Micky Malka

Founder & Managing Partner at Ribbit Capital · Joined 2012

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Biography

Meyer 'Micky' Malka is a Venezuelan-born entrepreneur whose path into venture capital ran through regulated finance rather than software. He helped build the online financial services platform Patagon.com, acquired by Santander in 2000, then co-founded Banco Lemon, a Brazilian retail bank later acquired by Banco do Brasil - real operating experience inside brokerages and banks across Latin America and the United States. He founded Ribbit Capital in 2012 and used that background to identify category leaders in financial services years before generalist investors were comfortable underwriting them, making early bets on Coinbase, Nubank, and Robinhood that now sit among the most valuable fintech positions in venture capital. Ribbit's public messaging has broadened past fintech into commerce, identity, data, energy, and AI, but its center of gravity remains the same specialty it started with.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Coinbase COINNubank NURobinhood HOODAffirm AFRMSoFi SOFIMach Industries

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2000
Santander acquires Patagon.com, the online financial services platform Malka helped build.
2000s
Co-founds Banco Lemon in Brazil, later acquired by Banco do Brasil.
2012
Founds Ribbit Capital in Palo Alto, focused globally on financial technology.
2013
Raises Ribbit's first $100 million fund and makes an early bet on Coinbase.
2021
Walmart and Ribbit partner to form the fintech venture One; Coinbase and Nubank both reach the public markets.
2026
Ribbit's Form ADV reports approximately $20.78 billion in regulatory assets under management.

Sources & References

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