Danika Robinson Lyon Koenig

Head of Payment Operations

2024 - Current

We're building the Shopify platform for D2C Game Developers to directly launch game webshops and take back power and money from the Apple and Google monopolies. Backed by a16z and co-founded by Twitch co-founder Justin Kan. The future is gaming. Responsible for: Funds Flow including Payment Stack vendors, Account Management, Customer Service, Product Project Management, Risk/Fraud, and Tax Reporting. Learn more at https://stash.gg/. We're hiring! https://dev.stash.gg/career.

Syndicate Co-Lead

2022

Our syndicate leverages the collective power of the Stripe Alumni network to invest in the next generation of startups. Reach out today: hello@danikabuilt.com! Current portfolio: Acana, Arcfi, Bend.Green, Griz, Inversion Space, Mosey, Plenty, Stainless, Userfront, Vela, and Wholesail

Angel Investor

2020

Personal Investments: Acana, Afterword, Airlift, Arcfi, Ash Wellness, Bend.Green, Boost, Bunches, Cart.com, Deft, Flexbase, Globowl, Griz, Hero's Jobs, Hum Capital, Impossible Metals, Inversion Space, Joyful Health, Mentaport, Merit, Mosey, Mozaic, Node ECO, Onu Wellness, Plenty, Pretzel.AI, Purple Arch Ventures, Scalefast, Spectrum, Stonehenge Labs, Swan Bitcoin, Tallied, TrueNorth, Up&Up, Vela, Wally, Inc., and Wholesail Scout Investor at 572°F, backed by Bonfire Ventures. Current portfolio: Blip - Embedded billpay (https://www.tryblip.com) Dockee Member of First Round Angel Track and Sequoia BLCK VC

Head of Operations

2023 - 2024

Operational Glue.

Head of Payments & Payment Product Partnerships

2021 - 2023

0 to 1 foundational builder responsible for the developing the operational structure, finding the financial partners (bank, card network, issuer processor, general ledger, PCI compliance, encryption, etc.), leading the technical integration and launch through white card testing, beta, and public launch! Negotiated all business deals, pricing, and card incentive structures. Worked closely with legal and outside counsel to build and successfully work through bank approval to manage the card program. Developed a one of a kind metal card that delivers healthy benefits to you today. Manage financial and technology partners and responsible for the card P&L working closely with operations and finance. Vision to make health and wellness more affordable and accessible to all. Health and wellness credit card. Get rewarded for healthy decisions you make everyday.

Angel Track

2022 - 2022

Founder & CEO

2020 - 2021

Time banking protocols for semi-mediated skills exchange. ODF8 - OnDeck Founder Accelerator Alum

Strategic Partnerships

2015 - 2020

Product Partner who helped grow and scale Stripe and the Partnerships team 10X+ and revenue exponentially. I am a Strategic Partner Manager who executes technical and non-technical projects and partnerships of our largest Financial Partners (card networks, acquiring partners, payout banks, alternative payment methods, etc.). I live at the intersection of business opportunity and overcoming the legal, regulatory, and network/bank op reg hurdles to go live and thrive. I shape business processes and funds flows to be compliant but more importantly to capture customer value and create new market opportunities. I work cross functionally with Legal, Product, Financial Crimes, Risk, Sales, Engineering, executives and more to manage our largest financial partners and work on projects related to product market fit, growth, business compliance, business development, pricing negotiations, implementation, global expansion, user advocacy, auth optimization, launching new business models, sales, program development, metrics and everything in between that it takes to make the Stripe best in class. I laid the foundation for internal policy and built and shipped risk frameworks for supportability that are still in use today to guide the next generation of business disrupters. Partnerships: 10/19 - 06/20 Financial Partnerships: 10/17- 10/19 Financial Stack: 09/16 - 10/17 Risk: 08/15 - 09/16 Co-Founder & Co-Lead: The Black Stripes 2016-2018 The Black Stripes is a community within Stripe that focuses on empowerment and advancement of individuals who identify as a member of the black diaspora. SQL

Co-Founder & COO

2014 - 2015

University focused innovative (at the time) bed in a box mattress company.

Recruiter

2015 - 2015

Expanded Palantir and GrabTaxi's global teams.