Peter Hazlehurst is a Co-Founder and CEO of Synctera. Peter comes to Synctera with 25+ years of experience advising and building in the FinTech and financial services industries. He moved to the US for his first startup in 1993, building a new core banking system on Windows that still runs today, and his previous experience spans roles at top industry companies and smaller FinTechs. Prior to Synctera, Peter served as head of the Uber Money team, Senior Director of Product Management at Google and Chief Product Officer at Yodlee. Peter has also led Product at Nokia for Enterprise Mobility and Mobile email and has served as CTO at several startups.
Synctera, which aims to serve as a matchmaker for community banks and fintechs, has raised $33 million in a Series A round of funding led by Fin VC. The raise comes just under six months after the fintech raised $12.4 million in a seed round of funding. New investors Mastercard and Gaingels also pa…
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