For those passionate about the #creatoreconomy, here’s some color on why we led the Series A at Willa! https://bit.ly/3xvjIYS TLDR: With influencers gaining unprecedented followings on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, among others, consumer attention is shifting from traditional media to individual creators. …

This 60-minute roundtable explores the current state of the mortgage industry and how technology can radically improve the customer experience. Matt Levinson from FinTech Collective moderated a robust conversation on the topic featuring portfolio companies Ocrolus and Plaid, as well as industry leaders Blend Labs and Sprout Mortgage. The panelists dive into topics such as: the fintech tools that mortgage lenders are counting on to address increased demand, new ways in which income and assets are underwritten, and the path to a very different mortgage underwriting experience in the future.

Accelerate Yale hosted a conversation about the evolution of fintech with Matt Levinson ’10 of FinTech Collective, a leading fintech venture capital fund, and Jason Guss ’12 of Octane. They examined the evolution of fintech from the first to the second generation of online lenders, discussed the challenges and opportunities presented by the current market environment, and presented their views on the future of the industry. Sam Hendel ’03, Director of Accelerate Yale and co-founder of Dataminr, led a Q&A session after the fireside chat.

In 2021, we can track a friend’s Uber ride in real time and order just about anything online with a few clicks. In this context, customers are becoming less tolerant of a painful, 40 day process to finance their most significant personal and financial asset. …

Note: I spent a year speaking with industry experts and authoring our firm’s thesis on asset management. The below lead-in to the thesis was originally posted to the FinTech Collective blog in April 2020. To link directly to the asset management thesis, please click here. — — — — —…

TLDR: Square is potentially more than the sum of its seller and consumer ecosystems. By building a closed loop payments network that sits between the two, the company has the opportunity to drive significant growth. Square is one of the most interesting and diverse fintech businesses in the world. Sporting…

The novel coronavirus has the potential to be uniquely disastrous for residential real estate. Transactions typically slow to a halt in any recession. But COVID takes this to another level, as sellers may be entirely unwilling or unable to show their homes. However with Zillow and Redfin reporting Q1 results…

Originally posted on Twitter, modified for this format. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Happy new year! With the teens behind us and 20s ahead, I wanted to share my personal top…

The below was originally posted as a Tweetstorm, and has been modified for this format and expanded a bit. You can find me on Twitter here: @MattLevinson — — — — At a fintech event recently, another VC bemoaned to me that founders are “lying to me all the time.”…