Start-ups Are Shaking Up the World of Financial Technology

With investment in financial technology booming, many young professionals are leaving Wall Street’s big banks and investment firms to launch their own companies. Senior Writer Aaron Timms spoke to a few of these entrepreneurs, including Symmetric’s Sam Abbas, about their start-ups.

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Since 2008 global investment in technology start-ups has tripled. Over the years, Timms has spoken to many of these young founders. Gregory Ugwi and Justin Zhen worked as traders before starting Thinknum. Bastiaan Janmaat used his experience as an analyst at Goldman Sachs to launch Datafox. And Sam Abbas got his start at a proprietary trading firm before co-founding Symmetric. All four turned their backs on the certain riches of Wall Street; all four believe they made the right move.

Read the full story, “The Start-up Funding Gold Rush: a New Era for VC, or Just a Fad?

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