On the TechTO stage ×2
FintechTO Fireside Chat with Andrew D'Souza, Co-Founder & CEO of Clearbanc
Watch on YouTube ↗Going all in on Entrepreneurship with a Canadian Tech Titan
Watch on YouTube ↗First seen on a TechTO stage in 2019. Every TechTO talk is searchable — ask the archive about Andrew ↗
In their words
I sucked at working for people. Every boss I ever had hated me. I thought it was them, and then it just kept happening over and over. At a certain point you realize you're not employable — and starting a company was the last line of defense.
You're never going to have enough data to jettison the thing that's working for the thing you're more excited about. It has to be that founder instinct — and you have to do it before you have enough data.
If we hadn't started by giving ten and twenty dollars to Uber drivers four years ago, we would never have been able to give millions of dollars to an e-commerce entrepreneur.
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Quick answers
What is Andrew D'Souza building now?
Boardy, started March 2024: an AI that makes warm introductions. Boardy has a phone number, email, LinkedIn profile and WhatsApp — deliberately no app, login or dashboard.
How did Clearbanc (now Clearco) start?
It began by advancing Uber drivers their pay, moved to funding Airbnb hosts, then went all in on e-commerce — funding merchants off business data like payment processors and ad accounts instead of personal credit scores, eventually expanding into 11 countries.
Is he still CEO of Clearco?
No. He decided he wasn't the right person to take the company to its next level and helped bring in a new CEO in 2022, before starting Boardy.

