Person of the Week: Sheel Mohnot

Sheel Mohnot, the lead FinTech investor at 500 Startups is our Person of the Week!

500 Startups aims to find and empower talented founders, create successful companies at scale and build thriving global ecosystems. As lead FinTech investor for the company, Sheel is the man you need to impress if you’re looking for support and funding in the space.

Sheel boasts an impressive resume when it comes to building startups. He has two successful FinTech exits with FeeFighters and Innovative Auctions; and has advised many more. He has worked previously as a management consultant for the Boston Consulting Group and as a director for p2p lender Kiva. Additionally, Sheel is the co-founder of food company, Thistle and runs a podcast - The Pitch that rallies around 100k weekly listeners. Without a doubt, he has a vast amount of experience with a variety of companies.

Having investmented in over 80 companies in the past 6 years,  Sheel is playing a big role in the growth of the FinTech industry and a great Person of the Week!