Table Ronde with Malik Yacoubi (Nesto Group)

Malik Yacoubi is the Co-Founder and CEO of nesto, a Montreal-based digital mortgage lender founded in 2018. Since launch, nesto has funded billions in residential mortgages across Canada, raised over $100M in equity financing, and built a team of 400+ employees. The company combines licensed mortgage expertise with technology to offer fully online approvals and rate transparency in a highly regulated, bank-dominated industry. Topics on the menu: 🏦 Building in a Regulated Industry (FinTech) ⚔️ Competing with Giants 📊 Unit Economics & Capital Efficiency 🚀 Scaling Operations at Speed What is Table Ronde? ​​​​​​​Table Ronde is a curated space for people who are building. ​In a world full of noise, advice is everywhere — but real experience is becoming harder to find and access. ​Table Ronde exists to bridge aspiration and real experience. ​We bring builders together with founders, investors, and executives who share what really happened — the context, constraints, and tradeoffs behind real outcomes. ​No fluff. No polish.Just honest conversations and real human connection. ​Signal over noise.