A conversation with Andreessen Horowitz’s fintech leads

Its new philosophy in this post-COVID era of remote work is that there is no longer a need for a centralized HQ. This philosophy extends to its fintech team. And let’s face it, fintech is opening so many doors in general — making a lot more things possible in terms of running a company or just operating in general, globally. Many may underestimate just how much the pandemic really pushed this acceleration in the financial services world and people are now kind of commenting, “Oh, there’s this slowdown and, like, look at how much decreased investment is in fintech.” You have to put it in perspective — we’re still way, way up from 2020 in terms of how much money is going into this space. And fintech is still taking almost a fifth of all venture capital dollars. I believe this is because it impacts everyone on a daily basis. If financial services are easier to access or if it’s easier for a business to operate or make payments or accept payments, then that’s all because of fintech.