3x founder

Faraz Rana

CEO, Affinity I Author: “Fintech Regulation and Compliance: A History and Operator’s Guidebook” I Founding Team Member and Former C-Suite Exec @ Bread (exit ’20) I YC Alum ’23 I

Founder

Affinity· Summer 2023 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

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2023CEO· Affinity

Founder · since 2014

Company

Affinity

Role

CEO

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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Affinity

A compliance training platform built for regulated industries.

Summer 2023

Experience

Career

Affinity
CEO · 2023 – Present
2023
Blue Ridge 561
Founder
Founder · 2021 – Present
2021
Upwardli
Advisor · 2022 – Present
2022
Wisetack
Advisor · 2021 – Present
2021
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
Mentor · New York, United States · 2019 – Present
2019
TechGC
Founder
Founding Member · 2015 – Present
2015
Bread
Founder
Chief Legal Officer/Founding Team Member · Greater New York City Area · 2014 – 2021
2014
Vimbly
Counsel and Strategic Partnerships · Greater New York City Area · 2014
2014
Weil Gotshal and Manges
Private Equity/Mergers & Acquisitions Attorney · Greater New York City Area · 2007 – 2014
2007

Bio

Faraz has over 15 of experience as a start-up operator and a legal and compliance professional. Faraz was part of the founding employee team at Bread, a BNPL fintech, where helped build the company from inception to a $450M exit. Previous to Bread, Faraz had been an M&A lawyer, dabbling with start-up ideas in his spare time. Faraz is based in Brooklyn, NY and enjoys running and playing tennis.