​Whether your company is just starting to assemble its finance team or looking to up-level its collaboration on business priorities, financial teams are integral to scaling and meeting your leadership's vision and goals, setting the groundwork for a successful startup run.

​Join speakers from Mercury, a16z, and Merge for a moderated chat about the often under-examined and yet crucial connection between startup founders/CEOs and their finance teams/leaders.

​Speakers

​Dan Kang, VP of Finance @ Mercury

​Dan Kang is VP of Finance at Mercury working to reimagine a better banking experience for startups and businesses of all sizes. Before leading finance for Mercury, he was VP of Finance for Digit and has also worked in finance and strategy at Square, Vista Equity Partners, and Bank of America. He holds a BS in Finance and Philosophy from NYU Stern School of Business.

​Alex Rampell, Investor @ a16z

​Alex Rampell is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he focuses on financial services. He serves on the board of Branch, Brightside, Descript, Divvy, Earnin, FlyHomes, Loft, Mercury, PeerStreet, Point, Propel, Sentilink, Super Evil Mega Corp, Transferwise, and Very Good Security. He holds a BA in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Harvard University.

​Shensi Ding, co-founder and CEO @ Merge

​Shensi Ding is the co-founder and CEO of Merge, which offers unified APIs across key software categories, and was previously Chief of Staff at Expanse (acq. Palo Alto Networks). She started her career as an investment banker at Credit Suisse and later worked in venture at Silver Lake. She graduated from Columbia University and currently works and lives in New York City.

​Learn more about Mercury

​​Mercury lays the groundwork for ambitious companies to operate for excellence with banking and credit cards* engineered for the startup journey. With a powerfully smooth product experience, founders and finance teams can manage and safeguard their money with fewer hurdles, thoughtfully meet the needs of a scaling team and business, and receive expert guidance from those that have successfully navigated their challenges before. More than 200K startups choose Mercury to perform at their highest level.

​This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. To explore more Mercury events during NYTW and beyond, visit mercury.com/events.

​​*Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC. The IO Card is issued by Patriot Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Mastercard.