Where does Brooks Gibbins work?

Brooks Gibbins is Managing Partner at FinTech Collective and Board director at AgentSmyth and Board director at Nrfta and Board director at Vestwell.

What check size does Brooks Gibbins write?

Brooks Gibbins typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.

What boards does Brooks Gibbins sit on?

Brooks Gibbins holds tracked board seats at AgentSmyth, Nrfta, Vestwell.

Where did Brooks Gibbins go to school?

Brooks Gibbins studied at Williams College (BA with distinction, History); Harvard Business School (PMD).

Brooks Gibbins

Investor

Managing Partner at FinTech Collective · Board director at AgentSmyth · Board director at Nrfta · Board director at Vestwell

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%.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

b•••@fintech.ioreveal

Invests in

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaS

Board director at AgentSmyth

Intro paths

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AgentSmyth's investors · 2

FinTech CollectiveNew York City · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025 Thomson Reuters VenturesNew York · since 2025

Co-founders at AgentSmyth

Pulkit JaiswalChief Executive Officer and Director

Board director at Nrfta

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Nrfta's investors · 1

FinTech CollectiveNew York City · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022

Board director at Vestwell

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Vestwell's investors · 13

Balderton CapitalLondon · $5M – $50M checks · since 2019 Blue Owl CapitalNew York Commerce VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks Duke Capital PartnersDurham F-Prime CapitalCambridge · $3M – $10M checks Fin CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checks · since 2025 FinTech CollectiveNew York City · $100K – $10M checks · since 2021 Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks Point72 VenturesNew York · $1M – $75M checks Primary Venture PartnersNew York · $1M – $3M checks Sixth StreetSan Francisco · $50M – $2.5B checks Springcoast Capital PartnersNew York · $25M – $100M checks · since 2021 Teamworthy VenturesNew York

Co-founders at Vestwell

Aaron SchummFounder & Chief Executive Officer

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

Skills & more

Management45Leadership44Business Modeling26Strategic Partnerships92Start-ups94Enterprise Software88Mergers17Venture Capital53Product Innovation7Product Development27Product Management24Executive Management15

+11 more

Business IntelligenceE-commerceSellingSales OperationsFinancial ServicesSales ManagementSaaSBusiness ProcessSalesCloud ComputingGo-to-market Strategy

From Brooks's professional profile.

Deals · 2

AgentSmythBoard seat

via FinTech Collective · filed Sep 2025 · $400K raise

NrftaBoard seat

via FinTech Collective · filed Aug 2022 · $9M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Vestwell

Per SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at FinTech Collective

Andreas Ioannou

Senior Associate at FinTech Collective

Ben Sanborn

Head of Finance at FinTech Collective

Carlos Alonso Torras

Partner at FinTech Collective

Chris King

Senior Associate at FinTech Collective

Cristobal De Atucha

Principal at FinTech Collective

Faisal Kawar

Venture Partner at FinTech Collective

Gareth Jones

Managing Partner at FinTech Collective

Joe Kennedy

Vice President, Finance and CCO at FinTech Collective

Network8

Faisal KawarScout

Venture Partner at FinTech Collective

Gareth JonesScout

Managing Partner at FinTech Collective

Justin OverdorffScout

Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Logan AllinScout

Managing Partner & Founder at Fin Capital

Carlos Alonso Torras

Partner at FinTech Collective

Cristobal De Atucha

Principal at FinTech Collective

Kate Wang

Associate at FinTech Collective

Louden Richason

Principal at FinTech Collective

Investors connected to Brooks in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Brooks Gibbins?: 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%.
Where does Brooks Gibbins work?: Brooks Gibbins is Managing Partner at FinTech Collective and Board director at AgentSmyth and Board director at Nrfta and Board director at Vestwell.
What does Brooks Gibbins invest in?: Brooks Gibbins invests in Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Fintech, InsurTech, SaaS.
What check size does Brooks Gibbins write?: Brooks Gibbins typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
What boards does Brooks Gibbins sit on?: Brooks Gibbins holds tracked board seats at AgentSmyth, Nrfta, Vestwell.
Where did Brooks Gibbins go to school?: Brooks Gibbins studied at Williams College (BA with distinction, History); Harvard Business School (PMD).