Episode #2: Startup (fintech) nation

The second episode in season 2. Copenhagen Fintech visited Paris Fintech Forum and the BNP Paribas Lounge and met up with Dorel Blitz, VP Strategy & Business Development at Personetics. Dorel is an old friend of Copenhagen Fintech and previously Dorel was director at KPMG Israel Fintech department and a member of KPMG Global Fintech SGI Leadership team. In this episode we talk with Dorel about the startup nation Israel. What makes the Israeli (fin)tech ecosystem special and why Israeli entrepreneurs seems to aim higher in their global ambitions than their european and Nordic peers? How important the universities are for building an entrepreneurial ecosystems, why banks are not IT companies and the role of big egos.

Om Podcasten

Welcome to Fintech Matters? A podcast by Copenhagen Fintech A podcast about why fintech matters (if it does) and the potential impact on a global scale – with a focus on people and planet. How a new financial infrastructure is being built while we speak and why we should all care. This series of podcast is part of the global alliance project and funded by The Danish Industry Foundation. On our podcast journey we will explore whether fintech is delivering on its promise to make the world a better place - and this is only the beginning.