Alessandro Ravanetti

Fintech · Climate finance · Long-form and briefings

Expertise you can’t prompt for or hire full-time

I write long-form articles, briefings and newsletters where the reader knows the subject and will notice if the writer doesn’t.

Most of my work is in fintech, where I’ve spent fifteen years reporting, building a fintech infrastructure company and evaluating startups for EU funding programmes. The same approach works wherever the material is technical and the audience is expert: payments, capital markets, tokenisation, climate finance, deep tech.

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Companies and clients I’ve worked with

European CommissionTechstars Startup DigestTechstars Startup DigestFIBE Fintech BerlinFIBE Fintech BerlinN26N26SolarisbankSolarisbankClearpayClearpayThunesThunesUncappedUncappedPenfoldPenfoldEnel XEnel XInvestSuiteInvestSuiteSXSWSXSWEU-StartupsEU-StartupsEureka NetworkEureka NetworkEurostarsEurostarsIMDA SingaporeIMDA SingaporeResearch & Innovation FoundationSpenmoSpenmoCodebase TechnologiesCodebase TechnologiesSimplaexSimplaexPayment ComponentsPayment ComponentsViainvestViainvestModeModeNext Generation InternetNext Generation InternetInnowwideInnowwideFundingBoxFundingBox

What I do

Long-form writing

Articles, briefings, reports and whitepapers for readers who know the subject and will push back on a weak argument.

Ghostwriting

Thought leadership under your founders’ and executives’ names, in their voice, on subjects they can defend.

Newsletters and briefings

Curated, edited and sent on a schedule, with the editorial calendar to keep them going and the readers still opening them.

Event coverage

On-site reporting, speaker interviews and the write-up, delivered while the event is still news.

Why the writing holds up

Reporter

Over a decade covering fintech and the startup ecosystem, with several recurring newsletters and briefings on my desk at any one time. I know which stories are worth covering and which are recycled.

Operator

Seven years as co-founder and CMO of a fintech infrastructure company. I have run the marketing that content is supposed to serve, and been on the side that has to defend the numbers.

Evaluator

I sit on evaluation panels for the European Commission, Eureka Network and national innovation agencies, assessing funding applications and innovation projects.

On AI

An LLM can produce a draft. It cannot be in the room when it’s said, call the executives and experts who know, or tell which claim will get you in trouble.

I leverage AI where it helps. Transcription, first-pass research, tidying structure. I don’t hand you its output.

Judgement is what you’re buying: knowing the market, the players and the regulation well enough to decide what’s worth saying, and standing behind it once it’s published.

Selected work

FIBE

Event coverage and briefings, since 2024

Three editions on site with Messe Berlin’s media team at FIBE (Fintech Berlin), Europe’s fintech festival: live coverage, speaker and founder interviews, and the write-ups that go out while the festival is still news. Between editions, the articles and fortnightly briefing that keep its audience of tech entrepreneurs and financial services executives informed. Read the latest.

Techstars Startup Digest

Newsletter, since 2019

The fintech edition, 220+ issues: choosing what deserves a finance professional and founder’s attention and presenting it clearly. Curated and delivered for the past seven years and counting. Read an edition.

Enel X Pay

New brand launch

Website, landing pages, campaign, advertising and branded content for a new brand and a new payments app. From zero to launch and the campaigns that followed. The brand was later merged into Mooney.

What clients say

“I recently worked with Alessandro on a writing project centered around the topics of fintech and digitalization. I was extremely impressed with the level of research and expertise he brought to the project. The final piece was not only well-written, but it was also highly relevant and useful for my business. Alessandro was a pleasure to work with, and I would highly recommend him to anyone in need of top-notch written content on fintech and latest trends. If you’re looking for a talented freelancer in these areas, Alessandro is a great choice.”

Matteo Concas

Enel X

“It was truly a pleasure to work with him - he has a good grasp of fintech matters and he is knowledgable of different fintech-related nuances. His work ethic is nothing short of admirable, he is always open to suggestions and new ideas, and it is very easy to communicate with him. If you’re looking for a die-hard fintech enthusiast and content creator in one person, look no further, this is your guy!”

Anete Kiseļeva

Viainvest

“I have the opportunity to collaborate with Alessandro as a fintech writer for Dydon AI’s journal and I warmly recommend him for his extensive know-how of the fintech industry at the European level and his writing skills as a journalist are just amazing! He is an open-minded person welcoming new ideas and is very collaborative, it is a pleasure to work with Alessandro.”

Silva Rosemarie Lanz

Dydon AI

“It is ‘easy’ to work with Alessandro because he is not only a very good writer but he is also very knowledgeable when it comes to fintech and the financial industry.”

Wim Vanhaeren

InvestSuite

Something that has to survive an expert reader?

Tell me what it is, who it’s for and when it needs to happen. You’ll get a reply within two working days. I work from Barcelona in English, Italian and Spanish.

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