Ryta Zasiekina is a fintech entrepreneur, investor, and thought leader with over a decade of experience in payments, banking, and emerging technologies. She is the Founder of CONCRYT, a pioneering fintech infrastructure project, and former CEO of FYST, where she helped global businesses scale through digital payments and embedded finance. As an angel investor, Ryta backs early-stage ventures in Fintech and AI, including Mirai On Device AI, Hands In, Manerai, and Teramot, often serving as a strategic advisor to accelerate growth and innovation.
Her investment focus lies in startups leveraging technology to drive financial inclusion, automation, and smarter digital ecosystems. She looks for founders building transformative fintech or AI solutions that improve infrastructure, enhance transparency, and redefine user experience. Beyond capital, Ryta offers strategic guidance drawn from her operational background, helping teams strengthen their vision, partnerships, and go-to-market execution.
Featured in The Times and Forbes, Ryta is recognized as a leading voice at the intersection of finance and technology. A Stanford Executive Program graduate, she also holds an MBA from the Kyiv School of Economics and dual degrees in Biomedical Engineering and International Economics from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Originally from Ukraine and based in London, she brings global perspective and hands-on expertise to every founder she supports.