Hayden Simmons's guest appearances

Hayden Simmons

Develomentor

Impulse Fan Series

Frontier Fintech Podcast

Todd Lewis

Nick Caldwell

Kent C. Dodds

Morgan Stanley

David Wong

Jonathan Cutrell

Naomi Ceder

Cornelia Davis

Laurie Barth

Kelsey Hightower

Rebecca Watson

Ellen Friedman

Roman Yampolskiy

Felix Feng

Stephen Wolfram

OwlTail

Hayden Simmons is the Managing Partner and Founder of Rally Cap Ventures, a FinTech angel community that invests in emerging market FinTech startups across LATAM, Africa, and Asia. Rally has grown into 200+ angels in less than 1 year and consists of FinTech operators and investors across the world. Hayden used a first principle approach to creating Rally Cap with a hybrid fund model between an angel community and a VC fund. He, together with the Rally Cap community, invests in infrastructure that enables any consumer app to launch financial service capabilities. “Doing things on a small scale, you need to be creative about economics.” We covered all about the challenges of first-time fund managers, trends in emerging markets’ FinTech, the impact of YC on startups, and expansion strategies at #AsianFintechPodcast.

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/haydenmsimmons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hayden Simmons </a>is the Managing Partner and Founder of <a href="https://www.rallycapventures.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rally Cap Ventures</a>, a FinTech angel community that invests in emerging market FinTech startups across LATAM, Africa, and Asia. Rally has grown into 200+ angels in less than 1 year and consists of FinTech operators and investors across the world. Hayden used a first principle approach to creating Rally Cap with a hybrid fund model between an angel community and a VC fund. He, together with the Rally Cap community, invests in infrastructure that enables any consumer app to launch financial service capabilities. “Doing things on a small scale, you need to be creative about economics.” We covered all about the challenges of first-time fund managers, trends in emerging markets’ FinTech, the impact of YC on startups, and expansion strategies at #AsianFintechPodcast.

EP 05 - Hayden Simmons - Founder of Rally Cap Ventures - Emerging Market FinTech

Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Hayden SimmonsHayden has been working in emerging market fintech for most of his career. He graduated from Colorado College in 2007, with an Economic Development major and Spanish minor, having written his thesis on the impact of collectivized remittances in rural Mexico. He spent the early part of his career on the non-profit side, connecting venture-backed remittance startups with immigrant communities for product-market fit testing.Hayden later spent 4 years at Juvo, managing strategic partnerships across LatAm, Africa and Southeast Asia. He then helped Migo expand from Nigeria into Latin America. Currently, Hayden is working on a variety of strategy and BD projects supporting Facebook’s global blockchain-powered mobile money project (Libra).He is actively advising a number of early-stage African fintechs, is a fledgling angel investor, and recently joined Lateral Capital as a Venture Partner. In his spare time, he enjoys rock climbing, guitar and tending to his agave farm.If you are enjoying our content please leave us a rating and review or consider supporting usQuotes“The people you are trying to serve might have a smart phone, but maybe it has no balance. And they may be a dozen miles from the nearest ATM. That backdrop gets people that are interested in emerging markets very excited. How do you piece together all of these challenges to bring financial services to the last mile of consumers?““When you’re young and have the time, seek out adventures and take risks and have as many interesting experiences as possible because its all going to be valuable.”“For emerging markets there’s nothing that can replace on the ground experience and understanding people and the products and the landscape. Just studying in your MBA is a fraction of the value you get from spending a month on the ground.”—Hayden SimmonsAdditional ResourcesLearn more about Libra, Facebook’s blockchain powered digital currency – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libra_(digital_currency)Learn more about One Million Advisors – https://nextbillion.net/You can find more resources in the show notesTo learn more about our podcast go to https://develomentor.com/To listen to previous episodes go to https://develomentor.com/blog/Connect with Hayden SimmonsLinkedInTwitterFollow DevelomentorTwitter: @develomentorConnect with Grant IngersollLinkedInTwitterSupport the show

Welcome to another episode of <a href="https://develomentor.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Develomentor</a>. Today's guest is Hayden Simmons Hayden has been working in emerging market fintech for most of his career. He graduated from Colorado College in 2007, with an Economic Development major and Spanish minor, having written his thesis on the impact of collectivized remittances in rural Mexico. He spent the early part of his career on the non-profit side, connecting venture-backed remittance startups with immigrant communities for product-market fit testing.Hayden later spent 4 years at Juvo, managing strategic partnerships across LatAm, Africa and Southeast Asia. He then helped Migo expand from Nigeria into Latin America. Currently, Hayden is working on a variety of strategy and BD projects supporting Facebook’s global blockchain-powered mobile money project (Libra).He is actively advising a number of early-stage African fintechs, is a fledgling angel investor, and recently joined Lateral Capital as a Venture Partner. In his spare time, he enjoys rock climbing, guitar and tending to his agave farm.If you are enjoying our content <a href="https://develomentor.com/apple-podcasts-reviews" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">please leave us a rating and review</a> or consider <a href="https://develomentor.com/support-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">supporting us</a>Quotes“The people you are trying to serve might have a smart phone, but maybe it has no balance. And they may be a dozen miles from the nearest ATM. That backdrop gets people that are interested in emerging markets very excited. How do you piece together all of these challenges to bring financial services to the last mile of consumers?““When you’re young and have the time, seek out adventures and take risks and have as many interesting experiences as possible because its all going to be valuable.”“For emerging markets there’s nothing that can replace on the ground experience and understanding people and the products and the landscape. Just studying in your MBA is a fraction of the value you get from spending a month on the ground.”—Hayden SimmonsAdditional ResourcesLearn more about Libra, Facebook’s blockchain powered digital currency – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libra_(digital_currency)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libra_(digital_currency)</a>Learn more about One Million Advisors –<a href="https://nextbillion.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://nextbillion.net/</a>You can find more resources <a href="https://develomentor.com/2020/08/14/hayden-simmons-emerging-market-fintech-and-biz-development-81/?preview=true&amp;_thumbnail_id=2406" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">in the show notes</a> To learn more about our podcast go to <a href="https://develomentor.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://develomentor.com/</a> To listen to previous episodes go to <a href="https://develomentor.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://develomentor.com/blog/</a> Connect with Hayden Simmons <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/haydenmsimmons/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/haydenalcalde?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> Follow Develomentor Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/develomentor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@develomentor</a>Connect with Grant Ingersoll <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantingersoll" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/gsingers/media" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/develomentor" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Hayden Simmons - Emerging Market Fintech and Biz Development #82

Erin Carter

In this episode of the Impulse Fan Series Podcast, we talk with our Australian costume division, Erin Carter who walks us through some of her ideas for fitting Brendan.  And also Hayden Simmons (Inertia) Joins us!  Be sure to also catch the first episode of Sonic Boom at the Cinestudios YouTube!  And don't forget to check out the latest episode of Impulse Reacts, where we discuss the Batman Begins Trailer!  Erin Carter Instagram- epc_cosplay Hayden Simmons Instagram- thehaydensimmons Sonic Boom: https://youtu.be/EI_o6VLUFcg Impulse Reacts: https://youtu.be/VMUONKydHJg Our Impulse Fan Series Info: www.patreon.com/impulsefanseries YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cinestudiosaus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ImpulseFanFilm  Instagram: impulsefanseries Brendan: brendanspasovski Andrew: theandrewlorenzo Josh: cinestudios

In this episode of the Impulse Fan Series Podcast, we talk with our Australian costume division, Erin Carter who walks us through some of her ideas for fitting Brendan.  And also Hayden Simmons (Inertia) Joins us!  Be sure to also catch the first episode of Sonic Boom at the Cinestudios YouTube!  And don't forget to check out the latest episode of Impulse Reacts, where we discuss the Batman Begins Trailer! Erin Carter Instagram- epc_cosplay Hayden Simmons Instagram- thehaydensimmons Sonic Boom: <a href="https://youtu.be/EI_o6VLUFcg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/EI_o6VLUFcg</a> Impulse Reacts: <a href="https://youtu.be/VMUONKydHJg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/VMUONKydHJg</a> Our Impulse Fan Series Info: <a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/www.patreon.com/impulsefanseries" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/impulsefanseries</a> YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/cinestudiosaus" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/cinestudiosaus</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ImpulseFanFilm" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ImpulseFanFilm </a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/impulsefanseries/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">impulsefanseries</a> Brendan: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brendanspasovski/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">brendanspasovski</a> Andrew: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theandrewlorenzo/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">theandrewlorenzo</a> Josh: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cinestudios/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">cinestudios</a>

Ep. 6: Erin Carter and Hayden Simmons