Louis Pires

Founder @Katzberg Institute For Career Advancement

Tempe, AZ, US

Developed the concept of the first tax lien brokerage platform that tokenizes tax liens and allows individuals to invest in any U.S. tax lien.• Led data collection efforts to build the first national tax lien database across 2,500 counties totaling $14 billion of debt securities annually. • Invited to the ASU New Venture Challenge Investment Competition as the only undergraduate student and ultimately won the competition.• Recruited and led a team of fintech developers to build a mobile app for tax lien investment with a real-time database backend.• Networked and invited to pitch to angel investors and venture capitalists, including AZ-VC, the $110 million venture fund led by Jack Selby.• Presented pitch deck and financial model to investors, securing enough funding to satisfy pre-seed expectations.