Behind every company valuation is a combination of financial analysis, industry research, judgment, and an understanding of the business itself. At Eqvista, that work is carried out by valuation professionals who bring experience across different areas of finance and capital markets. In this employee spotlight, we speak with Jeff Yang, Senior Valuation Analyst at Eqvista, …
After 25 years building accounts payable businesses, Maex Ament sees the same unresolved problem: software can improve processes within a company, but the back-and-forth between buyers and suppliers still depends on people chasing emails, approvals, and payments. His sixth company, Causa Prima, aims to close that gap with a network of AI agents that coordinate …
Raman Korneu, Co-Founder and CEO of myTU, has spent his career across banking, finance, and fintech. Since launching myTU, he has focused on building a technology-led financial platform with its own payment infrastructure and a growing presence across Europe. In this conversation, Raman discusses what is driving myTU’s faster-than-expected growth, including the adoption of AI-powered …
As Chief Product Officer at Eqvista, Matt Rosendin is helping shape the infrastructure behind more transparent, accessible private markets. His work spans the company’s transfer agent platform, company-sponsored tender offer product, and broader efforts to connect cap-table data, formal valuations, and actionable shareholder pricing. With experience in enterprise blockchain, securities tokenization, and private-market technology, Matt …
In this edition of Founder Spotlight, Eqvista features an in‑depth conversation with Raagulan Pathy, Founder of KAST and former Circle APAC leader, on the future of stablecoin-powered finance. In this interview, Raagulan unpacks how KAST is building a “global money app” that lets founders, creators, and globally distributed teams store, earn, move, and spend stablecoins …
For many employees at high-growth companies, equity can represent one of their most valuable assets, but understanding what that equity is worth, when to exercise it, or how to access liquidity can be complex. Option types, exercise windows, transfer restrictions, taxes, and shifting private-market valuations all play a role in determining the best path forward. …
Tomás Escobar, CEO and Co-founder of Shorta, has spent his career building digital products that reshape how people access and experience content. From founding Cuevana to now leading Shorta, he has consistently focused on solving real audience friction with strong product thinking, mobile-first design, and a clear eye for scale. In this interview with Eqvista, …
Some people stumble into finance by default – Matthieu Oung chose it on purpose. After a general first year at Audencia Business School, he deliberately went after corporate finance, with a particular pull toward startups and venture capital. It’s a path that has taken him from inside a French SaaS startup during its own sale …
Eqvista joins a conversation with George Crane, Co-Founder and CEO of Bindbridge, to discuss the journey of a startup bringing fresh thinking to agriculture through AI-driven molecular discovery. In this conversation, George shares how Bindbridge was founded at the intersection of science, technology, and a pressing industry need: the search for safer, more effective, and …
In this edition of Founder Spotlight join us with a conversation with Dominik Rehbock, CEO and Co-Founder of Hyground, for an insightful conversation about his journey as a founder and the thinking behind building an AI SRE agent that can autonomously resolve incidents. The interview explores how he and his team are tackling one of …
Most document AI companies are racing to build better parsing. Retab is doing something different, building the workflow layer that makes AI actually usable in production. Eqvista sits down with Louis de Benoist, CEO and co-founder of Retab, to discuss how his team is reimagining document AI for the enterprise. From the early challenges of …
The generative AI space is crowded with tools that promise to revolutionize how we create and consume video content, but few challenge the very nature of what video can be. Eqvista sits down with Vlastimil Venclik, Co-Founder and CEO of ValkaAI, a deep-tech startup that is pushing beyond today’s AI-generated media. While most of the …
Federico Martelli leads Forgis with a rare blend of strategy, hands-on engineering, and a geopolitical perspective, qualities born of studies in econometrics, international relations, and management, plus years in tech and strategy consulting. In this interview, he explains to Eqvista why Western manufacturing needs an “intelligence layer” above decades-old PLCs and heterogeneous hardware, how causal …
In this edition of the Founder Spotlight series, we had a conversation with Alexandru Stanescu, Partner at Lexters Law Firm, to explore what it really takes for European founders to scale beyond their home markets and compete in the US. Alexandru brings extensive international experience across institutions such as the World Bank, the European Court of …
What does it take to turn one of e-commerce’s most persistent pain points into a scalable business solution? For Federico Sargenti, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of CommerceClarity, the answer lies in lived experience, a deep engineering mindset, and a clear-eyed view of where the industry is headed.An engineer by training, Sargenti has spent over 15 years …
Eqvista is excited to share this exclusive interview with Apoorva Bajaj, CFA, Co-Founder and CEO of Edubuk – a visionary entrepreneur redefining the future of education, credentials, and employment through the power of AI and blockchain technology. Edubuk is an AI + Blockchain-powered education-to-employment ecosystem focused on trusted credentials, verified CVs, AI-driven job matching, and …
In this exclusive interview conducted by Eqvista, Sean King, Co-Founder of Dragonfly (under Dragonfly Technology), shares insights into the explosive growth of the software landscape and the frustrations it creates for fast-scaling startups. Dragonfly emerges as an AI-powered intelligence layer that maps real business workflows to deliver personalized, vendor-neutral tool recommendations, addressing bloated tech stacks …
In this edition of Eqvista’s founder spotlight, we spoke with Collin Sebastian, the founder of En Vérité AI, about how AI-driven diligence is changing early-stage venture capital, especially as many are frustrated with mega-fund practices. Drawing on his experience as a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, LP, GP, and former capital allocator, Collin shares insights on …
From startup exits to AI-powered legal innovation, Nick Holzherr has built his career around spotting everyday pain points and turning them into practical solutions. GitLaw is an AI-powered legal platform designed for startups and small businesses, offering free, lawyer-vetted contract templates, an AI agent for instant drafting and review, and Git-style version control for tracking …
Eqvista sat down with Antxon Caballero, CEO of Heuristik, to explore how a personal family crisis sparked a groundbreaking biometric solution for patient identification in healthcare. Heuristik’s origins stem from a near-fatal medication error, highlighting Europe’s widespread patient misidentification issues affecting up to 12.5% of cases on average. Antxon explains the company’s AI-powered fingerprint technology, …
