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Joe Schmidt

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Joe Schmidt is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he focuses on investments in fintech and insurtech.

Prior to joining a16z, Joe was VP, Business Development at Ethos, a life insurance company offering families simple, affordable life insurance in minutes. While at Ethos, Joe started and scaled the agent business to millions in monthly revenue, while also leading sales and managing carrier and reinsurance partnerships. Before Ethos, Joe was an investor at Accel.

Joe graduated from the University of Notre Dame, where he was captain and voted most valuable player of the football team. He was also a Buser Fellow and worked closely with the university’s endowment. 

Latest Posts

SaaS → Freemium OS: a new wedge for financial services (Fintech February Newsletter)

by Anish Acharya, Seema Amble, Joe Schmidt, Marc Andrusko, and Daisy Wolf
  • fintech
  • consumer banking
  • contactless payments
  • debt
  • financial services
  • fintech
  • SaaS
  • tap to pay

B2B Marketplaces → Financial Operating System (Fintech January Newsletter)

by Sumeet Singh, David Haber, Seema Amble, Joe Schmidt, Marc Andrusko, and Melissa Wasser
  • fintech

The big ideas that fintech will tackle in 2022

by Angela Strange, Sumeet Singh, Tomicah Tillemann, James Rathmell, David Haber, Julie Yoo, Marc Andrusko, Anish Acharya, Seema Amble, Gabriel Vasquez, and Joe Schmidt
  • fintech
  • end of year roundups
  • financial services

Financial Tools for Solopreneurs (Fintech September Newsletter)

by Seema Amble, D'Arcy Coolican, Sumeet Singh, and Joe Schmidt
  • crypto & web3
  • fintech
  • financial services

From @joeschmidtiv

Joe Schmidt IV@joeschmidtiv

Interesting analysis from Gavin: https://t.co/w4Sy8wvq3B

Joe Schmidt IV@joeschmidtiv

Thrilled to finally announce a16z Start, a new program designed to help founders at their earliest stages! We invest up to $1m and provide hands on support to help exceptional people go from 0 to 1 🚀

Joe Schmidt IV@joeschmidtiv

Melissa, Nathan, and the capital networks team here are amazing. Lucky to work with and learn from them. Awesome resource for a startup trying to sort through raising debt 👇 https://t.co/0QidtKYbEY

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