Evan Thorpe is principal for Asia Pacific at Six-Thirty Ventures, a venture capital firm that backs fintech companies as they support the needs of financial services institutions. Thorpe spoke with DigFin‘s Jame DiBiasio about the changing landscape for VC and what that means for startups. He described Six-Thirty’s approach of helping integrate fintech into banks’ and insurers’ processes. He also discussed his take on investing in China, in artificial intelligence, and how these themes play out in the fintech space to tackle the biggest problems among large institutions. Timecodes: 0:00 – Evan Thorpe, Six-Thirty Ventures 2:11 – Changes int the VC industry 5:14 – And its impact on startups in fintech 7:20 – How Six-Thirty works with LPs and FIs to create impact 14:17 – Aligning interests among FIs, startups and VCs 18:34 – How startups use funding from Six-Thirty 20:13 – Evan’s investment theses for fintech in Asia 27:04 – Is China investible? 29:43 – Investing in AI and its impact on fintech 33:42 – The big problems FIs face that fintech can help solve