🤑 Know a Founder?

Hi friend!

We’re hosting a pitch competition in San Francisco during Tech Week on October 8th.

Know a fintech founder? Are you a fintech founder?

Apply here and get the chance to pitch your startup in front of VCs in San Francisco!

If you’re not ready to pitch, but think you’ll be ready to raise in the next year: don’t miss this.

As an event attendee, you’ll get to watch the entire pitch competition and hear how founders are positioning their company to VCs, what top VCs are looking for most, and hear the feedback directly from investors.

This is a rare look inside a founder’s approach when pitching a panel of investors (plus more in the audience listening!!) and exactly what founders are looking for in 2025 heading into 2026.

Bring your notebook, your team, and use this opportunity to get insight into what fundraising looks like right now.

Alongside the pitch competition, enjoy experiences like:

• An interactive vibe coding session Led by startup advisor, author, and fractional COO, Anne Cocquyt, you’ll participate in a hands-on session teaching you to make real-time decisions that shape a prototype.

• The FIAT Growth Power Hour Structured, 1:1 network opportunities designed for founders, investors, and partners.

• Fintech Mavericks LIVE podcast recording with Drew Glover and guest Laurel Taylor, Founder & CEO of Candidly, who’s raised $42M in funding to crush student debt (she’s also currently at the World Economic Forum… YES we have the coolest, most impactful speaker lineup and I’m so grateful!)

• Unfiltered and unscripted panels with industry leaders from companies like Brex, Middesk, Stripe, Goodfin and Unit 21.

• Wellness Hour with J.P. Morgan: Unwind, relax, and end the day with a wellness and networking hour sponsored by J.P. Morgan.

Thousands of fintech leaders will be in San Francisco during Tech Week, and the ones making the biggest moves with the biggest names in our industry?

They’re joining the AI Summit on October 8th. Make sure you are too!

See you there,

Nicole