The Founders Peak Podcast

Growing a company “from zero to hero” is no easy task. It requires consistency, hard work, and the right mindset. But what’s needed to maintain the “hero” level once the “zero” phase is over? Our next speaker knows a lot on this one. Toms Jurjevs is the founder and CEO of Sun Finance, which he has grown from a two-people startup to a multi-million dollar international company that successfully ope...

Haukur Skúlason is the spirited CEO and Co-founder of Indo, Iceland's trailblazing challenger bank. Championing a radical shift in banking's DNA, Haukur is on a mission to reinvent trust. As the mastermind behind Indó, he is gearing up to bring an end to "bullshit banking", striving for a relationship where customers not only trust but genuinely like their bank. Backed by a spiri...

Morten Møgelmose, the founder who wants to give his customers the best experience in physical fashion stores all over the world. Morten is the co-founder and CEO of Zliide, a tech startup that is revolutionizing physical fashion retail. Morten's embarked on his journey during his High School days, when a dreadful experience in a fashion store in London sparked the idea for his transformative v...

Gioia is an unorthodox millennial who transitioned early on from economics to design. For the past 4 years, by day, Gioia Arieti worked as a Human-Centered Designer fostering Danske Bank's digital transformation. Recently, she changed focus to work in digital transformation consulting for life sciences. For the past 4 years, by night, she has been working on creating a new time unit inspired b...

Alexander Wulff is a Danish serial entrepreneur and the author of two best-selling books in finance and economics. As CEO & Co-founder of the fast-growing Danish fintech company Scaleup Finance, he knows how to build a company from startup to scaleup. Prior to his time at Scaleup Finance, he co-founded Abeo, a construction tech company that scaled internationally.

Denise Johansson, the spirited co-founder and co-CEO of Enfuce, a Nordic payment service provider - the first in the world to put payment processing in the public cloud. She is a true a visionary leader who is igniting change within the fintech world. With over 15 years in the payments industry, she's pioneering sustainable financial solutions and championing open banking. Notably, she's a...

Liudas Kanapienis is a dynamic force in the vibrant Lithuanian Fintech world! As a seasoned serial entrepreneur, he spearheaded the groundbreaking evolution of Lithuania's inaugural Fintech venture, Paysera Ltd, transforming it into a thriving fintech powerhouse. With 15 years of experience in the field, Liudas has steered numerous financial enterprises to success. He is currently the co-found...

Recognised as the NFT OG, and a pioneer in the fields of Blockchain, Crypto Currencies and Augmented Reality, Morten Rongaard's reputation is forged in the fiery realms of FinTech innovation. He has earned a seat as board member of the Nordic Blockchain Association. Morten has the rare skill of being able to combine creative thinking with financial finesse, and he is the mastermind behind Real...

Charlotte Roenje is a passionate economist who in 2019 founded Jamii.one — a tech company dedicated to advancing financial health and alleviating poverty. Her profound expertise remains instrumental in shaping the landscape of financial health and fintech, illuminating the path towards a more equitable and prosperous future for all. Charlotte's unwavering commitment to combat poverty through t...

Thuc Hoang is the ingenious mind behind Firi, and he has redefined the cryptocurrency landscape in the Nordics. In 2017, driven by a local market need, Thuc partnered with his co-founder and a brilliant ensemble of tech geniuses to establish Firi, a beacon of excellence in the crypto realm. The team passionately dedicated their free hours from 2018 to 2021 to sculpt Firi into what's now one of...

Tori Samples is a Senior Product Manager at the Stellar Development Foundation, where she focuses on humanitarian use cases and bulk disbursements. Prior to joining SDF, Tori was Co-Founder and CTO of Leaf Global Fintech, a blockchain-based digital wallet that provides cross-border financial services on both smartphones and non-smartphones. Tori built Leaf's system from the ground up in Rwanda...

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is an investor and entrepreneur in the public interest. He is passionate about partnering with mission driven innovators and investors building an African future where prosperity and purpose is within everyone’s reach. He is currently the CEO and General Partner of The Funds for Africa’s Future an early-stage venture capital firm with a portfolio of over 100 companies collectivel...

Mike Endale, a seasoned founder and engineering visionary with over two decades of experience, is dedicated to crafting products that make a genuine difference. As the co-founder and CEO of Moxit, he spearheaded the creation of a groundbreaking technology designed for the U.S. childcare industry. Moxit was later acquired by a venture-backed startup supported by prominent names such as a16z and Gol...

Assel Zhanassova was Vice Minister of Trade and Integration and was responsible for digitalisation of trade, development of payment systems and digital banking. Assel Zhanassova has more than 10 years of experience in implementation of local and international IT projects. She is one of the top 30 Women in FinTech Powerlist 2019 by Innovate Finance In 2010, she obtained a bachelor's degree in C...

A student of Chinese philosophy who loves customer-centric and transformative technologies. Trained in management consulting and private equity in China and across Africa before starting his own business supporting the growth of informal retailers. Sandile Dlamini is now building his second business with a mission to ensure employees access their earned wages any time before payday. This will empo...

Parul is a co-founder and director of pinBox. She has extensive experience in conceptualizing and implementing innovative financial literacy models and strategies, as well as technology-led outreach platforms for micro-pension and micro-insurance inclusion in developing countries. Parul developed and implemented ""gift-a-pension"", the first P2P eCommerce platform globally for...

Bente joined mTek in 2019 with the mission to break the 3% barrier of insurance penetration through digital transformation. Her innovation has revolutionized customer experience and eliminate the laborious insurance paperwork through an elaborate know your customer framework. She has been instrumental in the ongoing transformation of the insurance through transparent and integrated processes, resu...

Eche is the co-founder of Afropolitan, a network that connects the best of Africa and the diaspora across art, finance, tech, and media. Afropolitan’s mission is to become the first ever internet country, a concept known as the network state. With over 10 years of experience building communities within the African Diaspora, Eche has a passion for fostering connections and driving progress within t...

Olayinka David-West is a Professor of Information Systems with professional experience in the IT and financial services industry and a passionate advocate for digital transformation and inclusive finance. Her research and practice engagements involve policy and strategic management interventions towards digitally transformed businesses and society. Professor David-West is actively engaged in the i...

Matteo Rizzi is an unconventional entrepreneur with two decades of experience in Financial Services, constantly referred amongst the top executives in the industry. He spent 13 years at SWIFT - where he co-founded Innotribe, the innovation arm of the cooperative, launching the first global startup challenge. Since 2013, he has a FinTech Investor and/or Venture Partner role with global VCs and CVCs...

Esigie Aguele is the Co-Founder and CEO of VerifyMe Nigeria. His remarkable journey and unwavering dedication to reshaping the landscape of identity verification and financial inclusion make him a true trailblazer in the field. With over 23 years of expertise in Enterprise Architecture and Business Transformation, Esigie excels in FinTech, Telecoms, and US Federal Government sectors.

Jacqueline Brondberg Aby is a Danish/Ivorian entrepreneur, who moved to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire in 2018 to develop a Money Transfer service she had worked for in London since 2013. Taking ATLMoney Transfer from 3 payout partners in Africa, to expand their payout network to over 700 locations in West Africa, with a year on year increase in volume of over 50%. Prior to this Jacqueline founded the fir...

Stella N. Lugalambi is co-founder of Hamwe East Africa Ltd and the company’s director since 2013. In this role, she has steered Hamwe from a start-up to an award-winning Ag-Fintech enterprise. Under her stewardship, the company has been recognized for its agritech innovations by the National ICT Initiatives Support Programme (NIISP) in Uganda. It has also won the Coffee Value Chain Traceability ch...

Awarded as one of the Top 100 Impactful Change-makers in Africa, Oswald Anonadaga is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FloodGates Limited and Trustur, Inc. He also serves as Chief Technology Officer of WingiPay, Executive Director of the Ubuntu Development Network, and as the International Director of Membership for the Federation of African Law Students, where he manages a network of ove...