Future of FinTech: Digital Wealth Innovations with Brassica & BitGo
Youngro Lee is the BitGo Managing Director and Head of BitGo Asia | CEO BitGo Singapore | CEO BitGo Korea. He is also the President of Brassica and a General Partner at Republic Asia, as well as the former Founder/CEO of NextSeed.
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LinkedIn: Youngro Lee
Websites: BitGo | bitgo.com; Brassica | brassicafin.com, NextSeed | nextseed.com
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🎧 Episode Highlights
- [00:00] Podcast Begins
- [01:53]: Journey to FinTech: How law background inspired Youngro to entrepreneurship
- [04:27]: Democratizing Capital: What does it matter & what does it mean
- [10:14]: What is Brassica? Modernizing financial infrastructure & innovation in fintech
- [13:49]: Brassica & BitGo: Acquisitions for the health of investments & digital currency
- [17:51]: Legacy of Youngro Lee: Financial change & the impact of capital accessibility
🔑 Key Takeaways
- Defining Democratized Capital: Beyond the political implications of the word “democratization,” Youngro believes that capital opportunities should simply exist for everyone. “You need to figure out a way to let capital go to where it needs to and wants to go,” Youngro explains, elaborating that barriers to investment exist across industries.
- Acquisition as an Entrepreneur: When Brassica joined BitGo, Youngro explains that he was taking opportunities as they came in a COVID world. “At the end of the day, no one is ever sure about the best decision. You make your decision, live with it, and hustle the best you can.”
- Leaving a Legacy: Youngro wants to make a positive lasting impact on the fintech world, and he hopes he’s doing that by utilizing new technology to improve the quality of private markets. Youngro hopes, “to create the ability for really deserving companies to raise capital better, easier than they could before, without shady middlemen.”
👤 Guest Spotlight
Youngro Lee:
Youngro Lee is the BitGo Managing Director and Head of BitGo Asia | CEO BitGo Singapore | CEO BitGo Korea. He is also the President of Brassica and a General Partner at Republic Asia, as well as the former Founder/CEO of NextSeed.
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