One month ago we announced the 2009 version of our Finovate Startup Conference. Since then, we’ve been busy talking to FinTech startups from around the world. We are glad (and a bit relieved) to announce that we already have 35 committed to demo at the event. There is still an enormous amount of activity and energy in the banking and financial technology sector (note 1).
We are several months out from the deadline, so we expect in excess of 50 startups, along with several hundred bankers, investors and other industry execs to convene April 28 at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center (note 2).
While last year’s FinovateStartup was dominated by social-media plays (see logos below), this year we have more diversity, with companies from the following categories:
- Alt payments
- Financial shopping/comparison tools
- Investment management/tools
- Mobile banking & payments
- iPhone/Android applications, personal financial management/tools
- Peer-to-peer lending
- Personal credit management tools
- Other technologies
Participating companies will be named beginning Feb. 1, but you can save by reserving a ticket now.
Super-early-bird prices that are easy on the budget
We’ve tried to make the conference as affordable as possible recognizing that travel and conference budgets are under constraints. You still have nine days left to snag super-early-bird tickets for $695. Current Online Banking Report subscribers, including anyone in the same company as an existing subscriber, can grab tickets for even less, just $445 each until Jan. 31 (note 3).
Attendees may register here. More information on the event is here.
FinTech companies interested in participating/demoing should email Eric Mattson .
FinovateStartup 2008 presenters (videos of all 2008 demos are here)
Notes:
1. See our post, “Why financial technology still matters,” here.
2. The venue is about two miles south of the San Francisco financial district.
3. If you don’t know if your company subscribes to Online Banking Report, email info@netbanker.com to find out. If qualified, we’ll email your subscriber discount code to you.