Matthieu Hafemeister

I'm excited to introduce Concourse: the first AI Analyst for corporate finance teams

Concourse works with finance teams to assist in day-to-day operations by taking on the most time consuming & manual work

We’re also announcing our $4.7M Seed round co-led by @a16z and @CRV with

🔥 Some personal news 🔥

After 4+ amazing years @a16z today is my last day. Crazy to think that since moving from 🇫🇷 I spent 50%+ of my time in the 🇺🇸 with the firm

What next? Investing ➡️ Operating

Excited to join @jeeves_inc to build financial tools for global startups 🦁🚀

1/ Really excited to announce a brand new post on the Latin American Fintech Boom 💥

@astrange and I have been spending time in the region developing relationships, supporting founders, and investing in companies

So why are we @a16z so excited? 👇

a16z.com/2021/04/13/lat…

For the folks in the back..

📣 LATAM fintech is 🔥 📣

In the last month

🇲🇽: @Bitso raised $250M
🇪🇨: @KushkiOficial raised $86M
🇪🇸 & 🇲🇽: @joinbelvo raised $43M
🇺🇸 & 🇲🇽: @jeeves_inc raised $31M
🇲🇽: @GetClaraCard raised $30M
🇦🇷: @pomelo_latam raised $9M
🇧🇷: @divibank raised $4M

Excited to share that @Concourse_ai has raised a $12M Series A led by @Standard_Cap with participation from @a16z, @CRV, and @ycombinator to fundamentally change how finance teams work with AI agents.

Concourse builds AI agents specifically for finance teams. Instead of spending

1/ Let's talk predictions for fintech in 2021

In 2021 fintechs will need to innovate on their go-to-market strategies as much as they do on their products:

I discuss how offline is back + physical advertising 🏬 + gaming/sports partnerships 🏀🎮 & creators as distribution 👇

I’m so excited to announce that @jeeves_inc has raised a $180M Series C at a $2.1B valuation to continue helping power global businesses 🦁🚀

It’s been <6 months since our Series B & <12 months since our Series A from @a16z where I 1st started working with the team 💪

Even the folks in Omaha are bullish on the Latin America fintech 💥

ICYM - 🇧🇷 @nubank just raised $750M from Berkshire Hathaway and crossed 40M users (up from 35M <3 months ago)

If you're a fintech investor and not looking at LATAM fintech - are you even a fintech investor? 🙅‍♂️

Shoutout to all the LATAM founders & investors who for so long were asked “where are the exits in LATAM”

Congrats to @velez_david & the @nubank team for paving the way. A perfect ex of the incredible biz that are being built in the region

The exits are coming - still day 1 🚀

💥 New product alert 💥

Today we're announcing the launch of Jeeves Growth. A new multi-currency revenue-based financing solution for global companies 🚀

Excited to share what I've been working on for the last month+ @jeeves_inc 👇

🚨 Huge news from the @jeeves_inc team today 🦁🚀

We are announcing our $50M Series B led by @saarsaar @crv. This round comes just 3 months after our Series A led by @astrange @a16z

We've been busy & we're just getting started 🔥

1/ One of the most exciting trends going in fintech is the rise of active investing 💎

In this new post @illscience & I dive into the new platforms & communities that are enabling this behavior and why we believe that active investing is here to stay 💥

a16z.com/2021/03/29/act…

Quick life update 🎉

I’m excited to be taking the next step in my career and go build something new ✨

Forever grateful for the @jeeves_inc team and @thazhmon for taking a bet on me early on and giving me a ton of room to grow and learn as an operator 🙏

Meanwhile in LATAM over the last few days..

🇲🇽 @miflink $57M Series B
🇧🇷 @loft_br <> Credihome
🇧🇷 @seja_cora $116M Series B
🇧🇷 @quintoandar $5.1B new valuation

What a time to be building & investing in the region 🚀

1/ Did you know you could get 💰 for holding shares?

Last week AMC announced they are giving away free 🍿 to all $AMC shareholders

This is not new w/ companies like @Ford & @Disney offering perks

Those who engage shareholders will develop a huge advantage 🥇

A thread 👇

On days like today thankful for team that we have. Still Day 1 @jeeves_inc 🦁🚀

1/ One of the real places with alpha in fintech over the next 10+ years will be international / emerging markets

As outcomes materialize this will accelerate 🚀

🇧🇷@nubank
🇦🇷@uala_arg
🇬🇧@RevolutApp
🇩🇪@n26
🇸🇪@Klarna
🇮🇳@Paytm
🇰🇷@toss__official
🌍@chippercashapp

A thread👇

💥 Latest @a16z FinTech newsletter 💥

I 🖋 about how the 2020s will be the new age of ownership

By far the most impactful way to build wealth has been ownership (public & private shares, real estate, art, 🏟 teams)

Excited that FinTechs are now making this available to all

Heading to Mexico City 🇲🇽 for the next 10 days to spend time with the @jeeves_inc MX team! 🦁

Who else is around? Who should I meet?

One of my favorite @a16z co-workers just started a new fund and I’m so pumped for her!! 🥳

@ljin18 is an all star investor and already making amazing investments in the creator space. Excited to already be a co-investor & excited to continue working closely together 🙌