AWS Fintech Accelerator
Join The AWS Fintech Accelerator And Get Up To $100.000 FREE AWS Activate Credits, Access To Leading VC Funds & Fintech Experts, Business Support & More!
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The leading community-led platform for European early-stage startups, global VC funds, accelerators, and corporates.
Jury & Mentors
Sam Edge
FinTech Startup & Venture Capital EMEA, Amazon Web Services
Ewa Chronowska
CEO, Vestbee & Partner, Next Road Ventures
George Robson
Partner, Sequoia Capital
Theo Xydas
Partner, Mouro Capital
Aman Ghei
Partner, Finch Capital
Rita Martins
Global Head of Fintech Partnerships, HSBC
Gerald Parloiu
Partner, Global Founders Capital
Ben Marrel
Founder & CEO, Breega
Sophie Winwood
Principal, Anthemis
Julian von Eckartsberg
Managing Director Europe, Burda Principal Investments
Kevin Chong
Co-head, Outward VC
Daniela Raffel
VC Investor, Dawn Capital
Ellen Logan
Investor, Augmentum
Romain Grimal
Investment Manager, Blackfin Capital Partners
Alistair Owen
Principal, VentureFriends
Cecilia Wang
Investor, Accel
Bakhrom Ibragimov
Head of EBRD Venture Capital
Özge Öz
Partner, QNBEYOND Ventures
Tamina Fogelberg
VC Investor, Eight Roads
Mike Brennan
Principal, Finch Capital
Steve Schlenker
Managing Partner, DN Capital
Guy Ward Thomas
Principal, DN Capital
Marcin Laczynski
Partner, Next Road Ventures
Mus Jaffery
Director of Partnerships & Alliances, Onfido
Marvin Liao
Mentor & Investor
Stephen Breen
Managing Director EMEA, Episode Six
Neha Divanji
Founder, Growth Spin
Piotr Pisarz
Founder & CEO, Uncapped
Participation Benefits
Up To $100.000 FREE AWS Activate* Credits
Access to up to $10k for all participants, $25k for accepted teams & $100k for the Winners!*
*AWS Activate Program rules must apply
Partner Offers & Special Discounts
Access to FREE credits, valuable discounts & offers from AWS Partners for accepted teams
Cloud Support
1:1 meetings with AWS specialists and access to product, regulatory & compliance, security specialists
Fundraising Support
Fundraising tools & support along with access to wide network of global leading VC funds
Marketing & PR
Media exposure
Pitching Session
Pitching to investors and experts
Ecosystem Engagement
Access to wide network of Fintech community, VC funds, FSI, compliance, technology & innovation experts and more!
5.000 FREE Sanctions & PEP checks
ComplyLaunch* Program For FREE providing compliance tools for Cohort Teams
*Click here to see the details
$5.000 worth API Endpoints
Up to $5.000 worth of each API endpoint per month for 6 months for all applicants
$3.000 Credits
$3.000 FREE credits on open banking API infrastructure for all participants
Up To 90% Off
Up to 90% off on HubSpot for eligible startup teams
€15.000 Credits
Stripe Credits: €15.000 for all applicants!
$3000 Credits
For annual Business Plan for up to 25 users with access to unlimited video recordings & more features for all teams!
$50.000 Credits
$50.000 on the Mixpanel Growth Plan for all applicants!
$1000 Credits
$1000 in FREE credits for all-in-one Notion workspace for all applicants!
Timeline
July 22, 2022
Applications close
Jul 26 - Aug 23, 2022
Jury
Aug 24, 2022
Final Cohort Announcement
Sept 12 - Oct 14, 2022
Acceleration Program
Oct 27, 2022
Demo Day & Winners Announcement
Categories
We are looking for early stage startups at pree-seed, seed and Series A developing an innovative solution in UKIR from the following categories:
Open & Embedded Finance
Big Data & AIML
Blockchain & Decentralised Finance
FinTech-as-a-service
Financial inclusion & Sustainability
Other
Cohort Selection Criteria
- Applications at Series A stage or ealier will be revieved by experts across AWS, VC, FSI according to the following criteria: 1)Innovation; 2)Market Size; 3)Team; 4)Solving a big problem; 5)Existing traction; 6)Use of AWS services.
Click HERE to see the details.
Winners Selection Criteria
- Projects have to meet selection criteria to be considered as Winners
- 6 out of all accelerated teams (1 per each category) with the highest score will get a Winner status
