Founder storiesJuly 1, 20261 hr 9 min

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He Rebuilt Himself Before Rebuilding Finance | Andrés | Edel Finance

Andrés SoltermannCo-Founder and CEO, Edel Finance

Portrait of Andrés Soltermann

A conversation about childhood instability, reinvention, self-worth, and the person behind a new approach to financial access.

The conversation starts before the product, with childhood instability, changing schools at 15, and the painful repetition that helped Andrés rebuild his self-worth. It then connects that history to how he thinks about deep listening, access, tokenized equities, and the mission behind Edel Finance.

The story of Andrés Soltermann

Reinvention started early

Andrés describes a childhood shaped by instability, his parents’ separation, and a home situation that eventually became impossible to stay inside. Moving back with his father and entering a new school at 15 created a rare opening: nobody there knew the person he had been. He could decide who to become next.

Self-worth had to be rebuilt

The reinvention did not settle every question. Andrés connects a later breakup and the work of listening more carefully to the slower process of rebuilding self-worth. His account makes change feel less like a breakthrough than a decision practiced repeatedly, especially when the old identity is still easier to believe.

Access became the mission

By the time the conversation reaches Edel Finance, the product story carries more human context. Andrés has been investing in crypto since 2016 and lived through its cycles, but he frames the work around access rather than novelty. Tokenized equities and institutional infrastructure matter because of who gets to participate, not because the technology sounds advanced.

Three ideas

What stays with you

  1. 01

    A new environment can make reinvention possible.

  2. 02

    Sales becomes more useful when it begins with deep listening.

  3. 03

    The founder story changes how a financial-access mission is understood.