Matt Burton - Partner, QED Investors

In this episode of “Squashing the Market”, host Bill Ullman welcomes FinTech wunderkind Matt Burton to the studio for an animated discussion about start-ups, venture capital investing, the globalization of FinTech and entrepreneurship. Matt is currently a partner at leading FinTech VC firm QED Investors. Prior to joining QED, Matt was the co-founder and CEO of online lending analytics company Orchard Platform, which was recently sold to Kabbage (an online lender based in Atlanta). Matt’s career has been an astonishing rise through the AdTech and FinTech worlds - and now venture capital.  Prior to starting Orchard, Matt worked at AdTech pioneers Live Rail and AdMeld, which were sold to Facebook and Google, respectively. A graduate of Sewanee - The University of the South, Matt was a former Texas State tennis champion who now likes to play squash from time to time in NYC. Produced by Sam Swanson, music by Alex Atchley.