Launched 2013 in Frankfurt am Main, and named to the WSJ/ FN FinTech40 Innovators Shaping the Future of Finance, FinTech Forum offers insights and connections into the FinTech & InsurTech startups, investors and corporate innovators building the financial services of the future— in Europe and beyond.
As the “HQ of B2B(2X) FinTech”, we double down on startups targeting new or underserved market opportunities and customer segments, that can scale in partnership with financial institutions or corporates— in Europe, the US and beyond.
Our newsletter B2B FinTech @Scale— curated by hand since 2014— features startups to watch, insights on emerging market opportunities, and lessons from the sales/ GTM and funding journeys of successful scaleups.
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The Backstory
FinTech Forum started as an idea for one event over a breakfast meeting in July 2013 between Frank Schwab and Samarth Shekhar at the Frankfurt Airport Club— but went on to become the meeting place for FinTech in Europe.
Our research-driven events bring together startups targeting new opportunity areas, emerging or underserved customer segments with investors, financial institutions, corporates and subject matter experts.
Our 22 events across Frankfurt, Berlin, Vienna, London etc. have brought together 360+ startups and 1800+ investors and corporate innovators. Hundreds more have been featured in our Q&As, newsletters and social media- a network of 20k+ and growing!
We have been supported on our journey by partners like Erste Group, EY, BNP Paribas, InvestHK, Schroders, Heussen Law, IDA Ireland, A1 Bank (A1 Telekom Austria), Miles & More, UK Department for Business & Trade, AirPlus International (then part of Lufthansa Group) etc.