Hi, I'm Luca Cosentino - GM in FinTech
I thrive on scaling regulated financial infrastructure businesses and transforming them with AI. My passion is building and growing innovative fintech solutions, from early-stage startups to institutional scale. I love connecting with visionary founders and builders to drive impactful innovation.
At a glance
Curated signals on strengths, focus areas, and how they can help.
Led Digital Assets and served as CPO at Cross River Bank, scaling revenue and launching major partners like Stripe.
Currently heads Digital Assets at Cross River, driving innovation in onchain financial services.
Can advise on scaling regulated financial infrastructure, integrating AI, and growing early-stage startups.
🚀 Career trajectory
Foundation & Early Growth
Gained foundational experience in product and strategy at Google and AmEx, alongside entrepreneurial endeavors founding an advertising agency.
✦ Product Management
✦ Entrepreneurship
Startup Acceleration
Drove growth as employee #1 at Oasis Labs, contributing significantly to a $2B exit through scaling operations and product.
✦ Venture Capital
✦ Startup Scaling
Fintech Leadership & Innovation
Currently leading Digital Assets and previously served as CPO at Cross River Bank, focusing on scaling P&L and integrating AI.
✦ Financial Infrastructure
✦ AI Transformation
✦ General Management
Academia & Investment
Sharing expertise by teaching Agentic AI at MIT and actively investing in early-stage fintech infrastructure companies.
✦ Fintech Investment
✦ AI Education
💪🏻 Superpowers
Scaling Fintech Ventures
Proven ability to grow financial infrastructure businesses
✦ Scaled regulated fintech from early traction to institutional scale.
✦ Drove revenue growth and operational productivity via automation.
✦ Led enterprise partner launches including Stripe, X, and Intuit.
AI-Led Transformation
Expertise in leveraging AI for business innovation
✦ Pioneered AI-led transformation in financial infrastructure.
✦ Teaching Agentic AI Transformation at MIT Professional Education.
✦ Invests in 20+ early-stage fintech infrastructure companies.
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Experience building and scaling companies from the ground up
✦ Employee #1 at Oasis Labs, contributing to a $2B exit.
✦ Founded and scaled a 23-person agency.
✦ Holds a strong foundation from roles at Google and AmEx.
I'm excited about
✦ Exploring new frontiers in AI and decentralized finance.
✦ Connecting with visionary founders and builders in fintech.
✦ Seeking collaborations to drive impactful financial innovation.
I can help with
✦ Advise on scaling regulated financial infrastructure businesses.
✦ Provide insights on AI integration and product strategy.
✦ Share expertise in building and growing early-stage startups.
I would love your help on
✦ Introductions to emerging leaders in blockchain technology.
✦ Insights into cutting-edge research in agentic AI applications.
✦ Opportunities to collaborate on novel fintech solutions.