Jay Reinemann, Partner at Propel Venture Partners

Jay's Bio:

Jay has been immersed in the financial services sector throughout his career, much of it as an investor. After college, he worked at Old Kent Financial Corporation (now Fifth Third), Andersen Consulting, and then Visa, where he held operational and investor roles and eventually led Visa’s Corporate Ventures and Strategic Alliances group.

At Visa, Jay led investments in Tripwire (acquired by Belden), Good (acquired by Motorola), Mobileway (acquired by Sybase), Application Security (acquired by Trustwave), Spi Dynamics (acquired by HP), Way Systems (acquired by VeriFone), and ISCubed (out of business).

After Visa, Jay joined the founding team of an early stage social commerce start-up and founded a fintech venture fund, Altai Ventures, which was slightly ahead of the curve but failed to raise capital during the financial crisis. But the experience only increased his drive for fintech innovation and paved the way for him to join BBVA in 2011.

Jay is a Wisconsin native but has lived and worked in California for the last 20 years. He lives on the Peninsula with his wife and kids.