New on Octo: @MarkWhitcroft, CEO of @PlannerPalAI on the latest exciting insights on AI at work from Microsoft.

AI and financial advice: The challenge of making good tech decisions professionaladviser.com/4184… via @profadviser

This was a great read on the rise of vertical AI / vSaaS

We’re delighted to be backing @PlannerPalAI . We led a £500k investment round alongside prominent fintech angel investors. PlannerPal is an AI-assistant for financial planners. Read Why we Invested: medium.com/ada-ventures/why-… We’re proud to support @MarkWhitcroft and @shoomon_perry as they launched their beta product at Empowering Advice Through Technology conference and won one of the 'Best in Show' awards at #EATT2024. At Ada Ventures, we invest in the founder as much as their idea. And this is one of the perfect examples of great founder-market fit.

My co-founder @shoomon_perry demystifies AI's role in wealth management in his latest blog post... #AIinwealthmanagement #wealthtech #FinancialPlanning #financialplanner #fintech #AI plannerpal.co.uk/blog/liftin…

Oh exciting!

Thanks to generative AI, the much-discussed topic of “self-driving money” finally has a chance to achieve its potential. a16z.com/2023/07/27/money-on… via @a16z

Great chatting fintech with @BakerLuke

Leadership is changing — but the need to balance traditional management with new ways of leading is creating a handful of tensions. hbr.org/2020/02/every-leader…

Technology for good!

So pleased to be working with @NetaMeidav @RotemHM and the @VaultPlatform team as they help modern organisations handle ethics & compliance. For more on why we participated in their Series A alongside @GradientVC , Kindred and @AngularVentures - medium.com/illuminate-financ…

Here is why we invested in Accelex who are addressing data extraction and analytics challenges in private markets medium.com/illuminate-financ…

Congratulations to @TickSmith and @SnowflakeDB on your partnership #fintech #dataarchitecture #DataAnalytics ticksmith.com/news/ticksmith…

Great to be onboard @tokarev_d and team @CopperHQ !

"How can I learn more about #fintech ?" is a question I am often asked. One of the best, most complete (& free!!) resources I have seen is from @RMartinChavez, ex-CIO of Goldman Sachs. rmartinchavez.com/education

Knowledge: Collecting ideas Experience: Simplifying ideas

Enterprise software design has always traditionally lagged consumer technology, by years. Now, we’re regularly seeing enterprise software that is more thoughtful and simple than the consumer space. We’re still early, but this is an incredible trend.

Scaling Enterprise - @FinTechForum_DE interview with @MarkWhitcroft of @IlluminateFM Illuminate Financial is a strategic independent investor in early stage financial markets technology companies buff.ly/2OYKGXW #investor #earlystage #fintech

As a kid of the 80s and early 90s this is AMAZING

Great read...