Hi Everyone,
Welcome to our FinTech Open Mic Night series in New York. Please join us for our monthly mixture of presentations, skype-ins, fireside chats & shout-outs plus plenty of networking.
This monthly session is designed to provide an opportunity to catch up with your peers, to see what's going on in the New York & International FinTech scenes & to tell us all about yourself & your own work.
This month we're hosting a Shark Tank, the familiar Shark vs Entrepreneur pitch. Each Entrepreneur gets to pitch to our Sharks who each have $1Million in virtual money to invest, whoever gets the greatest total investment wins the event.
If you're a seed stage FinTech company looking for funding then you will definitely want to pitch at this event, please drop one of the Organisers a line if you'd like a slot.
Agenda
Please be aware that the agenda is updated on a regular basis
6:00pm - Doors open
Refreshments & networking opportunities
7:00pm - Session starts
Welcome address
Sally Liang (https://www.meetup.com/NewFinanceNewYork/members/102958642/), NewFinance New York Chapter Organiser
Shark Tank
Investors:
1. Claire Lecarpentier (https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairelecarpentier/), strategic investor at JPMorgan & Chase (https://twitter.com/jpmorgan)
2. Atit Amin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/atitamin/), CFA is an Associate at Pivot Investment Partners (https://www.pivotinvestment.com/), a New York-based, operator-directed, FinTech-focused private investment firm
3. Matt Perlman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-perlman-81a78679/), a Principal at IA Capital Group (http://www.iacapgroup.com/), a NYC-based investment firm making venture & growth capital investments in fintech & insuretech companies
Entrepreneurs:
1. John Zettler (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnzettler/), CEO & CoFounder of Commandiv (https://www.commandiv.com/), the 1st dual cryptocurrency & stock investing platform for US investors, & we provide clients trade recommendations on both
2. Lee-on Pedahzur (https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeonp/), VP of Sales & Marketing at LeO (http://www.meetleo.co/), a new virtual assistant & smart communications platform for insurance professionals
3. Michael Anton (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-w-anton-86a65813/), Founder & CEO of the Trade Exchange (https://tradeexchange.com/te/web). The Trade Exchange connects self-directed investors to highly-scrutinized, independent strategy providers.
4. One slot left! *** please contact us if you'd like to pitch to the Sharks***
8:00pm - Closing
Shout-outs, communications, feedback & thanks
Further networking opportunities
9:00pm - Session ends
For those of you who would like to continue networking we'll retire to a local bar.
Cheers
Eddie
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Thank you to our Partners:
Rise New York (https://thinkrise.com/newyork.html) is a global community of startups & corporates creating the future of commerce & fintech by helping startups & entrepreneurs connect, co-create, & scale innovation. In partnership with Barclays, we listen, nurture & oxygenate through our international network of Rise hubs. Rise New York also houses a world-class event space & is home to the U.S. cohort of the Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars.
