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Kai Schmitz

Partner at Crestone Venture Capital

Washington, District of Columbia

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $340,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $40,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $20,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder/Partner

    2019

    Crestone is an investment firm focused on Financial Technology in emerging markets.

2019

  • Board Member

    2019

    Open Banking Cloud that operates Transfiya, Colombia's national real time P2P payment system.

2020

  • Board Member

    2020

    Koin is Brazil's leading Buy Now-Pay Later provider and offers various other payment services as the Fintech arm of the Despegar group.

2013 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2013 - 2023

    Colombia's leading digital bank offering a full-service consumer wallet and card, an issuing and acquiring platform, and BaaS

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2022

    Managed and Licensed Payment Solutions for Issuing and Acquiring.

  • Partner

    2020 - 2021

    Amadeus is an international Venture Capital firm headquartered in London. The firm operates different technology-focused investment strategies, including venture, growth and secondaries in Europe and in Emerging Markets.

  • Independent Board Member

    2020 - 2021

  • Investment Lead Fintech

    2012 - 2019

    The Financial Technology Investment Group of IFC is one of the largest Fintech investors in emerging markets with an existing portfolio of over $600m. Our investments cover a broad spectrum of Fintech businesses including online lending, factoring, payment infrastructure, card issuing and acquiring, PSPs, marketplaces, insurance, capital markets, and others. IFC offers capital ranging from venture capital to growth equity, debt and various structured investment products. Our global presence, emerging market expertise, worldwide network of Fintech and financial market clients, and unparalleled access to resources on regulation, governance and risk management make us a partner with unique added value. Visit us at www.ifc.org/fintech My Portfolio: www.creditas.com www.contabilizei.com.br www.earthport.com www.embonds.com www.guiabolso.com.br www.iyzico.com www.konfio.mx www.kreditech.com www.movii.com.co www.remitly.com www.safetypay.com www.victoryparkcapital.com www.welab.com

2017 - 2019

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2019

2010 - 2012

  • Senior Financial Sector Specialist

    2010 - 2012

    The Payment Systems Development Group at the World Bank is a leading resource on national and international payment systems and regulation for financial services regulators, multilateral organizations and governments across the world. The team advises Central Banks, government agencies and public sector financial institutions on market regulation, compliance issues, and technical infrastructure of national and international payment system and services. Projects involve ACH, RTGS, credit card acquiring and issuing, remittances, risk management, AML regulation and compliance, crypto-currencies, and others.