2015年Fintech Finance 35：Jay Reinemann，Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

BBVA Ventures自2011年以来一直在新兴金融科技公司，目前拥有如比特币钱包公司乐队和在线贷方繁荣市场的高调控股。但它是2014年2月，将公司及其西班牙父母Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria纳入Fintech地图：银行1.17亿美元收购俄勒冈州俄勒冈州的数字银行业启动简单。由...领着Jay Reinemann.那BBVA’s San Francisco–based executive director of strategy and corporate development, the $100 million BBVA Ventures fund cuts checks of $1 million to $10 million for early- to expansion-stage technology companies perceived as “big disrupters” (to quote Reinemann) and potential partners. Return on investments is important, but it is not the only motivator for a strategic investor like BBVA, Reinemann, 46, explains. He got his grounding in corporate venture capital starting in 2000 at Visa, which, he says, “came to understand that if it put money into a company at the founding or somewhere along its formative years, it was able to indirectly acquire knowledge about what’s going on in the market. We had an [internal rate of return] that would’ve beaten most venture funds at the time.” After the payments company went public in 2008, its venture program turned more toward M&A, and Reinemann left to stay closer to early-stage opportunities. An attempt with a partner to start a payments-focused venture fund fell flat, as “2009 didn’t turn out to be a good year.” His timing was better with BBVA. Reinemann is a board observer of portfolio companies Personal Capital Corp. (online financial planning) and SumUp Payments (mobile point-of-sale).