Brooks Gibbins
InvestorManaging Partner at FinTech Collective
New York City
Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M
About
Brooks Gibbins brings three exits—including FAST's >$1B sale to Microsoft—and operating experience to early-stage investing in wealth/retirement infrastructure and institutional crypto since 2014, taking meaningful stakes in under 5%.
Invests in
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaS
Experience
- FinTech CollectiveCo-Founder and Managing Partnercurrent2012 — presentNew York
- VestwellSeed Investor, Boardcurrent2016 — present
- NYDIGSeries-B Investor, Boardcurrent2020 — present
- FlutterwaveSeries-A Investorcurrent2018 — present
- Octane®Seed Investorcurrent2016 — present
- MoneyLionSeed Investor, Board2014 — 2025
- QuovoSeed Investor, Board2014 — 2019
- OctusSeed Investor2013 — 2018
- MicrosoftWorldwide Director2008 — 2011
- FAST (Acquired by Microsoft)Senior Vice President2007 — 2011
- Serverside Group (Acquired by Gemalto)Executive2004 — 2006
- ReutersSenior Vice President2003 — 2004
- Multex.com, Inc. (IPO, acquired by Reuters)Executive1997 — 2004
- Price WaterhouseSAP Software Engineer1995 — 1997
Education
- Williams CollegeBA with distinction, History1991 — 1995
- Harvard Business SchoolPMD2002
Skills & more
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Business IntelligenceE-commerceSellingSales OperationsFinancial ServicesSales ManagementSaaSBusiness ProcessSalesCloud ComputingGo-to-market StrategyFrom Brooks's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Williams College87
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Also attended Harvard Business School1,777
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Shared employers
Also worked at Vestwell6
Also worked at Flutterwave11
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Also worked at Octus2
Also worked at Microsoft626
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Deals · 3
AgentSmythBoard seat
via FinTech Collective · filed Sep 2025 · $400K raise
NrftaBoard seat
via FinTech Collective · filed Aug 2022 · $9M raise
Vestwell HoldingsBoard seat
via FinTech Collective · filed Jul 2021 · $71.6M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
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