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Oak HC/FT

Michael Heller

Director

Since 2016, Michael has been a Venture Partner at Oak HC/FT focusing on growth equity and early-stage venture opportunities in FinTech. Prior to joining Oak HC/FT, Michael served as President of FactorTrust, an alternative credit bureau.

Prior to that, Michael co-founded Argus Information & Advisory LLC, an information services firm serving the global banking industry. He began his career as a consultant with First Manhattan Consulting Group. Michael holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Oak HC/FT

Matt Streisfeld

Director

Since 2015, Matt has been a Partner at Oak HC/FT focusing on growth equity and early-stage venture opportunities in FinTech. Prior to joining Oak HC/FT, Matt was a Vice President with LLR Partners, a middle-market growth equity firm.

Prior to that, Matt was a Senior Associate at Lightyear Capital, a private equity firm focused on middle-market financial services companies. He began his career as an Associate in the insurance investment banking group of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Matt holds a BBA from The George Washington University.

Insight Partners

David Spiro

Director

Since 2013, David has been a Vice President at Insight Partners focusing on investments in both high growth and mature software businesses and is responsible for executing transactions and assisting portfolio management post-close.

Prior to joining Insight, David worked for Stone Point Capital, a private equity firm that invests in financial services companies. Prior to that, David worked on the Equity Capital Markets desk at Citigroup, where he advised companies that were raising capital through IPOs and follow-on offerings. He graduated summa cum laude from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Insight Partners

Ryan Hinkle

Board Observer

Ryan has been at Insight Partners since 2003, where he is now Managing Director and has led or participated in over 30 investments. He has worked across many industries, geographies, and deal structures, spanning SaaS, internet, and infrastructure software companies.

Prior to joining Insight, Ryan began his journey as a lifelong technology enthusiast by developing real-time electricity trading productivity tools with PPL Corporation. Prior to that, Ryan worked with Morgan Stanley where he observed trader behavior and built software tools to increase their efficiency. He graduated summa cum laude from University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Finance from Wharton and Electrical Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Duo Security

Jon Oberheide

Director

Jon is the Co-Founder and CTO of Duo Security. A cloud-based access security company, Duo Security provides authentication-as-a-service solutions to prevent security breaches and account takeovers. He was recently named to Forbes “30 Under 30” list for his work with the company.

Prior to founding Duo, Jon completed his PhD in Computer Science and the University of Michigan. He also holds a MS in Computer Science and a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from The University of Michigan.

London Business School

James Ryans

Director

Dr. Ryans is a professor of accounting at London Business School since 2016 and teaches financial accounting at the graduate and post-graduate levels and directs an executive education program on mergers and acquisitions. His current research focuses on topics in mergers and acquisitions, firm disclosure and government oversight of financial reporting.

He has been a director and chairman of the audit committee of Virgin Galactic Holdings since October 2019 when it merged with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings, where he held the same position.

From 1999 until 2001, Dr. Ryans was a consultant with Deloitte & Touche. He is a CFA charterholder and holds a Ph.D. in business administration from the University of California Berkeley, an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BASc in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo.

From 2003 to 2011, Dr. Ryans oversaw investments and business development at Chelsea Rhone LLC and its affiliate HealthCap RRG, a mutual insurance company.

From 2012 until 2016, he was a graduate student instructor in accounting at the University of California Berkeley.

Groundspeed Analytics

Jeff Mason

Executive Chair

Jeffrey Mason has spent the last 20 years creating and leading high-growth insurance and insurance technology companies.

From 2016 to 2022, Mr. Mason was the Chief Executive Officer of Groundspeed Analytics, a leading data sciences firm he founded that serves property and casualty insurance companies like Aon, Willis Towers Watson, Travelers, The Hartford, Swiss Re, and Liberty Mutual.

Prior to Groundspeed, he has led teams in sales, marketing, product, and analytics in numerous roles at full-stack insurance and insurance technology companies. From 2002 – 2015, Mr. Mason led alternative risk financing and alternative risk transfer programs at Chelsea Rhone where he formed and managed casualty insurance companies globally for hundreds of clients. Mr. Mason holds a BS, Economics from Michigan State University and an MBA from The University of Michigan.