Boston based fintech investor, advisor, entrepreneur and graduate lecturer Sarah Biller joins the board of RISE Financial Technologies following a recent $3.5M fundraise.

RISE Financial Technologies Ltd (“RISE”), the UK-based fintech powering the securities markets back-office today announced the addition of Sarah Biller as the third board member to their existing board of directors. Sarah Biller plays a key role in the Boston and New York fintech ecosystem as an investor, advisor, and innovator in the fintech community. 

Ms. Biller was recently named by London-based Innovate Finance as one of the Top 150 global women leaders in FinTech and Lattice80’s list of Top 100 Women in FinTech in the UK and Hong Kong. Previously the Chief Operating Officer for Innovation at State Street Bank’s Global Exchange division and as a co-founder of the FinTech Sandbox, she is well-positioned to advise RISE and its board. She has been on the founding team of three start-ups, two of which have been sold to publicly traded companies. The current board consists of RISE CEO Thorsten Peisl and Adrian Mendoza general partner at Mendoza Ventures.

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. With the passion, energy, and experience from Sarah in running venture and B2B fintech businesses, without a doubt, we strengthen and accelerate the development of our post-trade software business”  said Thorsten Peisl, CEO of RISE. “It is an honor to work with Sarah is this key position.

Inquiries with respect to this press release can be addressed to info@rise-technologies.com. For more information on RISE please visit www.rise-technologies.com.