Serguei Kouzmine
CO-FOUNDER & GENERAL PARTNER
Serguei is a serial entrepreneur, operator, and venture capitalist who has been part of the founding team of 10 companies, including numerous successful financial services ventures.
Seguei has held board director positions for 4 of Fintech Ventures Fund’s portfolio companies and has served on the board of directors for multiple publicly traded companies over the span of his career.
Serguei is also one of the founding investors and former board members of Affinity Bank, a community bank in Georgia with $250 million in assets. Serguei was integral to securing Affinity’s banking charters before the bank successfully sold to Newton Federal Bank (NASDAQ: AFBI) in 2020. The transaction created a top-10 bank (by deposits) in the state of Georgia.
Serguei received an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.
Lucas Timberlake
CO-FOUNDER & GENERAL PARTNER
Luke has over 15 years of financial services experience in various capacities, including venture capital, private equity, and investment banking. Luke has held board director positions for 8 Fintech Ventures Fund portfolio companies, including currently serving on the board of publicly-listed IOU Financial.
Before launching the firm, Luke was one of the first external hires to the investment team of a $1.5 billion AUM private equity firm specializing in infrastructure, financial services, and real estate investments.
Luke began his career in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he helped facilitate over $2 billion in advisory and capital markets transactions for public sector/private clients in the Northeast. He is an active member of the fintech entrepreneurial community and a guest lecturer at Fordham University School of Law.
Luke holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University.