FinovateEurope 2013 / Holvi
Presenter Profile:
How they describe themselves: Holvi is the long tail of retail banking. We upgrade the concept of the bank account from a passive utility to an active enabler of any activity. Out of the box the Holvi account comes with built-in payments acceptance, tools for financial understanding and the ability to share the account with a group. We bring in building blocks from our banking and payments partners that our customers can add to their Holvi accounts. Holvi is regulated by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) under the EU Payment Services Directive (PSD).
How they describe their product/innovation: Holvi connects retail customers and providers of banking and payments products in a seamless ecosystem. Holvi partners have created current accounts, among other uses, for election candidates to run their campaigns (Kokoomus, largest political party in Finland), entrepreneurship education (local chapter of Junior Achievement), and crowdfunding for cultural projects (Mesenaatti.me). Holvi online banking service is easy to tailor for specific verticals, by partners or the customers themselves. For providers of banking and payments products Holvi offers access to the long tail of retail customers.
Contacts:
Bus. Dev.: Tuomas Toivonen, CEO, toivotuo@holvi.com, +358 400 616 499, @toivotuo
Press & Sales: Kristoffer Lawson (Marketing & Growth), setok@holvi.com, +358 40 731 2273, @setok
Website: holvi.com
Blog: blog.holvi.com
Twitter: @Holvi
HQ:
Helsinki, Finland
Founded: 2011
Product Demoed: Holvi
Product Launch: September 2012
- Key Executives
Tuomas Toivonen (CEO), Kristoffer Lawson (Marketing & Growth), Mikko Teerenhovi (Customer Experience)
Key Stats
- Key Board Members
Markus Oksanen (Partner, Peltonen LMR Attorneys), Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (Angel Investor, Bootstrapping), Anders Dahlqvist (CEO, ACH Finland), Anssi Partanen (CMO, FIM Bank), Kristoffer Lawson (Holvi)
- Key Investors
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (Angel Investor, Bootstrapping), Seedcamp (the leading European seed fund), Tekes (Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation), and angel investors with backgrounds in retail banking, payment services and technology entrepreneurship.
- Key Partnerships
The Holvi retail banking experience includes services from a number of financial institutions for banking and payments. Holvi is an open ecosystem for providers of financial products to offer their services to our retail customers.
- Key Customers
Holvi is used by customers from a wide variety of different segments. We have customers from small businesses, sole proprietors, crowdfunding projects, sports clubs, associations, political parties, religious organisations, event organisers, charities, local communities and individuals.