I caught up with Michael Rolph, CEO of Yoyo Wallet.
Rolph spoke about the challenges that come with turning an idea into a viable business, shared his top advice for successful fundraising and gave a general update on Yoyo expansion plans in Europe.
Q: What’s your background? What were you doing before Yoyo?
Before founding Yoyo in 2014, I was an advisor at Azimo, a mobile and internet money transfer company, as well as a mentor at Seedcamp, where I helped jumpstart the entrepreneurial community in Europe.
Prior to that, I was a non-executive director at The MoBank Group, which specialises in creating and operating transactional systems for mobile commerce, banking and payments. I was also director & EiR at Anthemis Group, a specialist advisory firm for growth-stage companies in financial services, markets and technology. And before all that, I did stints at PayPal, First Data Corporation and Barclaycard Business....