The only fintech investor dedicated to tradecraft.
[ THE TRADECRAFT INVESTOR ]
Darrery finds and backs the new class of founders transforming financial services through precision, persistence, and a fixation on removing human toil.
As general intelligence becomes commoditized, the next fintech leaders won’t be defined by operating strategies relying solely on AI.
The winners will be defined by how they apply intelligence, through impeccably tailored experiences that respond to how customers actually think, work, and make decisions.
[ OUR APPROACH ]
Practical vision and technical fluency that unlocks potential.
In an industry awash with AI hype and riddled with complexity, Darrery finds high-quality companies and offers practical guidance on the most meaningful ways they can build resilience and generate long-term value.
Find the forgers
We look beyond the hype cycle to identify high-quality fintech businesses meticulously building solutions that are intuitive, powerful, and enduring.
Add the catalyst
We help founders figure out "the how"—the most powerful way to transform intelligence into operational leverage and defensibility in response to human behavior.
Embed delightful utility
We founders design and ship delightfully useful solutions that address and anticipate customer needs so thoughtfully they feel magical.
The art of tradecraft
[ OUR TEAM ]
Accumulated wisdom, built over decades, to de-risk operations and deals.
Michael Degnan
Founder and General Partner
Category pioneer. Enterprise-wide executive operator. Investor with foresight.
Founder
As a Co-Founder at Moven, one of the world’s first neobanks, Michael helped define the fintech category that has created tens of billions of dollars of enterprise value and serves millions of customers worldwide. Michael founded Darrery Capital as the first investor focused on tradecraft, an essential operating strategy in the age of commoditized general intelligence.
Operator
As a Senior Executive Operator with enterprise-wide jurisdiction at PNC Bank and Santander, Michael launched businesses and solved problems through emerging technologies and human-centered design.
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Venture Partner
Chief Research Officer at Cornerstone Advisors Senior Contributor at Forbes, Fintech Snark Tank
Michael’s fields of fintech expertise span: lending, deposits, payments, institutional finance, retail banking, asset management, eCommerce and digital marketing, new financial and digital products, generative AI, cryptocurrencies, tokenization, devops, quantum computing, and more. Several patents were developed as a result of his and his team’s work.
Investor
Michael’s concentrated angel portfolio of seed-adjacent fintech investments has produced highly competitive investment returns. He blends foresight, critical listening, and deep cross-functional knowledge to connect dots and add catalysts, unlocking long-term value for the companies he invests in.
Michael began his career as a software engineer. He is a graduate of Columbia Business School and Columbia University, where he was a varsity athlete in football and track & field.
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Advisor
Innovation Executive, Advisor, Speaker, and Author
[ WHAT WE BELIEVE ]
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Build the future of finance. Smarter, simpler, and powered by human potential.
We're assembling a new class of founders building the next generation of fintech solutions.