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Truett Dwyer
Truett Dwyer is co-founder and co-CEO of Clerq, a New York account-to-account payments platform built for high-ticket transactions in industries like automotive, powersports, and equipment where 3% card fees and chargebacks eat margins. A Wharton graduate who spent his early career investing at Citadel, Summit Partners, and Blackstone, he and co-founder Ben Markowitz approached payments from first principles and chose to embed inside merchants' checkout workflows rather than build a consumer app. In October 2025 Clerq raised a $12M Series A led by 645 Ventures, bringing its total to $21M, on the back of 6x revenue growth and marquee dealership and marketplace clients.
Kevin Singerman
Kevin Singerman is the CEO and Co-Founder of AutoFi, a San Francisco-based automotive fintech company he co-founded in 2015 with Mandar Gokhale and Jonathan T. Palan. AutoFi has become a leading end-to-end automotive sales and financing platform, processing over 1 million financing requests and $3+ billion in vehicle sales annually, backed by $125M+ in funding including an $85M Series C at a $700M valuation. Singerman built his career at the intersection of finance and technology, with stints at Deutsche Bank, SunGard, Stephens Inc., and LendingClub before launching AutoFi to transform how cars are bought and sold.