Maria Gotsch

1 appearance on the record.

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Assertion Supported
Henry Kravis raised Partnership Fund's capital in the late 1990s
“Henry Kravis of KKR raised the funds in the late nineties, and he raised them from major, major corporations in New York, as well as individuals.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 2:21 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch

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Opinion
SoFi is a rare exception among consumer fintech startups scaling independently
“So I think people like SoFi are the exception to the rule. Where you're able to, you know, come in with a new product that the, an area where the banks are not paying it, you know, are not working for whatever reason, and then expand to be a big company.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 17:59 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Scaling fintech startups will ultimately partner with or be acquired by incumbents
“I think you're going to see most of the companies end up being when they get to a certain size or asset size. Partnering or acquiring with a large institution because they have the regulatory expertise and they have the distribution power.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 18:16 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Enterprise interest in distributed ledger enabling tech will rebound by 2019
“And I predict that in like two years, there will be an increased interest back in more enabling technologies that will help fit around the distributed ledger, but the core systems, people have made their bets.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 9:44 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch
Assertion Supported
Henry Kravis raised Partnership Fund's capital in the late 1990s
“Henry Kravis of KKR raised the funds in the late nineties, and he raised them from major, major corporations in New York, as well as individuals.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 2:21 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch
Disclosure
Partnership Fund operates as a civic evergreen vehicle without profit motive
“We're structured as an evergreen fund. So the investors put up the money not to make a financial return, but to try to create jobs and expand the economy in New York City.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 2:36 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch
Disclosure
Partnership Fund holds investor capital for 45 years to reinvest returns
“So we have the investor's money for 45 years, and if we make returns, it comes back to us to fund new projects.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 3:41 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch
Disclosure
FinTech Innovation Lab takes small warrant coverage from all participants
“Initially, we take a very small warrant coverage and everybody that comes into the lab. Now we will invest in some of the graduates post program, but the program it's, but that's a separate, that's separate from the lab.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 7:17 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch
Disclosure
FinTech Innovation Lab exclusively accepts B2B or B2B2C startups
“And the program is 100% B to B or B to B to C. So we're doing no direct to consumer companies in the program.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 7:36 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch
Insight
Data, security, and risk management consistently top financial CIO priorities
“So consistently since the beginning, there has always been what I call the big three data, security, risk management, currently known as RegTech, but basically it does a risk management. So those three categories have been on the top of the CIOs list since the…”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 8:19 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch
Disclosure
Partnership Fund has deployed $160M from its initial $120M capital base
“Out of the hundred and twenty million, we've actually made one hundred and sixty million investments.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 14:56 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch
Assertion Supported
FinTech Innovation Lab accepts six to eight startups per year
“So the FinTech lab, we've had 39 graduates. We're going into our seventh year, so it is really an elite program where we take in between six and eight companies per year.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 3:58 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch
Assertion Not checkable as stated
FinTech Innovation Lab receives roughly 150 to 160 applications per year
“So we get about 150, 160 applications.”
Maria Gotsch May 8, 2017 ▶ 5:17 653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Year with New York Partnership Fund CEO Maria Gotsch

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653: She Invests $120 Million Into Financial Tech Companies, 39 Graduates, 6-8 New Per Yea May 8, 2017 11m
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