Luke has over 12 years of financial services experience in a variety of capacities, including venture capital, private equity, and investment banking. He first met Sergei in 2015 and they both quickly realized that they had a similar thesis on the future of financial services, in addition to mutual personal interests. Luke has held board director positions for 8 Fintech Ventures Fund portfolio companies, including publicly-traded IOU Financial.

Before launching Fintech Ventures, Luke was part of the investment team with Antarctica Capital, a $2.5 billion AUM private equity firm that specialized in infrastructure, financial services, and real estate investments. His tenure at Antarctica included executing and managing 5 successful operating company acquisitions, which resulted in the formation of the largest parking management company in the United States. Assets from these companies were eventually sold to REEF, a cloud-kitchen startup that has raised over $1.5 billion in equity from Softbank and other leading venture/growth investors.

Luke began his career in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was an integral part of over $2 billion in advisory and capital markets transactions for public/private clients in the Northeast. He holds a BA in economics and political science from Columbia College of Columbia University and is based in New York City.