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Brooks Gibbins

Investor

Managing 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

  1. FinTech CollectiveCo-Founder and Managing Partnercurrent2012 — presentNew York
  2. VestwellSeed Investor, Boardcurrent2016 — present
  3. NYDIGSeries-B Investor, Boardcurrent2020 — present
  4. FlutterwaveSeries-A Investorcurrent2018 — present
  5. Octane®Seed Investorcurrent2016 — present
  6. MoneyLionSeed Investor, Board2014 — 2025
  7. QuovoSeed Investor, Board2014 — 2019
  8. OctusSeed Investor2013 — 2018
  9. MicrosoftWorldwide Director2008 — 2011
  10. FAST (Acquired by Microsoft)Senior Vice President2007 — 2011
  11. Serverside Group (Acquired by Gemalto)Executive2004 — 2006
  12. ReutersSenior Vice President2003 — 2004
  13. Multex.com, Inc. (IPO, acquired by Reuters)Executive1997 — 2004
  14. Price WaterhouseSAP Software Engineer1995 — 1997

Education

  1. Williams CollegeBA with distinction, History1991 — 1995
  2. Harvard Business SchoolPMD2002

Skills & more

Management45Leadership44Business Modeling26Strategic Partnerships92Start-ups94Enterprise Software88Mergers17Venture Capital53Product Innovation7Product Development27Product Management24Executive Management15
+11 moreBusiness IntelligenceE-commerceSellingSales OperationsFinancial ServicesSales ManagementSaaSBusiness ProcessSalesCloud ComputingGo-to-market Strategy

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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

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