A couple of weeks ago we started evaluating all the applications we had for SIBSPayForward, the first fintech accelerator in Portugal that we’re organizing in partnership with SIBS, one of Europe’s leading fintech companies.
We had more than 100 applications, from 31 different countries, and we were seriously impressed with the potential of these fintech startups. In the end, it was a pretty tough call.
The evaluation process involved SIBS Management Team, as well as Beta-i’s team. We had hundreds of Skype Calls with the founders of these fintech startups (Fábio Coelho, the Program Director of SIBSPayForward, actually lived for 2 weeks without ever taking his headphones off), and we finally came down to the top 25 that will join us for the Bootcamp.
After this, we’ll get to choose the top 10 startups that will join us for the accelerator.
Curious? Here are the top 25 startups that will be tested to the limit at our Bootcamp:
Area: Mobile Payments
Area: Cards Dematerialisation
Area: Robot Financial Advisory
Area: Mobile wallets
Area: Blockchain Technology
Area: Tokenisation
Area: Fraud detection and contention solutions
Area: Client Authentication Mechanisms
Area: Loyalty Programs
Area: Mobile wallets
Area: Credit Scoring
Area: Robotic Process Automation
Area: In-app payments/integration
Area: Client-Merchant Profitability
Area: Client behavioral analysis
Area: Fraud detection and contention solutions
Area: Events
Area: Investment Tracking
Area: Money transfers
Area: Money transfers
Area: Blockchain Technology
Area: Instant payments and its reachability
Area: Blockchain technology
Area: Client Authentication Mechanisms e.g. Biometrics
Area: Credit Scoring
From the 3rd of April until the 7th of April these startups will prove their value at our Bootcamp. Stay tuned to find out who will get to the top 10 🙂