Vlad Khandros

Gatsby was a stocks and neo-brokerage app for a new generation of traders. In 2022, it was acquired by eToro.

R3 is a leading provider of RWAs and digital asset on Solana. For more information, visit www.r3.com.

Members Exchanges (MEMX) mission is to increase competition, improve operational transparency, reduce fixed costs, and simplify the execution of equity trading in the U.S. The founding members of MEMX are many of the largest U.S. retail broker-dealers, global banks, financial services firms and global market makers: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, Citadel Securities, E*TRADE, Fidelity Investments, Morgan Stanley, TD Ameritrade, UBS, and Virtu Financial.

At ValueStream Ventures, we are a thesis-driven, early-stage fund based in NYC and focused on investing in B2B platforms built around high-value data. We gravitate towards investments in B2B software, data/analytics, and fintech. Our thesis is a combination of opportunity and stage. High-value data, and its infrastructure, creates defensible companies with lower costs of scaling. We typically invest in the “early growth” stage of a company – when there is some revenue and signs of product/market fit, but it is not yet a consensus bet. We like this stage because we excel at driving momentum through targeted BD support, crafting platform strategies powered by core data assets, and preparing a company for growth financing. Our hands-on GPs have a unique ability to identify, underwrite, and support businesses built around high-value data. Our teams experience – working together in this space since 2013 – brings differentiated insights into how data can be leveraged to create value. Entrepreneurs and investors who partner with us find that we hustle, we dig deep, and we make rounds happen.

Salt Financial is a leading provider of index solutions and risk analytics to insurance carriers, investment banks, asset managers, and index providers. Salt uses modern technology and data science to improve fundamental measures of risk in investing . Built from the ground up using best of breed technology, Salt’s platform is designed for large-scale data analysis and rapid product development with the added stability of hosting on Microsoft’s Azure commercial cloud platform. The firm’s core technology leverages the rich information contained in intraday prices to power its index solutions. The patent pending truVol® Risk Control Engine (RCE) and proprietary truBeta™ are used as building blocks to develop risk-focused indices across asset classes for different investment vehicles.

Gatsby was a stocks and neo-brokerage app for a new generation of traders. In 2022, it was acquired by eToro.

R3 is a leading provider of RWAs and digital asset on Solana. For more information, visit www.r3.com.

Members Exchanges (MEMX) mission is to increase competition, improve operational transparency, reduce fixed costs, and simplify the execution of equity trading in the U.S. The founding members of MEMX are many of the largest U.S. retail broker-dealers, global banks, financial services firms and global market makers: Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, Citadel Securities, E*TRADE, Fidelity Investments, Morgan Stanley, TD Ameritrade, UBS, and Virtu Financial.

At ValueStream Ventures, we are a thesis-driven, early-stage fund based in NYC and focused on investing in B2B platforms built around high-value data. We gravitate towards investments in B2B software, data/analytics, and fintech. Our thesis is a combination of opportunity and stage. High-value data, and its infrastructure, creates defensible companies with lower costs of scaling. We typically invest in the “early growth” stage of a company – when there is some revenue and signs of product/market fit, but it is not yet a consensus bet. We like this stage because we excel at driving momentum through targeted BD support, crafting platform strategies powered by core data assets, and preparing a company for growth financing. Our hands-on GPs have a unique ability to identify, underwrite, and support businesses built around high-value data. Our teams experience – working together in this space since 2013 – brings differentiated insights into how data can be leveraged to create value. Entrepreneurs and investors who partner with us find that we hustle, we dig deep, and we make rounds happen.

Salt Financial is a leading provider of index solutions and risk analytics to insurance carriers, investment banks, asset managers, and index providers. Salt uses modern technology and data science to improve fundamental measures of risk in investing . Built from the ground up using best of breed technology, Salt’s platform is designed for large-scale data analysis and rapid product development with the added stability of hosting on Microsoft’s Azure commercial cloud platform. The firm’s core technology leverages the rich information contained in intraday prices to power its index solutions. The patent pending truVol® Risk Control Engine (RCE) and proprietary truBeta™ are used as building blocks to develop risk-focused indices across asset classes for different investment vehicles.