Marcos Fernandez

Managing Partner at Fiat Ventures

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.

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.

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.

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)