Onyx Private
A modern and more accessible private bank for the new generation
What they do
Affluent young professionals and illiquid high-earners lack an accessible, modern private banking and wealth management experience tailored to their needs.
A digital-native premium private banking and unified wealth management platform designed for young high-earners, entrepreneurs, investors, and tech employees.
Affluent young professionals and high-earning entrepreneurs, investors, and tech employees seeking private banking and wealth management services.
Founders
Serial technology founder, product executive & operator with two exits. Founded banQi, a neobank that brought affordable banking, digital payments, and ML credit underwriting to over 3M low-income Brazilian families, processing R$10B TPV/year, before being acquired by Casas Bahia, one of Brazil's largest retailers. Also founded Onyx Private (YC W22), an accessible digital private bank with AI concierge & $100M of TPV/year before being acquired by Citizens Bank. UC Berkeley graduate, Wharton MBA.
Doug spent time at Monitor Group, Bain & Co and large multinational companies in Brazil. Most recently, he helped grow Airfox / banQi to millions of users and assisted with the company’s acquisition. He is a MBA grad from MIT Sloan and Mechanical Engineer from USP in Brazil.
Prior to Onyx, Tiago was the Principal Architect of Airfox / banQi, helping to implement a highly scalable banking platform. He has over 20 years of experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer, working for big companies in the US and Latin America.
Company timeline
- Founded2021
- YC batchWinter 2022
- StatusAcquired
- Team size10 people
- LocationMiami, FL, USA
