca Lynn

    #146 Canvas Ventures’s Co-Founder and General Partner, Rebecca Lynn

    Rebecca is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Canvas Ventures where she leads early-stage investments in Fintech, Healthtech, and AI. Rebecca has been named to the Forbes Midas List five years running, a Woman to Watch: Senior Deal Maker by the Wall Street Journal, and a Top Woman VC by the New York Times. Some of her notable investments include Luminar (NASDAQ: LAZR), Lending Club (NYSE: LC), Practice Fusion (acq Allscripts), Gabi (acq Experian), Check (acq Intuit), RelateIQ (acq Salesforce), CrowdFlower (acq by Appen), Viewics (acq Roche), FutureAdvisor (acq Blackrock), and Figure8 (acq Appen). 

    Before founding Canvas, Rebecca served as a General Partner at Morgenthaler Ventures. During her time at Morgenthaler, one of her early investments, Doximity (NYSE: DOCS), went public in 2021 and was one of the year’s largest IPOs. Before that, she was the VP of NextCard. At NextCard, the first online credit card company, Rebecca helped scale the company from 30 people to 1300 and an IPO. 

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    1. How to invest in the world’s changing entrepreneurs  
    2. Founding and managing a leading VC firm 
    3. How to be a value-adding board member 

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    Ep. 160 - Is Lending Club Still a Legit Investment?

    Ep. 160 - Is Lending Club Still a Legit Investment?

    There was a time where I was making over a 17% return and I didn’t have to worry about the stock market.

     

    Then a few years ago, my world changed when they took this investment away.

     

    There are a lot of people that think this is still around.  

     

    Today I want to answer the question - Is Lending Club still around and is it Legit?

     

    I will also share some alternatives to use in place of Lending Club.

     

    02:24 Are they legit

    08:14 My account is still earning interest

    09:15 Lending Club retires the note platform

    14:55 Alternatives to Lending Club

    20:55 Investing in Art Investments

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    Fundrise

    YieldStreet

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    The Embedded finance revolution in cards and payments, with Highnote founder John MacIlwaine

    The Embedded finance revolution in cards and payments, with Highnote founder John MacIlwaine
    In this conversation, we chat with John MacIlwaine, Founder and CEO at HighNote. The former general manager at Paypal Holdings Inc-owned Braintree. Highnote improves embedded payments experiences, reducing speed to market while supporting customer loyalty and engagement. John is a senior business and technology professional with 25 years of experience in executive level GM/CEO and CTO/CPO roles, primarily within the financial services industry, with expertise in technology innovation, strategic vision, implementation execution, and operational excellence in both early stage and mature companies. He is a seasoned general manager with significant people leadership (1,500 staff) and P&L responsibility ($195 Million). He has a reputation for building high performing global teams (India, Singapore, Philippines, US) and operating effectively in diverse corporate cultures across industries and geographies. More specifically, we touch on the journey of leadership through Morgan Stanely, Envestnet, SunGard, GreenDot, Visa, Lending Club, Braintree/PayPal and HighNote. Touching on the progress of technology influencing embedded finance through each of these entities, and so so much more!Disclaimer here — this newsletter does not provide investment advice and represents solely the views and opinions of FINTECH BLUEPRINT LTD. Contributors: Lex, Laurence, Matt, Farhad, Mike, Daniella Want to discuss? Stop by our Discord and reach out here with questions.