STARTUP PITCH COMPETITION

Final Results

FIN/SUM2021 STARTUP PITCH COMPETITION Final results

Nikkei Award

1 million- yen prize money

Nikkei Award
IB

IBTokyo

Easy centralized management of insurance. “Hoken-Bo", an app that prevents insurance claims from being missed

SBI Group Award

Right to negotiate an investment of 100 million-yen from SBI Investment

SBI Group Award
SESAMm

SESAMmFrance

Natural Language Processing API & dashboards based on 14B+ web articles and messages

Plug and Play Japan Award

Right to participate in the final selection of the accelerator program
organized by Plug and Play Japan

Plug and Play Japan Award
HAKKI AFRICA

HAKKI AFRICAKamakura,Kanagawa

Used car Finance for taxi drivers utilizing credit scoring DB

Commemorative group photo of the startup pitch award ceremony at FIN / SUM 2021.

Entry closed. Thank you for many entry.

The honor at FIN/SUM2021 Pitch Run is the gateway to the future unicorn. At the "Pitch Final" to be held on the 18th, domestic and overseas startups with FinTech's innovative technology and future-oriented ideas will compete to appeal their services and products.

The 41 participating startups will be introduced on this site and on the newspaper as a special feature of Nikkei "Fintech Startups Expected to be Active", and "Virtual Pitch" will be held to widely inform the business outline and vote for popularity and vote for popularity, and widely vote for Nikkei readers.

The pitch final of iProov, which won the Nikkei Award at FIN / SUM 2019

The pitch final of iProov, which won the Nikkei Award at FIN / SUM 2019 (September 6, 2019).
It has advanced technology and patents to deal with threats such as cybercrime in the digital age, and was evaluated for its great growth potential in the future.

Commemorative group photo of the startup pitch award ceremony at FIN / SUM 2019.

Commemorative group photo of the startup pitch award ceremony at FIN / SUM 2019.
Four awards have been set up, including the Nikkei Award, SBI Group Award, and UK Award and so on.

FINALIST

Pitch contest, finalists selected! At March 18th 14:40(JST), the final pitch will be held

Top 5 Judge selection

HAKKI AFRICA

HAKKI AFRICAKamakura,Kanagawa

Used car Finance for taxi drivers utilizing credit scoring DB

SESAMm

SESAMmFrance

Natural Language Processing API & dashboards based on 14B+ web articles and messages

400F

400FTokyo

A marketplace that connects money-stricken users and money professionals

IB

IBTokyo

Easy centralized management of insurance. “Hoken-Bo", an app that prevents insurance claims from being missed

eXate

eXateUK

APIgator by eXate is a scalable and efficient way to protect data flowing through APIs.

Top 3 Vote by readers

Sustainable Lab

Sustainable LabTokyo

Quantify the contribution of companies and local governments to SDGs using big data and AI

EdMuse

EdMuseTokyo

a next-generation ID which can also verify your academic/professional credentials

3PLATZ

3PLATZTokyo

Life support service based on Visa prepaid card for foreign residents in Japan

REQUIREMENTS

The total prize money
1 million yen
There are plans to set up a "corporate award" by the sponsoring company.
Terms and Condition of Application
・Applicants must have FinTech and Regtech as their business areas.*
・Applicants’ capital (including capital reserve) must be less than 1 billion yen.
・Applicants must be less than 10 years from the establishment of the company.
・Applicants must not be subsidiaries of large companies.
Representative of applicants can pitch either at the event venue or online (March 16-18).
Applications deadline
February 7, 2021
How to apply
Entry closed. Thank you for many entry.
Inquiries
FIN/SUM Secretariat [email protected]

*Business areas are as follow; Digitalization of finance, Payment platforms, Lending, Investment, asset management, Digital currency& crypto asset, Business support, Data governance, Insurance (insurtech) and Regtech.

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