JC Bahr-de Stefano — CEO
JC Bahr-de Stefano is a venture capital investor at Better Tomorrow Ventures, an early-stage fintech focused fund, backing incredible founders building the next generation of financial services. Prior to joining Better Tomorrow Ventures, he spent a year and a half at Affirm in two roles. His first role was on the Financial Partnerships team, where he lived at the intersection of Product Partnerships and Strategic Procurement and was responsible for loan-related partnerships across the following areas: credit decisioning, fraud detection and prevention, identity verification and authentication, and SMS communications. His second role was on the Corporate Development and Strategy team, where he conducted qualitative and quantitative analysis to inform strategic decisions for the company and diligence on M&A and venture investment opportunities. Prior to joining Affirm, he spent a little over 3 years at financial services strategy and risk management consulting firm Promontory Financial Group. He was internally recruited as the 3rd member of the firm's Strategy and Optimization practice and worked closely with ex McKinsey and Bain senior advisors to build the offering, which focused on advising financial institutions as they undertook transformation, operational improvement, and cost saving initiatives. JC has a keen interest in financial services innovation, and has spent significant time over the last few years focused on fintech. In addition to his work at BTV, Affirm and Promontory, he spent over 6 years as a contributing author for The Fintech Update, a weekly fintech newsletter that includes curated summaries of major fintech developments and original content and analysis. JC graduated from Williams College in 2017 with a degree in Political Economy.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech investment expert with a strong strategic and analytical background.
Location: New York, New York, United States
Experience: 8 yrs 10 mos
Career Highlights
- Expertise in early-stage fintech investments.
- Strong background in financial partnerships and corporate strategy.
- Contributing author for a leading fintech newsletter.
Work Experience
Better Tomorrow Ventures
Principal (1 yr 4 mos)
Senior Associate (2 yrs 8 mos)
Palm
Investor (pre-seed) (1 yr 10 mos)
Deck
Investor (seed) (1 yr 11 mos)
Inscope
Investor (pre-seed) (2 yrs 10 mos)
Logrock
Investor (seed) (3 yrs 10 mos)
Affirm
Corporate Development and Strategy Lead (4 mos)
Finance Partnerships Lead (11 mos)
On Deck
Fintech Fellow (2 mos)
Promontory Financial Group, an IBM Company
Associate, Strategy and Optimization (1 yr 8 mos)
Analyst, Strategy and Optimization (11 mos)
Analyst, Risk (8 mos)
The Fintech Update
Author and Editor (6 yrs 3 mos)
PhotoShelter
Business Development Intern (2 mos)
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Litigation Paralegal, Summer Intern (2 mos)
Information Technology, Summer Intern (2 mos)
Education
Bachelor’s Degree at Williams College
High School at The Bronx High School of Science