Ep 197 - The Hustle Behind XLD Finance

EPISODE INTRODUCTION

After recently raising $13M on their Pre-Series A round, Ian Estrada and Herbie Fu of XLD Finance joins us in this episode to share to help bridge the gap of financial services in the Metaverse. Ian and Herbie will share their respective hustles prior to joining forces in XLD with stints in product development and being a VC. They will also talk about how they created XLD Finance in the midst of the pandemic and how they were able to create a product that crypto VCs wanted to back. Ian and Herbie will also talk about how they were able to raise $13M along with the exciting things that they will be launching soon in XLD.

GUEST LINKS

Follow Ian Estrada on LinkedIn

Follow Herbie Fu on Crunchbase

Find more about XLD Finance on their official website.

EPISODE TOPICS

[3:40] What’s Your Hustle?

[6:28] Hustleshare time machine!

[7:25] How Herbie entered the crypto ecosystem

[13:42] From Corporate life to Start-up founder

[20:29] The beginnings of XLD Finance

[28:27] Global team and its Web 3 structure

[32:33] Hurdles and Fallbacks of the crypto hustle

[36:35] Bridging the gap on resources 

[38:15] Raising funds for a Web 3 vs a Web 2 company

[45:20] The success of the XLD Community

[46:58] Building trust and credibility

[48:22] Collaboration is key 

[49:21] The Future of XLD features and products 

[52:00] Connect with Ian and Herbie

QUOTES FROM THE EPISODE

• I always wanted to be a founder throughout my entire career but I do think like I eventually needed to go through my own personal journey to be equipped with the skills that I have.

• I think those people who make it big are actually outliers and a lot of people are not perfect and they need the time to grow. And that’s certainly my story.

• We’ve done it. We’ve proved we can do it.

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