Quesnay, with the support from our sponsors Wells Fargo, Discover Global Networks, Valley Bank, Shearman & Sterling LLP, and Equifax, are thrilled to be kicking off the new year with the announcement of the Top Five Finalists for Female Founders in FinTech 2019!
However, first, Quesnay would like to acknowledge the remarkable 100+ women-led FinTechs who submitted their startups to the competition.
In 2019, we saw a wide variety of submitted solutions reflecting emerging trends across the spectrum of financial services led by Personal Finance (14% of applicants), Lending (12%), and Small Business Solutions (9%). 37% of the startups are solving B2B challenges, 21% for B2C, and 42% are addressing both.
Quesnay outreach also expanded the competition’s global reach by increasing non-US representation by nearly 10% over our FinTech 2018 competition. Now, 60% of the overall applicant pool is located outside of the United States. In total, applicants represented 35 countries including Brazil, Denmark, France, Kenya, New Zealand, Nigeria, and Venezuela.
Solutions submitted from countries highlighted in blue.
An incredible response by the startup community!
And without further ado, we are proud to announce the Top Five Finalists for Female Founder in FinTech 2019…
Meet the Top Five Finalists
AgriLedger
Genevieve Leveille, Founder & CEO
AgriLedger designs blockchain-based solutions which have empowered farmers by simplifying their access to both wider global markets via mobile platforms and to financial services via API linkages with local banks and financial institutions.
London, England
clinicPesa
Sharon Anyango, Co-Founder & COO
clinicPesa provides access to healthcare financing for the uninsured through a digital micro loans and savings platform. Citizens set aside dedicated funds, as low as $0.20, which are used to offset medical bills and purchase drugs in time of need.
Kampala, Uganda
HomeZada
Elizabeth Dodson, Co-Founder
HomeZada is an online platform and app for homeowners to manage their largest asset and biggest expense, their home. This includes offering a secure, cloud-based solution to track a home inventory, a home maintenance calendar, managing home projects and understanding total homeownership costs with home finances.
El Dorado Hills, California, USA
Stratyfy
Laura Kornhauser, Co-Founder & CEO
Stratyfy has developed a new form of transparent machine learning that delivers the benefits of AI/ML without the black box pitfalls. Stratyfy’s products allow financial institutions to extract information from their data and combine it with their institutional knowledge, without introducing regulatory or operational risks. Importantly, the transparency of Stratyfy’s solutions provides the ability to identify and proactively mitigate unwanted bias in automated decision making.
New York, New York, USA
TomoCredit
Kristy Kim, Co-Founder & CEO
TomoCredit’s technology predicts our customers' credit worthiness using an AI based underwriting algorithm. Specifically, TomoCredit’s model analyzes consumers' real time cash flow and asset data (stock portfolio, crypto holdings included).
San Francisco, California, USA
Naming a Winner
Please join us in congratulating these Top Five Finalists and save the date to watch and cheer them on as they present their solutions to a panel of judges and compete for $30,000 and other prizes at Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, NY on Wednesday, February 5, 2020!
If you’re interested in attending the event, be sure to RSVP here.
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