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|occupation   = Technology & financial services entrepreneur; founder and General Partner of Ribbit Capital
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'''Meyer "Micky" Malka''' is a technology and financial services entrepreneur.  He is founder and general partner of Ribbit Capital, a venture capital firm based in [[Palo Alto]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130122006352/en/Ribbit-Capital-Closes-100M-Venture-Capital-Fund#.Uw99QONdUUs |title= Ribbit Capital Closes $100M Venture Capital Fund; Launches Inaugural Fund with Four Initial Investments|publisher= [[Business Wire]]|date = January 22, 2013}}</ref>

==Career==

In 1993, at the age of 19, Malka co-founded Heptagon Group, a securities and investment broker dealer servicing the Venezuelan and U.S. markets, where he served as [[Chief Operating Officer]].<ref name="bloom">{{cite web| url = http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-28/bitcoin-bull-malka-holds-firm-as-mt-gox-closing-drags-currency.html |title= Bitcoin Bull Holds Firm as Mt. Gox Drags Down Currency|author =Serena Saitto  |publisher= [[Bloomberg]]|date = February 28, 2014 }}</ref> In 1998, Malka developed the online brokerage Patagon.com, Inc.,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20081118005206/en/Bling-Nation-Launches-Community-Payment-Network-Local#.Uw_ESeNdUUs |title=Bling Nation Launches Community Payment Network for Local, Regional Financial Institutions |publisher= [[Business Wire]]|date = November 18, 2008 }}</ref> which became Latin America’s first comprehensive Internet-based financial services portal and dealer until its acquisition in March 2000 by the Spanish bank [[Banco Santander]] for over $700 million.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2000-04-02/things-could-get-nasty-on-the-net-intl-edition |title=Things Could Get Nasty On The Net|publisher= [[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|date = April 2, 2000 }}</ref> Malka then served as the interim [[Chief Executive Officer]] for OpenBank S.A., an online bank in [[Spain]] and [[Germany]].<ref name = "cap">{{cite web| url = http://www.cancapital.com/about-us/advisory |title=Can Capital Advisory Board|publisher= CanCapital.com|accessdate =March 2, 2014 }}</ref>

In 2003, he co-founded Banco Lemon which was acquired by Banco do Brasil, Latin America’s largest bank.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/MELI/2988829107x0xS1193125-13-175697/1099590/filing.pdf |title=MERCADOLIBRE INC|publisher= [[EDGAR Online]]|accessdate =March 5, 2014 }}</ref>

After moving to San Francisco in 2007, in July 2008, Malka co-founded and served as co-Chief Executive Officer of Bling Nation Ltd., a Palo Alto-based mobile payments company until July 2011 when it evolved into Lemon Inc.<ref name="bloom"/> Lemon was acquired by [[LifeLock]] for $50 million in December 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.lifelock.com/pr/2013/12/12/lifelock-acquires-mobile-wallet-innovator-lemon/  |title=Leading Identity Theft Protection Company LifeLock Acquires Mobile Wallet Innovator Lemon, Inc.|publisher= [[LifeLock]]|date =December 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.geekwire.com/2013/madronabacked-lemon-wallet-sells-lifelock-50-million/ |title=Maveron-backed Lemon Wallet sells to LifeLock for $50 million |author = Blair Hanley Frank |publisher=GeekWire.com|date =December 12, 2013}}</ref>

In May 2011, Malka co-founded Banco Bracce, a Brazilian financial banking institution specializing in lending for mid-sized companies in Brazil.<ref name = "cap"/>

In 2012, Malka founded Ribbit Capital, a venture capital firm that targets early-stage companies that use technology to innovate financial services worldwide.  Malka raised Ribbit’s inaugural $100 million fund in 2012.  Investors include Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Silicon Valley Bank and various institutional investors and individuals such as Social+Capital founder [[Chamath Palihapitiya]] and [[PayPal]] President David Marcus.<ref name="bloom"/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://allthingsd.com/20130122/ribbit-capital-raises-100-million-with-the-goal-of-modernizing-money/|title=Ribbit Capital Raises $100 Million With the Goal of Modernizing Money |author = Tricia Duryee |publisher=[[All Things Digital]]|date =January 22, 2013}}</ref>

Through Ribbit, Malka has made investments in several financial services and bitcoin companies, including [[Coinbase]],<ref>{{cite web| url = http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2013/05/07/coinbase-nabs-5m-in-biggest-funding-for-bitcoin-startup/ 
 |title=Coinbase Nabs $5M in Biggest Funding for Bitcoin Startup |author = Sarah E. Needleman |publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date =May 7, 2013}}</ref>  [[BTCJam]],<ref name="bloom"/> [[Funding Circle]],<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.pehub.com/2013/10/funding-circle-secures-series-c-led-accel/ |title=Funding Circle secures Series C led by Accel |publisher= peHUB [[Reuters]]|date =October 24, 2013}}</ref> CreditKarma,<ref name="mw">{{cite web| url = http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/credit-karma-secures-30-million-in-series-b-funding-1773880.htm |title=Credit Karma Secures $30 Million in Series B Funding |publisher=[[Marketwired]]|date =April 2, 2013}}</ref>  ContaAzul,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131104005332/en/ContaAzul-Raises-Series-Funding#.UxoaS_ldUQN
 |title=ContaAzul Raises Series B Funding |publisher=[[Business Wire]]|date =November 4, 2013}}</ref> Comparaonline.com,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comparaonline-raises-11-million-in-series-b-funding-222347441.html
 |title=ComparaOnline Raises $11 Million in Series B Funding |publisher=[[PR Newswire]]|date =September 4, 2013 }}</ref> [[borro]],<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121011005156/en/borro-Secures-26M-Funding-Fuel-Global-Growth#.Uw-FNONdUUs
 |title=borro Secures $26M in Funding to Fuel Global Growth |publisher=[[Business Wire]]|date =October 11, 2012 }}</ref> [[Capital Access Network]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/27/idUS132711+27-Nov-2012+BW20121127
 |title=Capital Access Network Announces Advisory Board for Launch of Online Lending Platform CapTap|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date =November 27, 2012}}</ref> and Fuze Network.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/27/fuze-network-a-payments-company-focused-on-serving-the-unbanked-under-banked-raises-2-5-million/ |title=Fuze Network, A Payments Company Focused On The Under-Banked, Raises $2.5 Million Series A |publisher=[[TechCrunch]]|date =September 27, 2012}}</ref>

Malka graduated with a degree in economics from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela in 1996.<ref name="bloom"/>

==Boards==

Malka serves on the board of directors of Brazilian e-commerce website Peixe Urbano.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://pevc.dowjones.com/Article?an=DJFVW00020130122e91mjab7z |title=Ribbit Capital Debuts With $100M Early-Stage Fund|author =Lizette Chapman|publisher=[[Dow Jones]]|date =January 22, 2013}}</ref> He also serves on the boards of directors of [[Mercado Libre]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyOfficers?symbol=MELI.O |title=MercadoLibre Inc MercadoLibre Inc|publisher=[[Reuters]]|accessdate =March 5, 2014}}</ref> and Credit Karma,<ref name="mw"/> an online consumer resource to track financial health and credit services. Malka was also elected as a board member of the [[Bitcoin Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://bitcoinfoundation.org/about/board |title=Bitcoin Foundation Board Members|publisher=[[Bitcoin Foundation]]|accessdate =March 6, 2014}}</ref> He was until April 2014 on the board of [[Wonga]], a British [[payday lender]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10763183/Meyer-Micky-Malka-quits-Wonga-board.html |title=Meyer 'Micky' Malka quits Wonga board|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate =April 12, 2014}}</ref> 

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