Matteo Rizzi is an unconventional entrepreneur with two decades of experience
in Financial Services, constantly referred amongst the top executives in the
industry.
He spent 13 years at SWIFT - where he co-founded Innotribe, the innovation arm
of the cooperative, launching the first global startup challenge. Since 2013, he
has a FinTech Investor and/or Venture Partner role with global VCs and CVCs (20+
deals, 5 exits). In 2015, he co-founded FinTechStage (now FTSGroup.eu) - a
platform for Investors and Innovators to boost FinTech innovation globally. In
2019, Matteo founded Timepledge.org a global initiative to foster financial
inclusion and entrepreneurship.
The same year he launched Breaking Banks Europe (as the Executive Producer). In
2023, he became Senior Advisor EMEA for Elevandi - a non-profit organisation set
up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). He is the author of "The
FinTech Revolution"; and "Talents & Rebels"; and is fluent in 5 languages.
