The Funded - Spark Capital's Alex Finkelstein and Peertransfer's Iker Marcaide: Friday, January 21st @ 4:30pm - Olin 102
Join us as we hear the story of how Iker built Peertransfer and how Spark came to invest in the company. This event kicks off our "The Funded" series and we want to bring a crowd to encourage more speakers to come. So come out and bring a friend!
Spark Capital is one of the most active seed stage funds in the US and is the largest investor in Twitter. Alex is interested in Media, Web, Education, and Financial startups. Aside from Peertransfeer, he led investments in 5min Media(acquired by AOL), 8D World, Altius Education, Linkwell, peerTransfer and OnSwipe. Peertransfer was started by an international MIT MBA student who was sick of paying the high fees for transferring money to pay tuition. The company offers students a way to pay their tuition in their home currency for a 1% fee instead of the typical 3-6% fee plus wire fee that most banks charge.
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The Funded - The Series: Wednesdays @ 4:30pm - Olin 101
The Funded will feature founders and funders telling the story of their shared venture. We hope to cover many industries and types of funding over the course of the semester. Here is a glance of our future events:
• Spark Capital's Alex Finkelstein and Peertransfer's Iker Marcaide
• Techstar's Katie Rae along with one of Techstar's companies
• Flybridge Capital's Matt Witheiler and GamerDNA's & Disruptor Beam's Jon Radoff
If you have a company or funder you would like to bring to campus, let us know!
