In the second episode of our “Voice Message From…” podcast series, Thomas Rappold shares his opinion on the development of Open Finance in the past year and the IPO and venture funding market in 2020. As recently announced, Charles-Louis Machuron, Founder & CEO of Silicon Luxembourg, sent a few voice messages to some leading people of the Luxembourgish and European startup scene asking how they look back to 2019 and what trends they expect in the new year and decade. Thanks to the generous support of The Office [www.theoffice.lu], we took their replies and turned them into short episodes for this first-ever audio series by Silicon Luxembourg. After kicking this short podcast series off with Gosia Kramer, Founder & CEO of The Office, we had the pleasure to get some exclusive insights via voice message from Thomas Rappold for the second episode. Thomas is an entrepreneur, investor, and investment advisor who has a special focus on FinTech, Open Finance, and 5G. Among others, he has helped to build the foundation of Swiss FinTech unicorn Numbrs. Being a true digital technology expert, he also authored two bestselling books about the Silicon Valley. You can now listen to what Thomas told us in brief about the development of Open Finance in the past year and the IPO and venture funding market in 2020. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.