Luis Valdich

Managing Director, Fintech Venture Investing at Citi Ventures

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Luis runs Citi Ventures’ global fintech practice and has invested in HighRadius, iCapital, Socure, Forter, PayJoy, HoneyBook, Feedzai, Wildfire, Smart Asset, Cart, Blockdaemon, TRM, DriveWealth, Octane, PPRO, Loft, Soldo, Arch, ChargeAfter, Defacto, Clara, Tuum, Anyfin, Warren, Belvo, KomGo, Splash, Proxymity, Vega, Justt, Unlimited, Bridge-Foro, Masttro, Xalts, OneText and Norm.ai.

Luis started his venture investing career at Softbank, was a consultant at McKinsey, and founded and ran JPMorgan’s Strategic Investments group where his 30+ investments included Block/ Square, DirectEdge now part of Cboe, Air Lease Corp, LME, now part of HKEX, Pico, clearXchange, now Zelle, part of Early Warning Services, Symphony Communications, and Avant.

A frequent fintech conference speaker at Money2020, Sibos, Fintech Nexus/LendIt, Finovate, InnovateFinance, and ParisFintech, among others. A champion of diversity, Luis hails from Bolivia, has a Harvard MBA, and loves travelling, skiing, tennis, rugby, reading, the performing arts, and bubbles.