FT Partners’ Steve McLaughlin Featured on Turpentine Finance Podcast with Sasha Orloff: “The Dealmaker’s Secrets: Steve McLaughlin on Crafting A Fundraise Story Worth $33B, FT Partners' CEO”
In this conversation, Sasha Orloff sits down with Steve McLaughlin, CEO and Managing Partner of FT Partners. Steve provides an insider’s look into the high-stakes world of capital raising and dealmaking for high-growth private companies. From being Goldman Sachs’ Former Head of FinTech to founding FT Partners, a global FinTech investment bank, McLaughlin shares his strategies for crafting compelling narratives that unlock massive fundraising rounds - like the $33 billion valuation for Revolut and a $100 million plus raise for Sam Altman’s Worldcoin. They dive deep into storytelling, the importance of product over marketing spend, founder red flags, and much more.
FT Partners’ Steve McLaughlin Featured on the Paris FinTech Forum Interview Series
In this episode, host Elliott Gotkine interviews Steve McLaughlin, Founder & CEO of FT Partners. Hear about what FT Partners is doing in the FinTech ecosystem, Steve’s career journey, and his views on the Digital Finance & FinTech world. This series is part of the Paris FinTech Forum Communities, a collection of top-level digital content and exclusive in person networking events produced by Laurent Nizri (Alteir Event).
FT Partners Served as Financial Advisor to Brigit on its $460,000,000 Sale to Upbound
On December 12, 2024, Upbound Group (NASDAQ: UPBD) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brigit for a total consideration of $460 million. Founded in 2017, Brigit is a holistic financial health app that has helped millions of Americans budget better, get earned wages early, build credit through savings, protect themselves from identity theft, and find ways to earn and save money. Brigit’s sophisticated tech stack is expected to enhance Upbound’s brands by improving risk management and fraud prevention.
FT Partners Served as Financial Advisor to IDVerse on its Sale to RELX
On December 10, 2024, RELX (LSE:REL) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire IDVerse, a provider of AI-powered automated document authentication and fraud detection solutions. Founded in Australia and launched commercially in 2018, IDVerse uses AI to combat fraud and deepfakes. Its proprietary technology is powered by a deep neural network which verifies the authenticity of identity documents and, with consumer consent, matches faces to these documents using liveness detection for identity verification. IDVerse will become a part of LexisNexis Risk Solutions Business Services.
FT Partners Served as Financial Advisor to Lumin Digital on its $160,000,000 Growth Financing
On December 2, 2024, Lumin Digital, a leading cloud-based digital banking software provider, announced it has raised over $160 million in a growth equity financing led by Partners Group, NewView Capital, and Light Street Capital. Founded in 2016 by Jeff Chambers, Lumin enables credit unions and banks to deliver a differentiated user experience that accelerates user growth and increases customer loyalty. The capital raised will be used accelerate the Company’s strategic growth initiatives, focusing on innovation and driving greater value for financial institutions, their members, and shareholders.
FT Partners’ Steve McLaughlin Featured on the 10X Capital Podcast: “How FT Partners Beats Bulge Bracket Banks”
Steve McLaughlin, Founder and CEO of Financial Technology Partners sits down with David Weisburd, Co-Founder of 10X Capital, to discuss the hidden values and success of top FinTech companies, insider perspective on the work-life balance myth, and the powerful face-to-face strategies that elite companies swear by.
FT Partners’ Steve McLaughlin Featured on The FinTech OG Podcast Series
Steve McLaughlin, Founder and CEO of FT Partners and Matt Harris, Partner at Bain Capital Ventures, chat with Julie VerHage-Greenberg to offer insights from their decades-long careers in FinTech into where the space has created the most value, where there’s room to grow and if FinTech is still a good place to build.
FT Partners’ Steve McLaughlin Featured on The FinTech Blueprint Podcast
Steve McLaughlin, Founder and CEO of FT Partners and Jon Lear, President & Co-Founder of Fintech Meetup discuss the current state of FinTech and the sector’s biggest opportunities on The FinTech Blueprint podcast.
FT Partners’ Steve McLaughlin Named to The Information’s Inaugural “New Financial Power Brokers” List
Meet The Information’s New Financial Power Brokers: The people who will run finance– either by standing in the spotlight or pulling the strings behind the scenes – over the next couple of decades. We asked our sources on Wall Street and across the finance industry to identify the movers and shakers who will make the biggest deals happen, finance them, innovate around banking and pluck the winners out of a deep pool of startups.
FT Partners’ Steve McLaughlin Featured on Bloomberg TV to Discuss Silicon Valley Bank Fallout
On March 13, 2023, Steve McLaughlin, Founder and CEO of FT Partners, was featured live on Bloomberg TV to discuss the state of FinTech after the Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) collapse.
