Might is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. Might was formally established as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month” by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, increasing on a joint decision signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 that had designated the week of Might 4-10 as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week.” The title of the commemoration was modified to “Asian American and Pacific Island Heritage Month” in 1997 in an effort to make the event each extra correct and inclusive.
Right here at Finovate, we’re comfortable to have fun the achievements of our alums who share Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage. At this time, we spotlight six of those fintech leaders whose corporations made their Finovate debuts final month at FinovateSpring 2026.
Anna Joo Payment, Founder/CEO, Goodfin
Goodfin is an AI-native wealth platform that unlocks entry to personal market investing and accelerates wealth for a brand new technology of traders. Goodfin’s AI delivers on-demand clever evaluation and expert-level steerage to accredited traders trying to spend money on prime pre-IPO corporations.
Educated at Harvard College and Harvard Legislation College, Anna Joo Payment based Goodfin in 2022. Beforehand, she was Chief Operations Officer and Chief Authorized Officer for Liquidly, an organization she co-founded in 2017.
Victor Fu, Co-Founder/CTO, Stage
Stage is a venture-backed know-how firm that helps automotive lenders resolve insurance coverage claims extra successfully, delivering higher outcomes for each lenders and debtors.
With levels from the College of Southern California and UCLA, Victor Fu has interned with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Tesla. He co-founded Stage in August 2023.
Wye Yew Ho, Co-Founder/CEO and Zi Zhang, Co-Founder/CTO, Proximitty
Proximitty helps construct autonomous enterprise mortgage servicing groups for fintechs and banks. Their AI brokers monitor mortgage portfolios and accumulate business loans autonomously with their proprietary agent studio.
Wye Yew Ho was educated on the London College of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He beforehand labored as a guide with McKinsey & Firm and as a fincrime staff chief with Taptap Ship. He’s presently CEO of Proximitty.
A graduate of the College of Minnesota, Zi Zhang was beforehand Head of Engineering at ACI.dev and a Platform Safety Tech Lead with Bloomberg. Zhang is Proximitty’s Chief Expertise Officer.
Marco Ma, Co-Founder/CEO, Ventus AI
Ventus AI transforms uncooked banking transactions into semantic buyer intelligence, enabling personalised experiences, smarter analytics, and human-centered digital banking with out altering core infrastructure.
Marco Ma was educated at Boston College’s Questrom College of Enterprise and at Brown College, the place he was Entrepreneur in Residence for six years. He co-founded Ventus AI in October 2025.
Caitlyn Truong, CEO, Zengines
Zengines transforms how organizations deal with knowledge migrations and legacy system modernization by empowering enterprise customers and technical specialists with AI-powered instruments. The corporate received Better of Present at FinovateSpring 2026.
Caitlyn Truong co-founded Zengines in Might 2021. Beforehand, she labored as a Managing Director with Accenture and as Vice President and Companion with Technique&, previously Booz & Firm. Truong is a graduate of the College of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Kellogg College of Administration at Northwestern College.
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