Cornell Fintech Startups
A directory of 97 startups founded by Cornell University alumni in financial technology, each listed with its founders, stage, and links. Compiled and updated by Big Red AI.
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Paul Menchov ’16 Dropout, ,Private market investments
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TalosSeries BEthan Feldman ’07, MEng ’08, ,Institutions trade digital assets
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John Wu ’01, Kevin Sekniqi, PhD ’19,Web3 protocol
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AcornsSeries FNoah Kerner ’99, ,Grow financial wealth
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Daniel Vene ’97, ,Alternatives investment marketplace
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Colin Walsh ’90, ,Financial inclusive bank
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Duncan Bagshaw ’92, ,Portfolio of businesses
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Coins.phSeries CRonald Hose, MS ’05, ,Access to web3 digital assets
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MineSeries AScott Smith ’21, ,Student debit card
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YunoSeries AJuan Ortega ’14, ,Manage all the payment methods and fraud providers through a single integration.
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Paul Menchov ’16 Dropout, ,Blockchain coin list
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ChariSeries AIsmael Belkhayat, MS ’09, ,B2B ecommerce and fintech apps
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AvantosSeries ARabih Ramadi, MEng ’00, ,Client onboarding and servicing AI
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David Ehrich ’85, ,Credit card for financial opportunity
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Translucent AISeries AJack O’Hara, MS ’19, MBA ’19, ,FP&A for healthcare
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Arc TechnologiesSeries ADon Muir ’15, ,Cash management and growth capital
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CaddiSeedAlejandro Castellano, MEng ’23, ,Automate repetitive tasks
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Tarun Chitra ’11, ,Web3 defi solutions
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AjaibSeries BAnderson Sumarli ’14, ,Indonesia investment platform
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Bruno Lucas ’13, ,Working capital for small businesses
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Mike Bohlander ’03, ,Modern payments built for Freight
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Jon Dorando, PhD ’10, ,AI productivity for investment managers
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NumeraiSeries CRichard Craib ’12, ,Long/short global equity strategy hedge fund
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HekaSeries AIdan Bar-Dov, MBA ’20, ,Data analysis for financial services
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DinariSeries AGabriel Otte ’11, ,Securities backed tokens on the blockchain
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Blaze PaymentsPre-SeedFaiyam Rahman, MEng ’15, ,Global currency payments
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WingspanSeries BAnthony Mironov ’10, ,Payroll platform purpose-built for contingent work
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Henry Hendrawan, MEng ’04, MBA ’09, ,Help Indonesians with employment
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KonstructIQSeedIrv Henderson, MBA ’98, ,Software for construction projects
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Jonathon Grayson, MBA ’05, ,Helping consumers navigate the uncertainty of life with smarter insurance
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Salt LabsSeedKonstantin Getmanchuk ’06, ,Employee rewards platform
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FlexPointSeries AVictor Lopez, JD ’13, ,Automate cash flow for businesses
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Carl-Alain Memnon ’07, ,Financial credit for businesses
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CinoSeedLina Saleh, MA ’15, ,Virtual card that splits group payments automatically
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Adena Hefets ’09, Nicholas Clark ’05,Affordable home ownership
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PierSeedJessica Zhang ’17, ,Launch and automate credit products
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PanopticSeedGuillaume Lambert, Professor, ,Perpetual, oracle-free defi options protocol
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TrataPre-SeedEric Cho ’20, William Gao ’19, MEng ’20,Investment research for hedge funds
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AdroPre-SeedAmarildo Gjondrekaj, MBA ’19, Sara Schmitt, MBA ’19,US bank accounts for internationals
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Sergio Furio, MBA ’00, ,Consumer loans backed by assets
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Sid Mansur ’95, ,Housing finance AI
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TroopSeedFelix Tabary ’14, Zen Yui ’14,New age asset stewardship technology
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ChamakPre-SeedDebasish Chakraborty, MPA ’23, Sangita Bhattacharjee, MS ’23,B2B trade finance platform
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Mindigital GroupSeries AMickey Li, MBA ’10, ,Banking for the next generation
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Ahoy InsuranceSeedAmit Nisenbaum, MBA ’03, ,Insurance for Boaters by Boaters
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Matt McMonagle ’07, ,Renewable hydrogen solutions
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ZeroDevPre-SeedDerek Chiang ’16, ,SDK for creating in-app, gas-free smart contract wallets
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Maudie Hampden ’04, ,Healthcare plan navigation
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PrestaSeedLeopoldo Peña ’16, ,Digital lending banking infrastructure
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Jeffrey Wald ’95, MPA ’96, ,Financial advisors advice
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Jane Gol ’75, ,Real estate loans
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LucitePre-SeedJason Spector ’20, Richard Greenbaum ’20,Automating deliverables for finance professionals
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Ribbon FinanceSeries BJulian Koh ’16, ,Decentralized option vaults for web3
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Jeffrey Schvey ’07, MEng ’08, Greg Schvey ’09, Corey Wendling ’94https://www.linkedin.com/company/axoni/
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Jason Saul ’91, ,Social outcome marketplace
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Jude Rizzo ’23, ,Productivity tools for PowerPoint & Excel
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UrvinSeedAlexander Cohen ’01, ,Shareholder relationship management platform that helps companies discover & connect with their shareholders.
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Ziyad Parekh ’13, ,Digital payments for merchants
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CryptoLeaguePre-SeedRodolfo Saccoman ’99, ,Community investing for crypto and NFT fans
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NophinSeedKwadwo Nyarko, MEng ’14, ,Commercial real estate screener
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Sandeep Varma, MEng ’04, ,Data science for investment analysis
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TradeFlowPre-SeedTaryn Reardon ’21, Liam Breen ’21,Automate stock trade settlement
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Zach Knight ’06, ,Forest and waterland conservation
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Tim Rice ’84, ,Web3 crypto finance
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Raymond Li ’03, Erik Yao ’05,Financial accounting software for revenue transaction data
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Iwan Kurniawan ’12, ,Digital financing for southeast asia
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Psi FinancePre-SeedJesper Kristensen, PhD ’15, ,Instant borderless payments
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Insta WorldSeedBasit Riaz Sheikh, PhD ’12, ,Delivery platform in Pakistan
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MontoPre-SeedAndres Quintanilla, MBA ’18, ,Employee benefits platform
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PuyPre-SeedAlejandro Alvarez Zuluaga, LLM ’22, ,Tokenization platform in Latin America
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PassuSeedAndreas Overmeer ’17, ,Fixed Income research
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Semantic FinancePre-SeedJoshua Ying ’19, MEng ’19, ,AI to maintain software codebase
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CeleriPre-SeedJun Seo ’14, ,AI-powered fraud detection for the multi-family industry
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Charles Inokon, JD ’97, ,Expert coaching for small businesses
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Yemi Rose ’01, MS ’03, ,Financial health for employees of color
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Brahm Pillai, MBA ’14, ,Boutique advisory firm
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Eric Pharis, MEng ’99, ,Analytical software for stock and options
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Tank PaymentsPre-SeedJad Rahbany ’18, ,Neobank built for trucking businesses
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Alexander Khein, PhD ’97, ,Scientific fixed income
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FlexiplataPre-SeedKabir Valencia ’01, ,Online lending platform
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Charles Elkan, PhD ’90, ,Real-time pricing for fixed income bonds
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OptifinoSeries AMichael Doniger ’99, ,Life insurance portfolios
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Derek Giddon ’07, ,Dental insurance automated verification
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Andrew Altfest ’03, ,AI for financial planning
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Soumya Basu, PhD ’21, ,Trading exchange with private order books
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SwapGlobalSeedYev Feldman ’10, ,Access digital markets using synthetic prime brokerage
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AevoSeedJulian Koh ’16, ,Decentralized trading strategies
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Jonathan Aiwazian ’09, ,Data science for gaming industry
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Alexander Veach, MS ’13, ,Help PE/VC firms scale
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ClearingPre-SeedBenjamin Elbaz, MS ’16, ,Short-term rental reports and bookkeeping
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Teresa Epperson ’95, ,AI wealth management
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Fazeela Abdul Rashid ’01, ,Healthcare investing firm
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Vicente Rotman, MS ’19, ,Platform for investing in global stocks
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SnapfiPre-SeedJoao Paulo Felix, MBA ’15, ,AI-driven tools for small and medium businesses
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Michael Belasco, MBA ’16, ,Learn financial modeling for real estate
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Pedro Escobar, MBA ’23, ,Financial services for the unbanked
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Simar Kohli ’22, Samik Shrotriya ’22,Generative AI for sales team