Al Goldstein is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of StoicLane Inc, a long-term acquisition and growth platform that is making strategic long-term investments in the digitization of the FIRE verticals (Finance, Insurance & Real Estate). Prior to StoicLane, Al Co-founded Avant Inc in 2013, a digital bank for middle-income consumers, and Amount Inc in 2016, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) company helping the largest financial institutions in the world to digitize and deliver a seamless digital and mobile customer experience. Avant and Amount have raised over $750 million of equity capital from leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Tiger Global and General Atlantic and JP Morgan. Al has built multiple companies throughout his professional career, including a real estate platform called Pangea Properties and is a Founding Board Member of Spring Labs, a blockchain company. Goldstein has been the recipient of multiple awards for entrepreneurship including winning the Ernst & Young Midwest Entrepreneur of the Year Award twice and being named to the Crain?s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 list.