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Robert Clare
Robert (Bob) Clare is the founder, CEO and board chairman of Fispoke, a wealth-infrastructure startup he co-founded in 2023 with Nathan Berk. Fispoke gives independent financial advisors a white-labeled private banking layer - cash, credit, securities-based loans and mortgages - traditionally locked inside wirehouses and private banks. A Georgetown MBA, Clare spent years in operating and consulting roles at Bank of America, Cognizant and JDX Consulting before deciding the advisor channel needed banking tools of its own. Fispoke has raised roughly $5.45M and signed partnerships with Broadridge, Bell Bank, Wealthbox and Sage Home Loans.
Ren Riley
Ren Riley is a General Partner at Fin Capital, a San Francisco-based B2B fintech-focused venture capital firm managing over $800 million in assets. With 25+ years in financial services and 20+ years in venture capital, Riley brings deep sector expertise spanning enterprise AI, banktech, payments, and risk technology. He joined Fin Capital in November 2020 and was promoted to General Partner in January 2023, where he sources and leads primary and co-investment opportunities. Previously, he was a General Partner at Oak Investment Partners (1999-2015), a Partner/CEO at Robertson Stephens (2015-2019), and co-founded Enclave Liquidity Partners (2019-2022), a firm providing liquidity solutions to late-stage private company stakeholders. Fin Capital exclusively backs repeat founders and invests across the full startup lifecycle from pre-seed through IPO.