{"id":41758,"date":"2023-10-20T15:16:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/fintech-pitchfest-an-opportunity-for-five-startups-to-impress-investors-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:16:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:16:16","slug":"fintech-pitchfest-an-opportunity-for-five-startups-to-impress-investors-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/fintech-pitchfest-an-opportunity-for-five-startups-to-impress-investors-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"FinTech Pitchfest an opportunity for five startups to impress investors – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Innovation Bay and the FinTech Summit are partnering to expose five early fintech startups to investors next month.<\/p>\n

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The FinTech PitchFest competition is looking for Australia \u201cmost exciting, high-growth potential fintech startup\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The five finalists will pitch to an expert panel including Innovation Bay co-founder Ian Gardiner, AMP Ventures\u2019 Jonathan Deane, H2 Ventures co-founder Toby Heap, Gilbert and Tobin Laywers\u2019 Deborah Johns, and Macquarie Bank\u2019s Pratham Karkal.<\/p>\n

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FinTech Summit organiser Glen Frost says there\u2019s a need in Australia\u2019s fintech ecosystem for a pitching event specifically aimed at introducing startups in the financial services sector to investors.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFintech is really gaining traction this year, and I think it\u2019s quite timely to both the fintech ecosystem more broadly as well as fintech in Sydney,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOver the years it seems like every vertical market is being disrupted, the media sector, the healthcare sector. And now we\u2019re starting to see a huge disruption of financial services.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou\u2019re looking at how people are going to borrow money, lend money, invest money. If you add up every part of a bank that has the potential to be disrupted, you end up with a huge ecosystem of (startups). The FinTech Summit is dedicated to bringing them together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gardiner says with the increased interest in fintech there are more and more early-stage fintech startups out there chasing funding.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe know there are a large number of fintech startups in the Pre-Series A category, so we are reaching out to this group, and offering them a chance to win this prestigious award, which will significantly raise the profile of the startup,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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Applications for the FinTech PitchFest will be open until 5pm August 14. The five finalists will pitch at the FinTech Summit on Wednesday September 2.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re after people who are serious about gaining traction, who have a team. People who understand fintech and how people engage with financial services,\u201d Frost says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd people who want to go global.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Applications for the FinTech PitchFest can be found<\/i> here<\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n

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