Conversation with the Founder of "Duolingo for Finance"

Matteo Spreafico is the co-founder of Finance, one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintech startups — often described as Duolingo for investing. Founded by four entrepreneurs under 25, Finance has already surpassed 50,000 users in Italy, raised a pre-seed round, and is now gearing up to scale across Europe.

In this episode of the Human Finance Podcast, we talk about:

Why financial literacy in Europe is still broken

How to turn investing education into a daily habit

What it takes to scale an education-first fintech

And the key lessons fintech founders across Europe can learn from Finanz

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00:00 – Intro: Building the Duolingo of Investing
02:26 – Why Matteo started Finanz (the origin story)
05:40 – Who is Finanz’s core user?
06:45 – Advice for first-time startup founders
10:08 – Does Matteo invest his own money?
10:35 – Investment mistakes and lessons learned
13:48 – Why Italians invest so much in bonds
14:48 – How Italian investors differ from other Europeans
16:55 – Finanz expansion plans across Europe
17:33 – The core problem Finanz solves in financial education
20:10 – Will young Europeans still get a decent pension?
22:20 – How AI will change financial education
24:40 – How Finanz uses AI inside the app
26:30 – Books, tools, and resources Matteo recommends

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