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Marcos Fernandez

Managing Partner at Fiat Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Marcos Fernandez is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Fiat Ventures, specializing in project management and business development. With a background in management consulting at KPMG and roles at companies like Ripple and SoFi, Marcos brings expertise in strategic partnerships and product marketing to his current position at Fiat Ventures. Highlights of Marcos Fernandez's career include co-founding Fiat Ventures and serving as a Partner at Fiat Growth, demonstrating strong leadership and entrepreneurial skills in the venture capital industry. His experience at companies like Ripple and SoFi showcases his expertise in strategic partnerships, business development, and product marketing.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    2021 - Current

    Fiat Ventures is an emerging, early stage VC focused on investing in the next generation of market leading companies in the Fintech space.

Fiat Ventures is an early-stage venture capital organization supporting and investing in the next generation of Fintech's leading firms.

  • Partner

    2021

    Fiat Growth helps founders, brands, and growing teams build for impact by providing operating and consulting support. Specializing in Fintech, Insurtech, PropTech, Digital Banking and Blockchain, Fiat strives to help businesses maximize their growth while helping consumers lead healthy financial lives and promote economic equality.

  • Strategic Partnerships | Business Development

    2018 - 2021

    Ripple is building a new payments rail that allows our customers to move money to all corners of the world. My team is responsible for sourcing, building and aligning key strategic partners globally to help build out RippleNet, a cross border payments network.

  • Product Marketing | Strategy

    2017 - 2018

    Responsible for building, developing, launching and scaling Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies for one of Ripple's flagship products, On-Demand Liquidity.

Ripple is a technology company that provides solutions for cross-border payments, crypto liquidity, and central bank digital currency.

Raised $293,800,000.00 from Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman, The K Fund and Azure Ventures Group.

  • Product Marketing

    2015 - 2017

    SoFi is a new kind of finance company taking a radical approach to lending, wealth management, and insurance. Whether they’re looking to buy a home, save money on student loans, ascend in their careers, or invest in the future, the SoFi community works to empower members to accomplish the goals they set and achieve financial greatness as a result.

SoFi is a finance company that offers a range of lending and wealth management services.

Raised $4,845,067,367.00 from Coatue, Baron Capital, Chamath Palihapitiya, T. Rowe Price, BlackRock, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), Altimeter Capital, Hedosophia and Durable Capital Partners.

  • Senior Associate | Management Consulting

    2011 - 2014

    The Management Consulting practice working primarily with State and Local Government clients focusing on delivering IT Enabled Solutions. The projects that I was most actively involved in were: - CalPERS Pension System Resumption (~$500M) - California ARB - Cap and Trade System (~$120M) - Nevada Affordable Care Act (~$80M)

KPMG Advisory provides audit, tax, assurance, and financial advisory services to companies and people.

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