Personally

About Personally

Are you a startup founder, compliance leader, or expert looking to construct an ecosystem of trust for your customers? Personally is a riveting podcast series that shines a spotlight on the stories of startup founders who've built customer trust through Persona’s robust identity verification platform. You can request to join us now on withpersona.com/community

Publisher

Persona

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jun 2023

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Valinor's path to institutional lending in the digital economy - S3E6

   In this episode, we're diving into the future of institutional lending with Lily Yarborough, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of Valinor, a modern credit institution investing in the digital economy. Lily brings a rare institutional pedigree: she started as an Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan, moved through credit and opportunistic investing at Blackstone's GSO Special Situations group and NovaWulf Digital Management, and then made the leap into crypto in 2022 at a digital asset investment fund before launching Valinor. Valinor is building institutional infrastructure for the digital economy. The platform combines structuring, principal investing, and distribution to bring institutional-grade private credit on-chain, using smart contracts to replace the spreadsheets and human intermediaries that have long defined private credit. The company recently raised a $25 million seed round led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Susquehanna's crypto arm, Maven 11, and the founders of TeraWulf. Lily's career arc from Wall Street credit desks to stablecoin-native lending makes her one of the most compelling voices at the intersection of traditional finance and on-chain markets. She's joined by Ross Freiman-Mendel, Head of Product Growth at Persona, who leads product for our growth surface areas including Wallet, Relay, Connect, Know Your Agent, App, mDocs and mobile Driver's Licenses, and previously owned Workflows, Transactions, and Marketplace as Platform Product Lead. Ross holds a BA in Computer Science and Economics from Brown University. About Persona Persona is a unified identity platform that provides businesses with the building blocks they need to customize verification experiences, while mitigating fraud, and meeting ever-evolving compliance standards. Apply to join Persona's Startup Program: https://withpersona.com/startups (https://withpersona.com/startups) Connect with Lily https://www.linkedin.com/in/lily-yarborough/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lily-yarborough/) Connect with Ross https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-freiman-mendel/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-freiman-mendel/) Connect with Ed https://www.linkedin.com/in/edugiansante (https://www.linkedin.com/in/edugiansante)

2. 

   16 Sept 2026

   Coinflow on programmable money and compliance at scale - S3E17

   In this episode, we dive into the payments revolution with Daniel Lev, CEO and Co-Founder of Coinflow. Daniel brings a rare blend of expertise: he started in large-scale digital transformation at PwC, moved into product at Amount (the Chicago-based fintech unicorn), and previously co-founded and exited a Web3 sports gaming platform before launching Coinflow. Coinflow connects traditional payment rails with stablecoin technology to enable instant global settlement for cross-border commerce. Operating across 170+ countries and managing compliance through GDPR, FinCEN, MiCA, and more, Coinflow has delivered 2,300% revenue growth in the past year and proven entirely new use cases for programmable money. He's joined by Derek Woods, Crypto GTM Lead at Persona, who has been in the identity verification space since 2017 — from KYC work at IHS Markit to leading Yoti's North America expansion, building go-to-market at Passbase, and now stewarding identity infrastructure for crypto at Persona. About Persona Persona is a unified identity platform that provides businesses with the building blocks they need to customize verification experiences, while mitigating fraud, and meeting ever-evolving compliance standards. Apply to join Persona's Startup Program: https://withpersona.com/startups (https://withpersona.com/startups) Connect with Daniel https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-lev/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-lev/) Connect with Derek https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-woods-b2a94b1b0/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-woods-b2a94b1b0/) Connect with Ed https://www.linkedin.com/in/edugiansante (https://www.linkedin.com/in/edugiansante)

3. 

   27 Aug 2026

   The Better Money Company on building the compliant stablecoin clearinghouse - S3E16

   In this episode, we're excited to introduce Adam Zuckerman, Co-Founder of The Better Money Company. He was previously general counsel at Eigen Labs, a unicorn that raised over $200M from a16z crypto and others, and an attorney at Latham & Watkins, where he represented 100+ companies and VCs across the crypto and payments ecosystem. He's joined by David Chachanko, Lead, Digital Assets and Compliance at Persona, who spent over a decade in regulatory compliance, including serving as a national bank examiner with the OCC, before leading Trust Administration and Compliance Technology at BitGo Trust and later bringing that operator perspective to Persona's product team. About Persona Persona is a unified identity platform that provides businesses with the building blocks they need to customize verification experiences, while mitigating fraud, and meeting ever-evolving compliance standards. Apply to join Persona's Startup Program: https://withpersona.com/startups (https://withpersona.com/startups) Connect with Adam https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-zuck/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-zuck/) Connect with David https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-chachanko-30757284/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-chachanko-30757284/) Connect with Ed https://www.linkedin.com/in/edugiansante (https://www.linkedin.com/in/edugiansante)

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