EPISODE · Dec 4, 2025 · 23 MIN
Follow the Money: Backing the Future of Family Office Tech
from Family Office Technology Hub · host FOTechHub.com
Full Episode is available in audio on our Members Podcast or as a Video Replay.Part 1 of our podcast miniseries featuring stage discussions from our annual conference, held on 18–19 November 2025. Recorded live.Family office tech is no longer a backwater. Investors who backed Uber, Airbnb, SpaceX, Addepar — plus a 50-year SFO & MFO operator and a fintech strategist rebuilding the family office stack — are all betting on the same thing: AI is finally powerful enough to fix the broken data, outdated ledgers, and messy workflows that have held this market back. This panel made it clear: this “small” vertical is about to become the operating layer for serious wealth.SPEAKERSNihal MehtaGeneral Partner, Eniac Ventures At Eniac, we call Nihal the human Rolodex—he’s built thousands of connections with the world’s top companies and brands, often the hard way. Since 1999, he’s founded five startups: Philly2nite → UrbanGroove → Chapter 7 bankruptcy; ipsh! → acquired by Omnicom (NYSE: OMC); buzzd → LocalResponse → acquired by BlueCava. The scars are real, and so are the stories. Nihal began investing early, spotting breakout companies like AdMob (acquired by Google), Alloy, Brightwheel, Tala, and Uber. Today, he and his wife are active angel investors and LPs, backing nearly 100 underrepresented founders and fund managers.Billy StimpsonCo-Founder & CEO of Bienville Capital Billy is Co-Founder and CEO of Bienville Capital, a New York based multi-family office and asset management firm. His family has a 153 year old operating business and has managed a family office for 50 years. Billy oversees portfolio construction and client relationships at Bienville. Previously he traded equity derivatives at Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and BayCrest. He is a Board Member of Cedar Creek Land & Timber and T.R. Miller Mill Company. He graduated from Vanderbilt University.Harsh GovilPartner, Motive Ventures Harsh Govil is a Partner on Motive Ventures’ investment team in New York, focused on payments, AI, wealth and vertical applications. He leads deals and supports portfolio companies, with board roles across the Motive portfolio. Previously, he helped build Embedded/Capital and was a Principal at FinLeap, after starting in Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division. INSEAD MBA; Stanford MA and BA.MODERATOR: Tania NeildCTO & Owner, InfoGrate Dr. Neild consults on complex issues in ledger systems, security attributes, and tax accounting, aligning tech with business needs for compliance and security. As CTO and COO of Private Client Resources, she built a $6B asset-tracking platform and co-founded EnvestNet. She holds a PhD in computer engineering and began her career at the NSA.For more info check out: fotechhub.com.com
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Full Episode is available in audio on our Members Podcast or as a Video Replay.Part 1 of our podcast miniseries featuring stage discussions from our annual conference, held on 18–19 November 2025. Recorded live.Family office tech is no longer a backwater. Investors who backed Uber, Airbnb, SpaceX, Addepar — plus a 50-year SFO & MFO operator and a fintech strategist rebuilding the family office stack — are all betting on the same thing: AI is finally powerful enough to fix the broken data, outdated ledgers, and messy workflows that have held this market back. This panel made it clear: this “small” vertical is about to become the operating layer for serious wealth.SPEAKERSNihal MehtaGeneral Partner, Eniac Ventures At Eniac, we call Nihal the human Rolodex—he’s built thousands of connections with the world’s top companies and brands, often the hard way. Since 1999, he’s founded five startups: Philly2nite → UrbanGroove → Chapter 7 bankruptcy; ipsh! → acquired by Omnicom (NYSE: OMC); buzzd → LocalResponse → acquired by BlueCava. The scars are real, and so are the stories. Nihal began investing early, spotting breakout companies like AdMob (acquired by Google), Alloy, Brightwheel, Tala, and Uber. Today, he and his wife are active angel investors and LPs, backing nearly 100 underrepresented founders and fund managers.Billy StimpsonCo-Founder & CEO of Bienville Capital Billy is Co-Founder and CEO of Bienville Capital, a New York based multi-family office and asset management firm. His family has a 153 year old operating business and has managed a family office for 50 years. Billy oversees portfolio construction and client relationships at Bienville. Previously he traded equity derivatives at Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and BayCrest. He is a Board Member of Cedar Creek Land & Timber and T.R. Miller Mill Company. He graduated from Vanderbilt University.Harsh GovilPartner, Motive Ventures Harsh Govil is a Partner on Motive Ventures’ investment team in New York, focused on payments, AI, wealth and vertical applications. He leads deals and supports portfolio companies, with board roles across the Motive portfolio. Previously, he helped build Embedded/Capital and was a Principal at FinLeap, after starting in Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division. INSEAD MBA; Stanford MA and BA.MODERATOR: Tania NeildCTO & Owner, InfoGrate Dr. Neild consults on complex issues in ledger systems, security attributes, and tax accounting, aligning tech with business needs for compliance and security. As CTO and COO of Private Client Resources, she built a $6B asset-tracking platform and co-founded EnvestNet. She holds a PhD in computer engineering and began her career at the NSA.For more info check out: fotechhub.com.com
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