Alexa von Tobel's Decade-Long Journey

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Alexa von Tobel sold her fintech startup Learnvest to Northwestern Mutual for $250 million .

Von Tobel launched her own early-stage venture firm, Inspired Capital , with former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker .

She said she feels both “urgent and optimistic” about the finttech sector where she launched her career.

Inspired is a dedicated early stage venture fund, generalist, headquartered in New York , but investing everywhere.

Inspired is different for four key reasons: It means when we back a founder, we truly put blinders on for 20 years .

We operate like a swarm, where you get all of us and we actively do stand ups on the entire portfolio.

Inspired is a full generalist fund, looking for the biggest, most important ideas of the next 15 years .

Founder of LearnVest: "I'm feeling both urgent and optimistic about the state of fintech today " Financial services remain foundational to a functioning society, but haven't kept pace with the rapid technological, demographic, and social shifts we're experiencing.

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