Byron Bennett
Byron is a graduate of The Wharton School with a background in entrepreneurship, finance, capital raising and strategic planning and, most recently, a founder of multiple fintech companies. He built a network of early stage investors and five thousand LinkedIn followers through successful capital raising efforts and popular businesses like The Chocolate Library and Discovery Wines, both in the East Village of New York City.
Prior to Zergratran, Byron was the CEO of Liquidity 10X (L10X), a fintech company that helped startups raise capital through Reg D and Reg A filings. Prior to L10X, Byron was the CEO of Collective Wisdom Technologies (CWT), a crowd-driven platform for funding seed stage companies (filed Reg A+ offering). Prior to CWT, Byron was CEO of Springtime Solutions, a lead generation platform for banks and marketplace lending companies; accepted into the INV Fintech accelerator run by Bank Innovation and Fiserv.
Byron is passionate about entrepreneurship and teaches entrepreneurship classes on www.outschool.com. He regularly mentors entrepreneurs and maintains a 30+ year strong relationship with NFTE –Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship.
BS in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.