Matthew Granade

Point72 Ventures, the VC arm of Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management firm, invested $2 million in micro-investing fintech company Acorns as part of the company's Series D round earlier this year. Point72 Ventures’ previous investments have focused on quant trading technologies, so...

Master investor Steve Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management has been looking at fintech lately with the formation of Point72 Ventures. It has acquired key talent to run the division, like Pete Casella, formerly of JPMorgan, and Alex Tarhini, from Barclays Techstars, and has made investments in...