Harnessing Data, Diving Deep, and Connecting Networks: Insights from Matt Ober of Social Leverage

Interviews with Leaders in Fintech & Web3

05/12/23 • 29 min

Matt Ober, General Partner at Social Leverage, delves into the world of data, automation, networking, and early-stage investing.

Matt shares his journey from specializing in equity derivatives at Bloomberg to hedge funds and then leveraging his expertise to navigate the complex waters of venture capital.

00:00:52 Matt Ober shares his background from Bloomberg, WorldQuant, Third Point and the journey into fintech and venture capital
00:02:14 Scaling WorldQuant 100x with data
00:07:02 Moving to venture capital from hedge funds
00:08:42 Why is data so important in fintech - access to information... and financial markets?
00:09:56 AI is the next frontier
00:14:52 What are the opportunities in fintech and web3
00:16:34 Opportunities in wealthtech
00:18:09 Exciting areas for people in their studies or early careers to focus on in fintech and web3
00:19:14 No such thing as the perfect job
00:20:09 Networking as a superpower - social leverage
00:21:18 Follow the laws of karma as you go through your career
00:22:28 Generalist versus specialist
00:25:46 Always be learning
00:26:55 Investing in people at seed stage startups
00:28:29 Summary
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05/12/23 • 29 min

Interviews with Leaders in Fintech & Web3 - Harnessing Data, Diving Deep, and Connecting Networks: Insights from Matt Ober of Social Leverage

Transcript

Mr Matthew Cheung (00:03.094)

Hi, this is Matt from Work in FinTech. And today I'm delighted to be joined by Matt Ober, who's a general partner at Social Leverage, which is a VC firm. He's previously worked in a hedge fund world with Thirdpoint and WorldQuant, and he cut his teeth at Bloomberg. Hi, Matt, good morning.

Matt (00:20.420)

Hey, great to be here.

Mr Matthew Cheung (00:22.610)

So I reached out because you actually shared something on LinkedIn a few wee

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