Blaze Group Radio with Casey Ariel
Leaders must be cold in finance. Casey's here to help you with that.
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About Your Host
Casey Ariel is the Founder of Blaze Group, a financial education and training platform serving entrepreneurs and institutions. Her superpower is making complex financial topics feel accessible and familiar—flattening steep learning curves in ways that feel like home to listeners.
Blaze Group was founded in 2020 after Casey transitioned from a career structuring multi-billion-dollar loans for tech companies. Throughout her banking career, she never worked alongside another Black woman on a deal team, nor did she have the opportunity to deploy capital to Black-owned businesses. Through the Blaze Group app, she now ensures that entrepreneurs—and the institutions that serve them—have access to the education needed to help businesses in historically disenfranchised communities thrive.
Casey has spoken to audiences at ESSENCE Festival, Amazon, Data 360 Solutions, Georgetown University, Wellness at Work, Podia, and more. She is an alumna of New Voices Foundation’s Grow & Scale PACE Bootcamp, the Fearless Fund’s Get Venture Ready Accelerator, digitalundivided x JP Morgan’s Oakland BREAKTHROUGH Accelerator, and The Well Work’s Build Wellth Founder Academy.
Blaze Group has been recognized as a 2024 Webby Nominee for Best in AI, Metaverse & Virtual, a 2023 Webby Awards Honoree for Best in Metaverse, Immersive & Virtual, and a 2022 Webby Awards Honoree for Best in Business & Finance.