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Stuart Cook

Investor

Industry Partner at Stack Asset

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

Stuart Cook is an Industry Partner at Stack Asset Management, where he guides the Banking & Payments Stack fund's investment strategy and deal origination. He previously led digital banking and payments initiatives at fintech companies and banks, and scaled a $100 million corporate venture fund for Valley Bank. With more than twenty-five years of experience in product, payments, and banking, he invests in early-stage companies addressing infrastructure needs in the US banking sector.

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Experience

  1. Stack Asset ManagementIndustry Partnercurrent2024 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  2. Biarritz VenturesFoundercurrent2024 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  3. PollinateAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
  4. NayaOneAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
  5. Valley BankChief Innovation Officer2023
  6. Valley BankChief Product Officer2019 — 2023
  7. Valley VenturesChief Innovation Officer2022 — 2023
  8. Buzz Points, Inc.CTO2015 — 2019Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  9. Lumo BodyTechAdvisor2015 — 2016Palo Alto
  10. Monitise plc is FiservEVP, Global Head of Product2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  11. MonitiseHead of Product, Visa2010 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  12. MonitiseHead of Product2006 — 2010London Area, United Kingdom
  13. NatWest GroupSenior Manager, Internet Strategy and Development2004 — 2006London, United Kingdom
  14. CouttsSenior Project Manager2002 — 2004London, United Kingdom
  15. Object1Account Director2001 — 2002London, United Kingdom
  16. I-D Media AGStrategy Manager2000 — 2001

Education

  1. University of KentMBA, Business1998 — 1999
  2. University of SurreyBSc (Hons), Economics & Sociology1990 — 1993

Skills & more

SaaS6Strategy52Management3Payments31Payment Systems10Mobile Devices58Mobile Commerce19Mobile Payments40E-commerce28Mobile Applications14Mobile Technology6Product Management39
+7 moreMobile CommunicationsMobile MarketingBusiness StrategyStrategic PartnershipsStart-upsMountain BikingCloud Computing

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Same school

Also attended University of Kent24

Oliver HammondPartner at Fuel VenturesMax Marley-MurayHead of HR and Recruiting at CaladanAlfonso García MoraRegional Vice President, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean at International Finance CorporationAlex BuchanInvestment Director at Northstar VenturesMalin CarlstromGeneral Partner at Climentum CapitalRobyn SwiftAdvisor at Beliade

+ 18 more

Also attended University of Surrey20

AndreaIR at NAPNicola GreenwayChief Human Resources Officer at Takeda VenturesKieran MudryyPartner at 4BIO CapitalBrad MarshallAssociate at Fuel VenturesMichael DimelowCCO at Bloc VenturesEdoardo GentiliInvestor at Founders Factory

+ 14 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Stack Asset Management8

Pete CasellaCo-founder, CEO Managing Partner at Stack AssetAman SharmaCo-founder, General Partner at Stack AssetNathaniel AbramsGeneral Partner at Stack AssetJim WiandtIndustry Partner at Stack AssetAdam SussmanOperating Partner at Stack AssetAdrian StewartOperating Partner at Stack Asset

+ 2 more

Also worked at NayaOne1

James SyngePartner at Carthona Capital

Also worked at Buzz Points, Inc.1

Wesley GottesmanPrincipal at Brand Foundry Ventures

Also worked at Monitise plc is Fiserv1

Nick CheethamGTM and Culture Expert at Notion Capital

Colleagues at Stack Asset

Adam Sussman
Operating Partner at Stack Asset
Adrian Stewart
Operating Partner at Stack Asset
Ali Tarhini
Venture Partner at Stack Asset
Aman Sharma
Co-founder, General Partner at Stack Asset
Florie Fazliu
Executive Assistant at Stack Asset
Jim Wiandt
Industry Partner at Stack Asset
Nathaniel Abrams
General Partner at Stack Asset
Pete Casella
Co-founder, CEO Managing Partner at Stack Asset