{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Welcome to the Arena from ICR – Conversations with Today's Innovators & Business Leaders","title":"Keri Findley, Founder, CEO of Tacora Capital – Structured Credit Secrets: How Tacora Capital carved out a unique approach to business growth","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2039,"description":"When you're a founder, you need creative ways to grow your business. Today's guest recognized that need, and built her company on it.\nWe're sitting down with Keri Findley, Founder and CEO of Tacora Capital. Keri has two decades of experience in structured credit investing at leading firms, and as a private investor. She founded Tacora in 2022, securing a $250 million investment from renowned venture capitalist Peter Thiel.\nFrom 2009 to 2017, Kerry ran the structured credit portfolio for Third Point, the multi-billion dollar hedge fund founded by Dan Loeb. She was the first woman and the youngest person to be made partner at Third Point. Prior to that, she held a similar position at D.B. Zwirn, and began her career at Morgan Stanley.\nKeri currently serves as an advisor to Firework Ventures and 8VC, and is on the boards of Hearth, Karus, Point Digital, and Architect.\nHighlights:\nKeri summarizes her introduction to finance (2:51)\nFalling into the industry, and growing up as a 'math person'(3:22)\nKeri describes what it was like to begin in the finance industry in the late 2000's (4:28)\nTypes of assets in the payment processing platform (6:10)\nLeaving her job, and how Keri came to found Tacora Capital (7:21)\nWorking with Peter Thiel, and more about their partnership (9:14)\nKeri describes the audience, and kinds of investors that are attracted to Tacora Capital (10:10)\nTacora's unique approach and structure in venture capital (11:14)\nKeri discusses whether she would rather Tacora be at a later-stage (12:50)\nTacora's reason for focusing on Fintech and Insuretech fields (14:37)\nKeri gives an example of the opportunities Tacora has provided to one of their portfolio companies (16:00)\nWhere Tacora's pipeline for new deals is sourced from (16:52)\nHow the current financial and economic climate effects the work done at Tacora (18:22)\nHow Tacora avoids risky situations and maintains discipline in their work (20:16)\nKeri predicts the future of the venture capital market based...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/VPbFZOgoHk78hrWlplrfMSrQROUNxI8jcZ2Gv-hyKm4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mYmFh/NWFlNGJjY2Y0NGFk/YmM2NWJiMTI4NmVh/OWQ4Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}