In this episode, I sit down with Ashish Aggarwal, partner at PayPal Ventures.
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Ashish started his career in IBM in India, but quickly moved to banking, specifically to Citi first, and then moving to London working at Deutsche Bank, with a focus on investment banking and of course fintech.
He joined PayPal Ventures in 2017 in the corporate finance team at first, moving then to the corporate venture of the US payment giant, investing globally with focus on AI, B2B SaaS, and fintech, at the Series A and B stages. Over time, he took care of multiple deals in fintech, from Paymob (MENA) to Tink (UK/Europe), from Aspire (Singapore) to Pliant (EU), but also Tabby (UAE/KSA), Raisin (Europe). He currently sits as an observer on the board of Paymob, Stitch, PPRO, Codat, Pliant, Tabby, Mintoak, Single Interface.
With him, we talked about the journey from bankers to VC, the multiple deals he backed over time, his take on the fintech market today and the main trends he is expecting to see shaping the market in the upcoming future.
