Conny Dorrestijn

Augmentum Fintech plc is one of Europe’s leading venture capital investors focusing exclusively on the fintech sector. Augmentum invests in early and later stage fast growing fintech businesses that are disrupting the banking, insurance, asset management and wider financial services sectors. Augmentum is the only listed fintech-focused venture capital firm in the UK, having launched on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in 2018, giving businesses access to patient funding and support, unrestricted by conventional fund timelines.

Arches Capital is a fast-growing group of business angels that is bridging the gap between Venture Capitalist (VCs) and how angels operate today, by joining the best of both worlds for our members. Our community strives to bring superior deal flow, professional knowledge and lower risk profile to our participating angel investors. We further distinguish ourselves in the way profits are generated and shared, and how our angels interact with their investees (the startups) and with each other. For this we are building the leading platform of actively engaged business angels that know how to operate and manage their investments in a professional and standardized manner. Operate like a VC, be an Angel We source, select and invest like a VC; We engage, care and inspire as the angel we are. We believe that by bundling smart capital (combine funding with real business knowledge and experience) with true engagement (actively working together to achieve rapid growth), we are able to ignite early stage companies on their path to success. Arches Capital invests in early stage and scaling companies. We differentiate itself from angel syndicates or funds by supporting the next growth stage as well: we aim to lead or contribute to follow-on investments of our successful portfolio companies. For general info or angel membership info please contact: info@arches.capital. For companies that seek funding: please check our website (http://arches.capital) for our preferences and prerequisites, and send your request, pitch deck and/or business plan to: fundme@arches.capital.

At Blanco, we develop technology for wealth and asset managers that automates the entire asset management process for them. And as a part of that, we're also working on innovative KYC technology that makes complex onboarding processes much easier, to be used by finacnial institutions in the broadset sense. And we're offering our clients far-reaching individual services in the field of legislation and regulations. As a fintech company, it might surprise you that we don't believe in tech only. We firmly believe in the symbiosis of man and machine: the best service is provided by combining the efficiency and cost savings that automation offers with the trust and empathy that the human factor brings. Blanco wants to ensure that regulated companies in general and asset managers in particular can once again fully focus on what ultimately matters: their customers. Blanco won the NRC Live Fintech Impact Award in 2018 and is nominated for the Sprout Challenger50 Award 2019. KBC Venture Fund and Dutch Founders Fund, among others, are participating in the 'startup turning-scaleup’.

Singer Capital Markets is a leading Investment Bank dedicated to supporting ambitious UK growth companies. We have specialist capabilities, deep experience, and a proven track record of client success in the UK small & mid cap market. Our business is built on over 100 years of capital markets heritage and is today one of the largest corporate stockbroking platforms in the City. We offer a fully integrated service which provides our clients with: 1) Advice – A trusted partner and market advocate to UK PLCs (Corporate Broking, Equity Capital Markets and M&A) 2) Capital – Proven fundraising firepower (IPO’s, Follow on Offerings and Private Capital) 3) Liquidity – Driving activity in our clients’ shares (Sales Trading and Market Making) Whatever your growth ambitions, our team of market-leading experts are well equipped to help you succeed on your corporate journey.

Singer Capital Markets is a leading Investment Bank dedicated to supporting ambitious UK growth companies. We have specialist capabilities, deep experience, and a proven track record of client success in the UK small & mid cap market. Our business is built on over 100 years of capital markets heritage and is today one of the largest corporate stockbroking platforms in the City. We offer a fully integrated service which provides our clients with: 1) Advice – A trusted partner and market advocate to UK PLCs (Corporate Broking, Equity Capital Markets and M&A) 2) Capital – Proven fundraising firepower (IPO’s, Follow on Offerings and Private Capital) 3) Liquidity – Driving activity in our clients’ shares (Sales Trading and Market Making) Whatever your growth ambitions, our team of market-leading experts are well equipped to help you succeed on your corporate journey.

This Techstars program focuses on exceptional entrepreneurs across all areas of fintech. Why ABN AMRO? Why Techstars? ABN AMRO is extremely committed to disruptive innovation and fintech, and is already running a €100m venture fund to invest in the sector. The accelerator’s proximity to ABN AMRO’s headquarters in Amsterdam will provide founders access to industry experts, technologists, data scientists and business sponsors across the bank that can offer startups highly personalized feedback and business development opportunities internally and across its vast client network. Time is money for a startup, and the Group Innovation Team at ABN AMRO has the capability to work with startups in a productive environment dedicated to innovation where startups’ products or services can be deployed internally for proofs-of-concept and live pilots within 24 hours. At Techstars, our programmes are designed to help founders gain traction through deep mentor engagement, rapid iteration cycles, and fundraising preparation. We accept 10 startups per programme, enabling us to offer each startup a customised, high-touch experience based on the unique needs and skills of each founding team. Our portfolio of over 2,200 startups have raised more than $10 billion in funding. 84% of these startups are still active or have been acquired. Techstars can materially improve the odds of your startups success. You can learn more about the benefits of our accelerators here: https://www.techstars.com/startups

This Techstars program focuses on exceptional entrepreneurs across all areas of fintech. Why ABN AMRO? Why Techstars? ABN AMRO is extremely committed to disruptive innovation and fintech, and is already running a €100m venture fund to invest in the sector. The accelerator’s proximity to ABN AMRO’s headquarters in Amsterdam will provide founders access to industry experts, technologists, data scientists and business sponsors across the bank that can offer startups highly personalized feedback and business development opportunities internally and across its vast client network. Time is money for a startup, and the Group Innovation Team at ABN AMRO has the capability to work with startups in a productive environment dedicated to innovation where startups’ products or services can be deployed internally for proofs-of-concept and live pilots within 24 hours. At Techstars, our programmes are designed to help founders gain traction through deep mentor engagement, rapid iteration cycles, and fundraising preparation. We accept 10 startups per programme, enabling us to offer each startup a customised, high-touch experience based on the unique needs and skills of each founding team. Our portfolio of over 2,200 startups have raised more than $10 billion in funding. 84% of these startups are still active or have been acquired. Techstars can materially improve the odds of your startups success. You can learn more about the benefits of our accelerators here: https://www.techstars.com/startups

Augmentum Fintech plc is one of Europe’s leading venture capital investors focusing exclusively on the fintech sector. Augmentum invests in early and later stage fast growing fintech businesses that are disrupting the banking, insurance, asset management and wider financial services sectors. Augmentum is the only listed fintech-focused venture capital firm in the UK, having launched on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in 2018, giving businesses access to patient funding and support, unrestricted by conventional fund timelines.