Ysbrant Marcelis

Partner

Ysbrant has been an operating executive in the financial services and commerce industries for more than 15 years. His experience includes leading strategy and business development across four continents for Fortune 500 companies as well as venture-backed companies. He leads the corporate development team, oversees the firm’s thematic analysis process, and is a member of the management committee.

Prior to joining Commerce Ventures, Ysbrant led enterprise strategy and business development at Vantiv (now Worldpay). Prior to that, he served as SVP & Director of Global Digital Strategy at Citigroup, where he led initiatives focused on mobile strategy, global payments infrastructure, consumer digital, and cross-Citi digital governance. Ysbrant started his career with Booz & Company, where he advised financial services, telecom and media clients in the U.S., Europe and Middle East. Ysbrant was also a Co-Founder of OpenRevolution, which was created to leverage mobile to expand access to financial services across 25 countries and 5 continents.

Fun Fact: Originally from Amsterdam, Ys has lived in 4 countries and traveled to over 35.