Trust Your Gut – Interview with Vic Pascucci III
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Vic is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and began his professional career in Chicago in 1995. He has over 20 years of experience in venture capital, fintech investing and financial services. He has been a part of over $650M in venture capital and M&A transactions. Vic has taken multiple companies public and through successful acquisitions. He currently serves on the boards of Clearcover, CarLease.com, Snapsheet, Fooda, Sprout Social, Hireology, Ionic, BillTrim, BenchPrep and Hatch Loyalty. Vic is also an advisor to the Chicago Blockchain Center, Currency and Fintech 71. He is an active supporter of financial services innovation efforts. Prior to Lightbank, Vic built and led USAA’s $330 million corporate venture capital program where he led investments in fintech (insurtech, banking, investment management), consumer internet, enterprise technologies and digital capabilities. He also held responsibility for the company’s M&A, joint ventures and intellectual property transactions. More recently, Vic was a Partner with Munich Re| HSB Ventures where he led their investment activities in insurtech including trov, super, slice and Next Insurance. Vic has both led and served on boards which include: Narrative Science, TRUECar (NASDAQ: TRUE), Care.com (NYSE: CRCM), ID.me, Automatic Labs (acquired by Sirius XM), Prosper Marketplace, Personal Capital, Coinbase, MX, Roost, Cartera Commerce (acquired by EBates), Roostify, RepairPal, Saffron Technologies (acquired by Intel Corp), CafeX, MindMeld (acquired by Cisco) and VAST. Preceding financial services, Vic’s background includes Chicago start-ups and leadership positions in law. Vic has consulted to numerous financial services companies and venture capital firms on their fintech/insurtech investments as well as broader strategic initiatives. He has served as chairman of the National Venture Capital Association’s (NVCA) Education Committee for the Corporate Venture Group and served on the Board of Advisor’s for the NVCA. Vic has been featured in Andrew Roman’s best-selling book, The Masters of Corporate Venture Capital. He is also a TedX speaker and regular participant on insurtech and fintech discussion panels. https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorpascucci/ http://www.lightbank.com/team/vic-pascucci-iii
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