Brooks Gibbins is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of FinTech Collective. See sector focus and contact routes.
Brooks Gibbins is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of FinTech Collective, an early-stage venture capital firm in New York where he oversees global strategy across traditional financial technology and digital assets while managing over $800 million in assets. Prior to venture capital, he built and exited three category-leading companies in capital markets and enterprise tech, including FAST which sold to Microsoft for over $1 billion. His investment thesis targets early-stage fintech, Web3, insurance, and blockchain solutions from seed through Series C, focusing on payments, lending, wealth management, and capital markets. Typical check sizes range from $100,000 to $10 million, and Gibbins has served as the lead partner on 18 deals, including his latest investment in Vestwell. Notable portfolio companies include Vestwell, NYDIG, and CapIntel, for which he has served on the board. A distinctive point of view is his emphasis on bringing rare operating experience from building and selling global companies to early-stage fintech investing, as highlighted in profiles describing him as "The Outsider".
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