Key Deal Facts
Envel has reinvented banking for a new generation of consumers
Raised $2.7M from MIT Sandbox and Angel Investors
Envel is powered by Patent-pending autonomous banking tech
74% of US employees are living paycheck-to-paycheck, Envel is on a mission to solve this problem
We’ve built a unique banking app that uses Artificial Intelligence to optimize your money
Strong team from Harvard, MIT, Barclays, Circle, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan & PayPal
Exciting 12 month roll out of new features to disrupt consumer banking
Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Steve Le Roux
Founder & CEO
Steve is a visionary, innovator and FinTech/Tech Entrepreneur with 2 exits and has been successful leading game changing innovation within Government, financial Services, NGOs and FTSE 100 companies.
Craig Bond
President
Former CEO of large international banks (Barclays Africa and Absa Retail and Business Bank, Standard Bank Africa and Standard Bank China) and an impressive career running large Visa, Mastercard and American Express businesses.
Alwyn Van Wyk
SVP, Product and Engineering
Alwyn has more than 20 years experience as a Systems Analyst, Project Manager, Scrum Master, Agile Evangelist, Solutions Architect, and Head of a Software Development office focused on Mobile development.
Diederik Meeuwis
Co-founder & SVP Operations
BA Law at Leiden University, Masters in International Business Administration at TIAS Business School. Former Management Trainee at FTSE 100 company before deciding things needed to change.
Matthew Armandi
Chief Financial Officer
Matt was the CFO of Predictit, one of only 2 exchanges allowed by the CFTC in the US offering binary options on political outcomes, when it launched in 2014 and oversaw its growth through 2018. Matt is a CPA and with a BS in Accounting and MIS.
John DiThomas
Chief Compliance Officer
Chief Compliance Officer with over 20 years in financial services including PayPal, Santander and Circle Internet Financial. He's managed compliance programs in large banks, fintechs and in cryptocurrency. CAMS, CRCM and CCEP certified.
Brian Higdon
Director, AML and RIA Compliance
Cum Laude Graduate from George Town, worked at companies such as Wells Fargo, Deloitte and JP Morgan Chase as well as extensive experience in financial crimes compliance in the cryptocurrency space. Brian is CAMS certified.
Jacqueline Epstein
Community and Research Manager
BA in Human Evolutionary Biology cum laude from Harvard College, 4 year varsity lightweight rower
Matina Dimitriadou
SVP, User Experience and Design
Gabor Szanto
SVP, Mobile Engineering
Hugo Ávila
Senior Software Engineer
Michael Pretorius
Web Developer and Software Engineer
Luke Petzer
Developer and Software Engineer
Shenine Botes
Senior Data Scientist
Pierre Baard
Data Scientist
Anuhya Challagundla
Community Engagement and Marketing
Behulum Wude
Support Specialist