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Brett Austin Cooper

Staff Product Manager at EarnIn

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Brett Austin Cooper is a seasoned professional with a background in product management and finance, having held leadership roles at companies like EarnIn and Branch International. He currently serves as an investor at rali_cap, focusing on sectors such as MarketingTech, Payments, and Web3/Crypto, and has a diverse educational background including an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Highlights of Brett's career include his roles as a Lead Product Manager at EarnIn and a Senior Product Manager at Branch International, demonstrating his expertise in product development and management within the fintech industry.

Work Experience 

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EarnIn

  • Staff Product Manager

    2022 - Current

    Get paid as you work

  • Lead Product Manager

    2021 - 2022

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rali_cap

  • Investor

    2020

    rali_cap invests in foundational fintech infrastructure -- the data, payment and communication startups accelerating scalable, multi-market financial services.

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Branch International

  • Senior Product Manager

    2021 - 2021

    Join one of the world's most downloaded direct-to-consumer digital lending applications and led the development of new products globally (Kenya, Nigeria, and India) as the company evolved into a full-service digital bank.

  • Product Manager

    2019 - 2021

Branch offers mobile financial services across emerging markets to spur human potential.

Raised $274,265,690.00 from Cauris Finance and Barium Capital.

branch.co
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Smile Identity

  • Product/Chief of Staff

    2017 - 2019

    Smile ID is Africa's leading identity verification solution having provided over 150 million identity verifications. As one of the earliest employees, I did a little bit of everything: product, biz dev, expansion, and general support of the C-suite.

Africa's leading identity verification solution, remotely verify IDs in seconds while staying compliant and preventing fraud at scale.

Raised $31,100,000.00 from Future Africa, ValueStream Ventures, Courtside Ventures, 500 Fintech, Commerce Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Norrsken22, Latitude, Two Culture Capital and Intercept Ventures.

usesmileid.com
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Brioche Ltd.

  • Strategy and Finance Manager

    2016 - 2017

    Worked with a Rwandan food and beverage company on finance, strategy, and international expansion

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TaroWorks

  • Product Analytics and Finance Manager

    2015 - 2016

    Led analytics and finance functions for an emerging market mobile CRM startup.

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Accion

  • Design Consultant

    2015 - 2015

    Led a design sprint for Indian microfinance bank (Utkarsh Small Finance Bank)

Accion Serving San Diego is a local microlender.

Raised $300,000.00 from Wells Fargo.

us.accion.org
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Andersen

  • Manager, Valuation Services

    2013 - 2015

    Valuations of all kinds (stock options, venture holdings, exotics assets, and more).

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CBIZ (NYSE: CBZ)

  • Senior Associate

    2010 - 2013

    Due diligence, M&A support, and valuations (nitty-gritty accounting and finance projects)

CBIZ through its subsidiaries, provides professional business services primarily to small and medium-sized businesses, individuals,

cbiz.com

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