Allard is a serial entrepreneur, venture investor, and startup mentor. Before taking a sabbatical, where he trained to be a meditation teacher and coach, Allard spent the last decade helping to build Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures. Velocity is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage fintech companies in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Allard is also co-founder of multiple tech startups, the most current one was Zecco, an SF based online stock broker that successfully sold to Ally Financial in 2016.