Founder, YBL.AI
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CEO (former) · Founder | Raiz Invest | Startup Daily, Australian FinTech (Mon 26 Sep 2022), Australian FinTech (Thu 1 Jul 2021), Australian FinTech (Wed 5 May 2021), Australian FinTech (Wed 28 Apr 2021) |
| Founder | YBL.AI | Startup Daily |
Stories naming George Lucas. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Raiz Invest founder George Lucas has raised $2.5 million pre-seed for YBL.AI, which builds AI assistants for financial advisers, and plans to move the company's domicile to the US.
Raiz Invest's co-founder and joint group CEO George Lucas will depart at the end of December 2022, while Brendan Malone becomes sole MD and CEO and Stuart Grimshaw takes over as chair from Harvey Kalman.
Raiz Invest has appointed Stuart Grimshaw as a non-executive director from December 2021, replacing retiring director David Gordon; Grimshaw brings decades of financial services experience from roles at EZCORP and Bank of Queensland.
Australian micro-investing firm Raiz Invest has promoted Weiwei (Alex) Gao to Chief Financial Officer from 1 July 2021, drawing on his finance background at Instreet Investment and long involvement with the business.
Raiz Invest's monthly update reports customer and funds under management growth, a completed capital raise, and a proposed acquisition of Superestate still subject to consents.