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Voice of FinTech
Rudolf Falat's Voice of FinTech podcast maps the global FinTech ecosystem from Zurich, reaching the top 10% of podcasts worldwide.
Voice of FinTech
Voice of FinTech was founded in June 2019 by Rudolf Falat, a Zurich-based corporate finance professional, as a weekly podcast to map out the Swiss and global FinTech ecosystem. The platform connects entrepreneurs with start-ups, incubators, accelerators, investors, and incumbents. Falat acts as mentor, business angel, and advisor through the network the show generates. The content spans a broad asset-class mix, covering early-stage venture, growth equity, corporate venturing, and public-market FinTech themes through interviews with founders, fund managers, and strategists. Guests represent sectors including cross-border payments (Convera, Checkout.com), InsurTech (INZMO), mortgage tech (Oper), digital-asset infrastructure, AI/ML (Nvidia, Raized.ai), and private-market data (Dealroom.co, Valutico). The podcast maintains a consistent flow of direct engagement with operators and allocators — recent episodes featured Alokik Advani of Fidelity International Strategic Ventures on corporate venturing and Meeri Savolainen of INZMO on embedded insurance. Geographic coverage is anchored in Europe (Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia, the Netherlands) with dedicated regional series across the Middle East and North Africa, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Americas, sourced via a network of local hosts. Voice of FinTech operates as a lean media entity without a disclosed team size; operational scale is reflected in its ranking in the top 10 percent of podcasts globally by Listen Notes. Founder Rudolf Falat also runs a parallel live-event and executive-education stream, including a co-hosted event with Emeritus and Nvidia that drew a global audience to discuss explainable AI and the metaverse in financial services. The firm has built commercial partnerships with data platforms such as Dealroom.co, offering discounted access to its listenership and strengthening its own role as a connector within the ecosystem. The firm's structural differentiator is its hybrid role as a media-driven market intelligence network: unlike a traditional investment firm or advisory shop, Voice of FinTech monetizes insight not through fees on capital but through content-driven relationship aggregation, combining the reach of a top-ranked podcast with a curated global host network that operates like a permanent, always-on sourcing conference for deal flow and market mapping in FinTech.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
2019
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Switzerland
City
Zurich
Corporate office
Zurich, Switzerland
Principals
Rudolf Falat
Founder
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs Voice of FinTech?
Rudolf Falat founded and runs Voice of FinTech. Based in Zurich, he is a senior corporate finance professional who started the podcast in June 2019. He also serves as a startup mentor, business angel, and executive education coach within the FinTech community.
What is the geographic scope of Voice of FinTech's coverage?
Coverage is global with a strong European anchor out of Zurich. The platform runs dedicated series in the Middle East and North Africa, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Americas, each hosted by local FinTech operators. Episodes have featured founders and investors from Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Morocco, Kenya, and the United States.
How does Voice of FinTech generate deal-related intelligence?
Deal intelligence is sourced directly from on-the-record interviews with FinTech founders, corporate venture heads, and fund managers. The network of regional hosts functions as a distributed scouting team, identifying emerging companies and investment themes before they appear on institutional radars.
Does Voice of FinTech invest directly or operate as a family office?
Voice of FinTech is not structured as a single-family office or an investment firm. It acts as a media-driven intelligence platform. Founder Rudolf Falat engages in angel investing and advisory work separately through his personal activities, but the podcast itself does not manage pooled capital.
Which types of FinTech segments does Voice of FinTech focus on?
Coverage ranges across payments, InsurTech, mortgage tech, digital assets, AI/ML applications in finance, valuation technology, and embedded finance. The podcast has profiled companies from early-stage AI startups like Raized.ai to scaled infrastructure platforms like Convera and Checkout.com.
How does Voice of FinTech compare to traditional FinTech data vendors?
It supplements quantitative data with qualitative, human-layer insight. Guests include active investors, such as Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, and operational founders who describe product roadmaps, regulatory friction, and market-entry tactics. The podcast is a primary-sourcing tool rather than a secondary database aggregation.
Is Voice of FinTech a subscription business or open-access?
All episodes remain freely accessible to listeners. The firm generates revenue through event partnerships — such as the live session co-hosted with Emeritus and Nvidia — and commercial relationships including a discounted-access partnership with data platform Dealroom.co.
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