40 Minute Mentor

October 4, 2023

Bringing Familiar Financial Services to Migrant Communities, with Nina Mohanty, Co-Founder of Bloom Money

Today’s 40 Minute Mentor is the brilliant Nina Mohanty, Co-Founder of Bloom Money, a FinTech bringing familiar financial services to migrant communities.

Nina created Bloom Money based on her own lived experiences, as a child of immigrants and having relocated to multiple countries herself.

Today, we’ll discover what led her to entrepreneurship, riding the ups and downs of an early-stage startup and her very candid insights into her own fundraising experience.

“Immigrants start businesses that add to the local economy and we are very excited to be a growth engine for that.”

Nina Mohanty

Tune in to discover

Her struggle with hustle porn and hustle culture [06:04]

Growing up in Silicon Valley and starting her career in FinTech [08:37]

Bloom Money’s origin story [15:50]

Fixating on the losses and under-celebrating the wins [20:02]

The recipe for burnout, a lesson in Founder wellbeing [22:00]

The future of Bloom Money & reaching more communities [24:46]

Fundraising stories and advice for fellow Founders [29:06]

Advice for getting into FinTech & making the industry more inclusive [36:11]

Why she has a difficult time with referrals [37:34]

Audience question: Making financial literacy a priority for all [42:41]

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Helpful links

➡️ Connect with Nina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ninamohanty/

➡️ Find out more about Bloom Money: https://bloommoney.co/

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