#FinTech SuperCharger: The Accelerator's Key Milestones

A brief journey inside the making

of the SuperChargerJanos Barberis & Renu Bhatia

Fun Facts

www.FinTechSuperCharger.com @FTSuperChargerPublic Presentation

Fun Fact

The Start-ups of the Supercharger have all demonstrated significant traction. Before you hear them pitch, try to find out who did the following:

• Had in 1 month a Social media of 1’500% and enrolled +400% new beta users

• Each month adding another 500,000 customers

• Sealed 1 partnership with a global financial institution

• Closed another funding round of US$ 71 million last month

• Originated over US$ 4 million of loans in 9 months

• Has already a user base of over 40 million customers

• Cleared over US$ 1.1 billion worth of transactions

• Launched a new pilot and handled the payment for an event with 10’000 attendees

Enjoy their pitches!


JourneyIt took 6 months for the SuperCharger to go from concept to DemoDay, here is a snapshot of the journey we took:

Nov ‘14

Idea

March ‘15

Sponsors

Search

April ‘16

Demo Day

May ‘15

Jun ‘15

Sept ’15

Go Live

Dec ‘15

Selection

8 out of 161

Jan – Mar

Program Run

2014 2015 2016

April ‘15


The Program


Numbers

Behind the SuperCharger a lot of people, time and effort have been put together to make this unique FinTech Accelerator a reality:

1 Meeting

11Sponsors

3Months

23Countries

8 Winners

2Demo Days

161Applicants


Traction

We are Hong Kong’s most successful accelerator to date and had over 161 applicants from around the world:

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Application Trend - FinTech SuperChargerFrom 8 October to 21 of November

6 Weeks <> 173 Applications


ApplicantsWe are Hong Kong’s most successful accelerator to date and had over 161 applicants from around the word:

Early Stage78%

Late Stage22%

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Other

API/Connectivity

Crypto-currency

Online Banking

Security

Blockchain

Financing

Personal Finance

Alternative Finance

Enterprise Solutions

Data Anaytics

Payments

Wealth Management

161 Overall applications


The Network


Our Start-UpsWe are Hong Kong’s most successful accelerator to date and had over 161 applicants from around the world:

Early Stage

Late Stage


Our PartnersThank you!


Our NetworkOur partners have provided direct support to our start-ups and gave over 25 workshops at the SuperCharger:


Thank You

Now it is for you to enjoy the pitches of our start-ups, thanks for coming and being part of the SuperCharger’s very first batch!

Janos BarberisFounder

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Renu BhatiaManaging Director

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Hong Kong’s FinTech Accelerator


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#FinTech SuperCharger: The Accelerator's Key Milestones

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