Here are the companies, founders and teams that LBV has accepted into Cohort 1 and invested in.
Lead Investor for $2.5M Series A
LBV Cohort
Premier Esports Recruiting Platform for College ScholarshipsLBV Cohort 1 h
https://www.staypluggedin.gg/
Joined Marc Lore in Closing $10M Seed Round LBV Cohort
Tariq has spent his career at the intersection of financial and technology industries and is a passionate evangelist for rising tide of Fintech disruption. Prior to launching the Carolina Fintech Hub, serving as a Charlotte City Councilman, and launching and exiting his own fintech startup, Tariq served as the Head of Innovation and Investment for FIS Global, a $9B+ fintech company. Tariq has built profitable businesses from scratch, designed and implemented global risk, compliance and cybersecurity programs, launched Fintech Accelerator programs, and completed over a dozen acquisitions. He has also held executive positions in Fortune 500 companies such as GE Capital, Wells Fargo and Wachovia.
After launching nationally in July 1998, Doug led LendingTree through a successful IPO in 2000, the dot-com meltdown of 2001 and a successful sale to IAC/InterActiveCorp in 2003. From 2005 to 2008, Doug served as IAC’s President and Chief Operating Officer, and in 2008, joined the newly formed Tree.com (rebranded as LendingTree) as it spun out from IAC as a separate public company. Before founding LendingTree, Doug worked as an auditor and consultant for PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
