Michael McFadgen is a venture capital investor at 13books Capital who specializes in fintech investing, drawing on his deep operator experience in market infrastructure and capital markets technology from senior roles at NEX Opportunities/Euclid Opportunities and as a director at Traiana. He co-founded 13books Capital in 2019 to focus specifically on fintech, combining his background in post-trade, market plumbing, and infrastructure with early-stage investing, which differentiates him from more generalist UK VCs.
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13books Capital
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Fintech, Insurtech, Web3 / Crypto, AI, SaaS
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13books Capital is a founder-backed European venture fund that focuses exclusively on B2B fintech infrastructure companies like embedded payments, digital asset security, and open banking rather than consumer apps. The fund operates with unusual transparency through detailed "why we invested" explanations for each portfolio company and runs a structured platform function that provides deep support to founders in their specialized fintech sector.
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