Sandra Nolasco, Twinco Capital

My guest today is Sandra Nolasco, Founder and CEO of Twinco Capital:

• Sandra Nolasco
• Twinco Capital

Twinco is an ambitous, mission driven fintech company based in Madrid providing financing to small and medium sized companies around the world.  Through better technology and risk analytics they can extend more credit at lower cost to the manufacturing suppliers for European retailers.  It is a unique model that significantly reduces financing costs and improves supply reliability, with benefits for both suppliers and buyers.

Sandra founded the company after a succesful career in trade finance, as a Managing Director at BBVA and before that as Head of Commodities for Brazil at Fortis Bank. In this conversation we talk about that career path, and the insights that led to starting Twinco.

Sandra shares:

• Designing the initial product and developing the why now? case for the business
• Setting a company up for purpose, and defining a mission with clarity
• Managing a new startup through the pandemic
• Developing a co-founder relationship

This is a great conversation for entrepreneurs and investors interesting in innovation in finance for societal benefit.  Sandra brings infectious optimism and deep expertise to challenging global issues.  I hope listening to her share the strory of Twinco inspires you as much as it did for me.