Ben Savage, Clocktower Technology Ventures - Financial Services Has Had A Smaller Share Of Venture Capital Dollars Pointed At It…Since The Inception Of The Venture Capital Industry | #249

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

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Business, Investing, Management

4.7 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

In episode 249 we welcome our guest, Ben Savage, Partner at Clocktower Technology Ventures. In today’s episode, we’re diving into VC and innovation in the financial services industry. Ben has had an interesting path, and having spent some time at Bridgewater along the way, we spend a bit of time on high level thoughts about investing, allocation, and risk parity strategies. We get into the heart of what Clocktower Technology Ventures is all about. We talk about the small allocation of venture capital dollars financial services industry has received relative to tech and life sciences, and get the lowdown on why this pocket of the startup world is so compelling. We even get the rundown on a couple of portfolio investments, and what makes them so exciting. All this and more in episode 249 with Clocktower Technology Ventures’ Ben Savage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mebb Faver Show, where the focus is on helping you grow and preserve your wealth.
0:11.0	Join us as we discuss the craft of investing and
0:13.5	uncover new and profitable ideas all to help you grow wealthier and wiser.
0:17.2	Better investing starts here.
0:18.8	Met Faber is the co-founder and chief investment officer at Cambria Investment Management.
0:23.3	Did it industry regulations, he will not discuss any of Cambria's funds on this podcast.
0:27.2	All opinions expressed by podcast participants are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of
0:31.2	Cambria Investment Management or its affiliates.
0:33.4	For more information, visit Cambria Investments.com.
0:35.6	Hello podcast friends, another banger for you today. Today's guest is a buddy mine, a partner at
0:45.2	Clock Tower Technology Ventures, an LA-based VC firm focused on FinTech.
0:51.4	In today's episode, we're diving into VC and innovation in the financial services industry.
0:56.7	Our guest has had an interesting path and having spent some time at Bridgewater along the way.
1:00.7	We start out with a little bit of time high-level thoughts about
1:03.3	investing allocation risk parity strategies we get into the heart of what
1:08.0	clock tower technology ventures is all about we talk about the small allocation of
1:12.0	VC dollars financial services industries,
1:14.0	is received relative to tech and life sciences.
1:17.0	And then we get the low down on why this pocket of the startup world is so compelling.
1:21.0	We get into the run down a couple of their portfolio investments and what makes them so exciting going forward.
1:28.0	This episode is brought to you by 10 East. Long time listeners know I've invested in private markets
1:34.3	quite a bit myself but with access to these markets broadening it can be hard to
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