Sean Lippel

General Partner at FinTech Collective

New York, New York

Overview

Sean Lippel is the General Partner and Head of Digital Assets at FinTech Collective in New York, with a strong background in venture capital, investment banking, and financial modeling. He has successfully invested in companies like Mauve, Coincover, and Bottlepay, focusing on sectors such as Web3/Crypto and FinTech. Lippel holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BBA from the University of Michigan, showcasing his strong educational background in business.

Work Experience

FinTech Collective

General Partner
2021 - Current
FinTech Collective is one of the longest standing institutional investors in blockchain technology. We are currently allocating from our second specialized and dedicated vehicle constructed purposefully for building decentralized financial networks and applications in a web 3.0 paradigm - infrastructure that is built, owned, and operated by its users.
Principal, Investments
2019 - 2021
Led FinTech Collective's investment thesis and efforts around digital assets, Latin America fintech, and alternative lending. FinTech Collective backs creators with a hunger to reimagine how money flows through the world. We are a sector-focused venture capital firm, based in New York City and investing globally. The firm was founded in 2012 by serial entrepreneurs with four prior exits and one IPO in capital markets tech, payments tech, and enterprise AI. Since inception, FinTech Collective has invested in 70+ portfolio companies and has been active in crypto and blockchain since 2013. Board of Directors: Oxio, Minka Board Observor: Rebel, Anyfin, Dharma, Immo
Director, Investments
2016 - 2019
MBA Associate, Investments
2015 - 2016