The 2015 Fintech Finance 35: Kenneth Marlin, Marlin & Associates

No. 22

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-kenneth-marlin-small.jpg

< The 2015 Fintech Finance 35

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-kenneth-marlin.jpg

22
Kenneth Marlin
Managing Partner
Marlin & Associates

Software and data are the technology themes, and financial services a heavy concentration, for New York–based investment banking boutique Marlin & Associates. The firm has completed more than 200 transactions worldwide, in health care and business services as well as finance, since managing partner Kenneth Marlin founded it in 2002. With ten deals completed through September of this year — among them the sale of posttrade systems company Information Mosaic, advised by Marlin, to London-based Markit — Marlin continues to build on a record that began when he worked on the corporate side, in the 1980s and ’90s. In ten years with Dun & Bradstreet, Marlin led 60 acquisitions and divestitures. Later he was CEO of Swiss-owned market data company Telekurs (North America) and a spin-off, Telesphere Corp., before joining private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson from 1999 to 2001. He views as a megatrend “the confluence of multiple technologies — like the Internet, mobile, security, broadband networks and greater storage capacity — which is allowing people’s creativity to come up with a lot of cool products.” A common goal of entrepreneurs is to make it easier for consumers and professionals to do business, Marlin says, be it through automated payments, wireless connectivity or customer data management technology like that of Trunomi, which his firm advised in a $3 million capital round in September. He has long contended that the financial industry is effective in pushing innovation, and now some of that energy is directed at vendor management: “They [vendors] require the customer to act like a general contractor,” Marlin says. “Every time there is a problem, there is finger-pointing. Buyers now want vendors to take responsibility for a bigger piece.”


The 2015 Fintech Finance 35

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-james-d-robinson-iii-james-d-robinson-iv-nav.png

1. James Robinson III
& James Robinson IV
RRE Ventures

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-jane-gladstone-nav.png

2. Jane Gladstone
Evercore Partners

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-matt-harris-nav.png

3. Matthew Harris
Bain Capital Ventures

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-steve-mclaughlin-nav.png

4. Steven McLaughlin
Financial Technology Partners

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-jonathan-korngold-nav.png

5. Jonathan Korngold
General Atlantic

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-richard-garman-brad-bernstein-nav.png

6. Richard Garman &
Brad Bernstein
FTV Capital

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-amy-nauiokas-sean-park.png

7. Amy Nauiokas & Sean Park
Anthemis Group

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-thomas-jessop-nav.png

8. Thomas Jessop
Goldman Sachs Group

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-meyer-malka-nav.png

9. Meyer (Micky) Malka
Ribbit Capital

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-hans-morris-nav.png

10. Hans Morris
Nyca Partners

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-maria-gotsch-nav.png

11. Maria Gotsch
Partnership Fund for New York City

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-marc-andreessen-nav.png

12. Marc Andreessen
Andreessen Horowitz

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-barry-silbert-nav.png

13. Barry Silbert
Digital Currency Group

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-jay-reinemann-nav.png

14. Jay Reinemann
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-mariano-belinky-nav.png

15. Mariano Belinky
Santander InnoVentures

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-francois-robinet-nav.png

16. François Robinet
AXA Strategic Ventures

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-vanessa-colella-nav.png

17. Vanessa Colella
Citi Ventures

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-gregory-grimaldi-alan-freudenstein-nav.png

18. Alan Freudenstein & Gregory Grimaldi
Credit Suisse
NEXT Fund

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-justin-brownhill-neil-desena-nav.png

19. Justin Brownhill & Neil DeSena
SenaHill Partners

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-rodger-voorhies-nav.png

20. Rodger Voorhies
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-michael-schlein-nav.png

21. Michael Schlein
Accion International

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-kenneth-marlin-nav.png

22. Kenneth Marlin
Marlin & Associates

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-rumi-morales-nav.png

23. Rumi Morales
CME Ventures

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-mark-beeston-nav.png

24. Mark Beeston
Illuminate Financial Management

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-vladislav-solodkiy-nav.png

25. Vladislav Solodkiy
Life.SREDA

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-fabian-vandenreydt-nav.png

26. Fabian Vandenreydt
Innotribe SWIFT

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-derek-white-nav.png

27. Derek White
Barclays

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-alex-batlin-nav.png

28. Alex Batlin
UBS

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-jeff-greenberg-vincent-la-ruffa-nav.png

29. Jeffrey Greenberg
& Vincenzo
La Ruffa
Aquiline Capital Partners

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-howard-edelstein-nav.png

30. P. Howard Edelstein
REDI Holdings

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-nektarios-liolios-nav.png

31. Nektarios Liolios
Startupbootcamp FinTech

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-roy-bahat-nav.png

32. Roy Bahat
Bloomberg Beta

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-andrew-mccormack-nav.png

33. Andrew McCormack
Valar Ventures

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-lawrence-wintermeyer-nav.png

34. Lawrence Wintermeyer
Innovate Finance

2015-11-jeffrey-kutler-fintech-35-janos-barberis-nav.png

35. Janos Barberis
FinTech Hong Kong


Related