Enjoy a coffee and network with fellow attendees and industry professionals.

Welcome address and overview of the day’s agenda.

After starting his career as a medical doctor, Dr Ozan Özerk has become known as a dynamic serial entrepreneur and visionary leader in the fintech industry, with a passion for innovation. When confronted with the need for an international payments and banking system that could empower his businesses to grow, he founded OpenPayd. Since launching in 2017, OpenPayd has developed into one of Europe’s leading Banking-as-a-Service providers and one of the key drivers of the embedded finance revolution, processing over €55bn annually.Dr Ozan Özerk will share his remarkable journey building companies such as Merchant Bank (EMBank), Ozan SuperApp, Eurotrader and OpenPayd to establish a fintech ecosystem that is changing financial services.

Interviews with two leading execs about their path to success and why they chose to list in the UK.

Moderator: Neil Shah, Head of Tech, Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange

Panellists: 

Jon Prideaux, NED and former CEO, Boku

Lisa Picardo, Chief Business Officer, PensionBee

Founder success stories are one thing, but it’s almost certain that mishaps are also a part of that journey. In this session, successful founders provide candid examples of lessons they learned along their journey and how they’ve maintained resilience.

Moderator: Magdalena Krön, Vice Chair UCL International Advisory Board

Panellists:

• Ashlea Atigolo, Co-Founder, Inatigo
• Alexis Rog, CEO & Founder, Sikoia
• Karen Rudich, CEO & Founder, ELEMENTARYb / sherloc
• Alex Mifsud, CEO & Co-Founder

What stories made the headlines this year and why wasn’t your story one of them?
Join us for an engaging discussion featuring a panel of leading fintech journalists dissecting the good and the bad, led by Angela Yore, Managing Director of PR agency SkyParlour. Learn the science behind good press.

Moderator: Angela Yore, CEO, Sky Parlour

Panellists: 

• Matt Browning, Reporter, YourMoney
• Sheila Mitham, CEO, Inbound Fintech
• Ali Patterson, Founder, FF News

Join Fintech Fringe founder Calypso Harland as she interviews leading practitioners about what they see as some of the biggest stumbling blocks to scale and growth. Whether it’s regulation, fundraising, people or legal advice, this session will deliver pragmatic insights on best-practice so you can scale your fintech with confidence.

Moderator: Calypso Harland, Founder, Fintech Fringe

Panellists:

• Chris Hill, Partner, Fox Williams
• Alison Donnelly, Director, fscom
• Alex Reed, Founding Partner, Mountside Ventures
• Nadia Edwards-Dashti, Chief Customer Officer, Harrington Starr
• Angela Yore, CEO, Sky Parlour

Funding doesn’t stop at Series A. We’ll explore the funding options available to UK high-growth scaleups and provide insights into securing investment for the long term.

Moderator: Alex Reed, Founding Partner, Mountside Ventures

Panellists: 

• Rachel Tshondo, Relationship Director VP – High Growth and Entrepreneurs, Barclays
• Jenson Brook, Managing Director, Novus Capital
• Max Gauttsel, Founder & CEO, Monivolt

In a new spin on an old classic, 3 leading VCs have to choose one lucky startup each to have a blind date with. Profiles of companies are shared on screen and based on their stats, VCs then get to choose what 3 companies can step up to pitch.

Who will be the lucky founder that gets their “dream date” with a VC? 

Moderator: Alex Reed, Founding Partner, Mountside Ventures

Investors:

• Jay Wilson, Partner, AlbionVC
• Investor 2 TBC
• Investor 3 TBC

Pitching Companies: TBC