Crossing Borders With Nathan Lustig

Martin Schrimpff, Zinobe: Supporting Underserved SMEs with Fintech, Ep 115 Almost 20 years ago, after finishing his engineering degree at the University of Edinburgh, Martin Schrimpff jumped at the opportunity to move back to his native Colombia to set up his first software development company with a friend. That company, Sirius, would kick off Martin’s entrepreneurial journey and lead him to found Payu, a payments business with clients like  Facebook, Microsoft, Uber, Airbnb, and Google.  Becoming an entrepreneur was always at the back of Martin’s mind from a young age, whether it was selling chocolate or setting up small casinos at school, he knew he wanted to have his own business. Over the years, Martin has become an expert in the online payments industry and has founded several successful tech companies including Sirius, Payu, Zinobe, and most recently Centeo.   In this episode, I sat down with Martin to talk about his multicultural background, his experience financing his second company, and eventually