by Jim Bruene | Jun 30, 2020 | Awards, Pitches, Startups
Launched in 2007 in NYC, Finovate* now organizes 4+ shows annually where fintech startups (as well as a few bigger companies mixed in) show their technology in no-Powerpoint 7-min demos. In total, 2,544 demos in 12+ years, all available in the Finovate archives. But...
by Jim Bruene | Jun 26, 2020 | Accelerators, Personal Financial Management (PFM), Startups
San Francisco-based Pioneer is an incubator that puts pre-seed/bootstrapped companies through a series of challenges to ready them for launch. The company was founded in 2018 by YC alum Daniel Gross. For more info on the company listen (or watch) Jason Calacanis...
by Jim Bruene | Jun 25, 2020 | Accelerators, Pitches, Startups
Launched in 2010, New York City’s Fintech Innovation Lab is the longest-running fintech-only accelerator. In those 10 years, 79 companies have graduated from the 12-week program. Collectively raising $1.2B and creating 1,200 jobs. The 10 startups delivered...
by Jim Bruene | Jun 23, 2020 | Accelerators, Pitches, Startups
Last week (17 June 2020), 27 fintech startups graduated from Plug and Play’s 11th fintech batch. At the final virtual Summer Summit, 21 of the 27 each pitched for 4 minutes. Watch all 21 below (start time = 42:00) or choose individual pitches from the list...
by Jim Bruene | Apr 22, 2020 | Checking & Transaction Accounts, Deposits, New Products, Startups
The latest USA challenger bank, with the odd, albeit memorable name, HMBradley, launched the first phase of its banking product line March 30. The Sant Monica, CA-based neobank offers a high-yield consumer checking account with a unique twist: tiered rates depending...
by Jim Bruene | May 21, 2019 | Investing, New Products, Retirement Accounts, Simplification, Startups
Kindur has been in the fintech news lately, first when it raised $10M in December (led by Anthemis) and then more recently when it launched its investment management service. One of the best profiles was on a recent episode of The Bank On It podcast which interviewed...
