Reasons to Worry About Europe

European Straits #129

Dear all,

Today I’m on my way to Meribel, in the French Alps, where I’ll be participating in Anthemis’s Hacking Finance Retreat. Anthemis is a one-of-a-kind firm focused on reinventing financial services for the Entrepreneurial Age (my words). They combine various business lines, among them VC funds, a startup studio, advising large corporations, and publishing a beautiful magazine, also titled Hacking Finance, that digs into all these topics.

I’ve known Anthemis for years, but mostly from the margins. I first met David Galbraith, one of their partners, together with Ben Robinson (then at Temenos, now at Pangea), in November 2016 for a memorable lunch in London dedicated to discussing the future of progressivism.

Then I connected with Yann Ranchère, another partner. Yann got interested in what was then the very first draft of my book Hedge (a Medium story titled Liberal Institutions for the Entrepreneurial Age)...and offered to introduce me to Carlota Perez, author of the widely praised …