Oban MacTavish

Oban MacTavish is the Co‑Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Spade, a payments‑data platform that enriches transaction data for card issuers and financial institutions. Under his leadership, Spade has raised a $40M Series B led by Oak HC/FT and processes over 1.9 billion transactions per day. MacTavish is a Forbes Under 30 lister and a second‑time entrepreneur.

He co‑founded Spade in 2021 together with Cooper Hart and Tess Bloch. The company provides real‑time merchant intelligence to card issuers and banks, helping them improve authorization rates, reduce fraud, and uncover revenue opportunities. Before Spade, MacTavish had previously founded another startup, though specific details of his earlier venture are not publicly confirmed.

MacTavish's professional focus is firmly in fintech and payments data, not iGaming or gambling. The only iGaming‑related occurrence in public sources is a comment he left on a LinkedIn article about Liberia’s iGaming license — a generic industry observation, not part of his employment or company operations. He should not be classified under iGaming/gambling.