Slava Rubin
Founder & Managing Partner
Slava Rubin is an entrepreneur and innovator in the fintech space for nearly 20 years. Slava has built a venture fund, an alternative investment platform, an equity crowdfunding platform, a perks crowdfunding platform, and an angel investment portfolio.
Slava is founder & managing partner at humbition, a $30M early-stage operators venture fund built by founders, for founders. He is also a founder of Vincent, a company which is changing how people access alternative investments (Pre-IPO Venture to digital assets, trading cards to art, real estate to private credit) with the VALT fund. Slava previously founded Indiegogo, a company dedicated to empowering people from all over the world to make their ideas a reality. As CEO for over 10 years from inception, Slava grew Indiegogo from an idea to over 500,000 campaigns and more than $1B distributed around the world. While at Indiegogo, Slava launched one of the nation’s first equity crowdfunding businesses. Slava’s angel portfolio includes multiple unicorns – Carta, Hedera, GOAT, & Turo. He also has created and hosts the Smart Humans podcast which explores the world of alternative investments with industry luminaries like Gary Vanyerchuck, Joe Lonsdale, and Mary Catherine Lader as guests.
Prior to Indiegogo, Slava was a strategy consultant working on behalf of clients such as MasterCard, Goldman Sachs and FedEx. He is also the founder of “Music Against Myeloma,” a charity that raises funds and awareness for cancer research in partnership with the International Myeloma Foundation. Slava is currently a member of the board for NYSE traded (WSO) Watsco Inc., and privately held, Indiegogo.
Slava represented the crowdfunding industry at the White House during the signing of the JOBS Act under the Obama administration and has helped navigate bringing equity crowdfunding to the American public. He also pioneered security tokens in the United States – having been a catalyst for selling fractionalized ownership of the St. Regis hotel in Aspen using blockchain technology. He has made many TV appearances including being a regular guest commentator on CNBC. He has also been often quoted in NYTimes and Wall Street Journal.
Slava has received numerous awards including Fortune 40 under 40, Observer 20 Heros under 40, and the Wharton Young Leadership Award.
Slava holds a B.S.E. from the Wharton School of Business.
Slava Rubin
Founder & Managing Partner
Slava Rubin is an entrepreneur and innovator in the fintech space for nearly 20 years. Slava has built a venture fund, an alternative investment platform, an equity crowdfunding platform, a perks crowdfunding platform, and an angel investment portfolio.
Slava is founder & managing partner at humbition, a $30M early-stage operators venture fund built by founders, for founders. He is also a founder of Vincent, a company which is changing how people access alternative investments (Pre-IPO Venture to digital assets, trading cards to art, real estate to private credit) with the VALT fund. Slava previously founded Indiegogo, a company dedicated to empowering people from all over the world to make their ideas a reality. As CEO for over 10 years from inception, Slava grew Indiegogo from an idea to over 500,000 campaigns and more than $1B distributed around the world. While at Indiegogo, Slava launched one of the nation’s first equity crowdfunding businesses. Slava’s angel portfolio includes multiple unicorns – Carta, Hedera, GOAT, & Turo. He also has created and hosts the Smart Humans podcast which explores the world of alternative investments with industry luminaries like Gary Vanyerchuck, Joe Lonsdale, and Mary Catherine Lader as guests.
Prior to Indiegogo, Slava was a strategy consultant working on behalf of clients such as MasterCard, Goldman Sachs and FedEx. He is also the founder of “Music Against Myeloma,” a charity that raises funds and awareness for cancer research in partnership with the International Myeloma Foundation. Slava is currently a member of the board for NYSE traded (WSO) Watsco Inc., and privately held, Indiegogo.
Slava represented the crowdfunding industry at the White House during the signing of the JOBS Act under the Obama administration and has helped navigate bringing equity crowdfunding to the American public. He also pioneered security tokens in the United States – having been a catalyst for selling fractionalized ownership of the St. Regis hotel in Aspen using blockchain technology. He has made many TV appearances including being a regular guest commentator on CNBC. He has also been often quoted in NYTimes and Wall Street Journal.
Slava has received numerous awards including Fortune 40 under 40, Observer 20 Heros under 40, and the Wharton Young Leadership Award.
Slava holds a B.S.E. from the Wharton School of Business.
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