Ramin Niroumand

Partner, Head of Motive Ventures

2022

Motive Ventures is the early-stage investment arm of Motive Partners, focused on financial technology investments in North America and Europe. Motive Ventures is backed by globally recognized financial institutions, venture investors, tech entrepreneurs and industry veterans. Together, they support our mission to drive innovation and reshape the future of finance. Today, the team consists of 15 employees across New York, Berlin, London and Amsterdam. Board Member and Advisor of several companies.

Partner, Head of Motive Ventures

2022

Founder & CEO

2014 - 2021

From 2014 to 2021 finleap has built or invested in 15 ventures and developed more than 5 corporate JVs and service ventures collectively worth €3.0Bn+ at a point in time. As the first European fintech ecosystem we have played a key role in shaping the disruption of massive legacy sectors including banking, insurance, and wealth management. As initiators and founding investors, we helped launch several businesses and guided them through their journey as major shareholders, from inception to exit or Series F: - CLARK - Penta (now Qonto) - PAIR Finance - Solarisbank

Innovation

2013 - 2014

led all e- and m-payment innovation and implementation projects (in 14 months we implemented PayPal, sofortüberweisung (largest debit account payment system in Germany), cringle (P2P app) and V.me (pilot) // successfully acquired a DAX30 co-brand credit card (leading team member for innovation and portal design) // furthermore involved in mobile authentication, digital content, Co-Ops

Entrepreneur

2012 - 2014

Responsible for strategy and sales for two family owned service providers and held various consulting jobs at startups and corporates. Worked as a consultant in Digital Strategy, E-Commerce, Payment and Celebrity Marketing. #Employed by Data Informatik GmbH Jan 2012 – Jun 2013

Senior Consultant

2010 - 2011

Professional (IT-Audit)

2006 - 2010