Bo Brustkern is co-Founder and CEO of Fintech Nexus, one of the world’s most respected fintech media companies. For over 25 years, Mr. Brustkern has set himself apart as a leader in understanding, funding and leading cutting-edge developments in fintech and financial services. His experience includes private equity, venture capital, fixed income asset management, investment research and over 15 years of entrepreneurship.

In addition to co-founding Fintech Nexus, he co-founded Arcstone Valuation (2006), Arcstone Equity Research (2010) and NSR Invest (2013).

Previously, Mr. Brustkern was a venture capitalist at Rustic Canyon Partners in Silicon Valley; and a private equity investor at BACE Industries in Denver. Prior to his career as an investor, Mr. Brustkern was a senior analyst at Wellsford Residential Property Trust (NYSE: WRP), where he focused on acquisitions and development for the fifth largest residential REIT in the country.

Mr. Brustkern has performed industry research and investment analyses related to financial services, financial technology, and tech-enabled services, among many others. He has testified in federal and state courts on issues relating to private company valuations.

Mr. Brustkern holds a Masters of Business Administration, concentration in Finance, from the Anderson School at UCLA, with distinction as a Deutschman Venture Fellow (2001), and a Bachelor of Arts in English & Creative Writing from Dartmouth College (1995).