“Empowering Change: Fintech Germany Award Insights with Maria Pennanen on Startups, Diversity, and Innovation”
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**About the Fintech Germany Award ** Since 2016, FTGA has stood for Excellence in Fintech. A competent Jury of more than 20 experts honours outstanding start-up companies in several categories at the Fintech Germany Awards.
The Jury also decides on special awards.The Jury members evaluate and compare start-ups from the fintech and insurtech sectors within their individual company phases according to a variety of different criteria. Based on a scoring process, the Jury determines the most promising young companies in the individual categories and decides on the winners at Jury meetings. The same process applies to the special awards. https://www.fintechgermanyaward.de/about
**About Maria Pennanen **
Maria is ranked #1 top fintech influencer in the DACH region and also among the top 50 most influential women in startups in Europe. She is a business angel investor and CEO of Mindclip Behaviour Oy, a SaaS-based team development tool. She is also co-founder of Accelerator Frankfurt, Germany's leading go-to-market program for B2B startups. Maria has over 20 years of in-depth experience in B2B sales and marketing within Europe and Asia where she developed a passion for learning and profitable growth. She is a qualified executive coach educated in INSEAD. She is involved in numerous German, Finnish and Israeli start-ups and invests in SAAS and Fintech startups.
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Accelerator Frankfurt
Frankfurt is an important hub in Germany, one of Europe's strongest economies. As a major financial center, Frankfurt is only increasing in importance in the post-Brexit era. Frankfurt has over 250.000 corporates and thousands of hidden champions. Not only is Frankfurt a hotspot for banks, investors and international corporations, it also has a thriving startup scene and many talents with great ideas who want to start their own companies. Opportunities abound both on the customer and the investor side, while B2B clients, banks and financial institutions are ready to run proofs of concept.
This is where we come into play: our unique go-to-market program accelerates B2B software startups in the fields of Fintech, Regtech, Cybersecurity, Insuretech, Proptech and Blockchain. The startups receive mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs and investors, consulting and professional services, in addition to a co-working space. The goal of the program is to help startups win customers and raise funding. The 3-month program ends with a demo-day, where the startups pitch to corporates to secure proofs of concept and investors to raise follow-up funding.
We provide investment opportunities for investors looking for stable innovation businesses and connect them with the most promising startups. For corporations, we offer services that bring the innovative approaches of the startup world to companies who want to become innovation leaders in their industries.
We’ve come a long way since that first meeting in Shanghai. Whether you are a startup, an investor or a company: our team would love to hear from you. You never know what a first meeting will lead to
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