Fintech Acceleration Programme
The NadiFin Acceleration programme powered by MiddleGame Ventures in partnership with the LHoFT and kindly supported by Brown Brothers Harriman and Standard Chartered Ventures, focuses exclusively on cutting edge fintech startups that are using AI/ML, Big Data Analytics, Blockchain and other “deeptech” tools to create seamless solutions and businesses for the European financial services market.
NadiFin brings together startups from around the globe over two workshop sessions in two weeklong online sessions, to learn and engage through a unique curriculum to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses for profitable growth. The programme is built from the ground up with experienced Venture Capital knowledge in tandem with key financial services partners working on key Proof of Concept challenges.
The NadiFin programme engages a broad network of investors and strategic partners to facilitate real-world progress outside the classroom. The cohort will compete in a trademarked peer-voting startup accelerator curriculum (powered by Village Capital) leading to a €100,000 investment from MiddleGame Ventures.
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MiddleGame Ventures is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage fintech startups. MGV partners have invested approximately $300 million in financial services firms over the past 10 years. They invest in fintech startups based out of Europe or North America that are raising their series A or series B rounds.
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We are excited to announce that Keyrock was voted as the winner of the 2020 program by its cohort peers.
Keyrock democratizes liquidity in the digital asset space by deploying for their clients proprietary, scalable, and self-adaptive algorithms. Its partners can choose from a range of bespoke service solutions to create unique financial markets within the emerging digital asset space.
"Nadifin provided great insights in better understanding a VC’s decision-making process and invaluable feedback from fellow entrepreneurs at various stages. I would happily sign up again!" commented Kevin de Patoul, Co-Founder of Keyrock.
If you would like to benefit from the NadiFin Fintech Accelerator please sign up to our 2021 program wait list below.
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program partners
Village Capital finds, trains, and invests in entrepreneurs solving real-world problems. We build communities around entrepreneurs and their ventures to improve opportunities for growth and success.
The LHoFT Foundation is a public - private sector initiative that drives technology innovation for Luxembourg’s financial services industry, connecting the domestic and international Fintech community.
programme
The NadiFin programme curriculum integrates mentors, speakers, investors, and peers to help startups grow to the next level across all of their key strategic vectors (i.e., value proposition, team, business model mapping, fund-raising, etc). Each workshop in 2020 takes place online over 5 days during which various modules will be taught, including sessions where mentors, sponsors and ecosystem actors will interact with startups, supplemented by networking opportunities where startups and the broader ecosystem will be able to interact.
NOTE: To be eligible for consideration, applicants must also have at least one full-time team member; a minimum viable product; and meaningful customer traction or business validation (not necessarily defined as revenue, can also be successful pilot studies, number of users, and/or strategic partnerships).
Acceleration
Our programs bring focused on getting you closer to your next round of investment by meeting with top fintech investors accelerating your diligence of investors for your next round.
Investment
The cohort competes in a trademarked peer-voting startup accelerator curriculum (powered by Village Capital) leading to a €100,000 investment from MiddleGame Ventures.
Community
Join our global community We’ve worked with more than 1,000 entrepreneurs in dozens of countries worldwide. Our global networks means you get access to a wide range of perspectives.
NadiFin 2020 Fintech Cohort
Keyrock
Cledara
Greenomy
Next Gate
CardsPal
SoCash
Loancorp
Fund Admin Chain
Nayms
Lacero
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Workshops
Workshop 1 Online
October 5th - October 9th
Workshop 2 Online
November 2nd - November 6th
meet the team
Pascal Bouvier
GP MiddleGame VC
Pascal is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of MiddleGame Ventures. Prior to that he served as Venture Partner with Santander InnoVentures and co-founded the fintech venture arm of Route 66 Ventures. Before becoming a venture capital investor, Pascal was an operator with a variety of startups and high growth small firms in software and software services. Pascal started his career in banking. He learned and practiced commercial banking and merchant banking back in Europe. He is a chartered financial analyst and a graduate of Institut Supérieur du Commerce in Paris and the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Michael Meyer
GP MiddleGame VC
Michael is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of MiddleGame Ventures. Prior to that, he co-founded Route 66 Ventures, a leading fintech venture firm. Michael also co-founded RegTechLab and is Vice Chair of the International Regtech Association. Prior to these, Michael was CEO of Goal Financial and Goal Structured Solutions. Over his career, Michael has been an investor in multiple asset classes as well as an operator in financial services and non-financial services. He is a chartered financial analyst and a graduate of Yale University and the Darden School of Business.
Patrick Pinschmidt
GP MiddleGame VC
Patrick is a General Partner and Co-Founder of MiddleGame Ventures. Prior to joining MiddleGame, he was a Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Treasury where he served as the first Executive Director of the Financial Stability Oversight Council. Prior to his government service, Patrick spent a decade as a sell-side financial institutions and capital markets analyst, where he was the lead analyst at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch for the brokers, exchanges, and financial technology sector. He is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.
Gene Murphy
Programme M.D.
Gene is programme MD at the Nadifin Acceleration programme and recently was E.I.R. at Bank of Ireland's working in the innovation team on programmes to support fintech's through incubation programmes. He is a Co-Founder Startup Boost a global pre-accelerator programme for pre seed startups and works with startup communities, city's and VC funds to increase opportunities for entrepreneurs working closely with them to help them achieve their next step in their companies growth.
Nasir Zubairi
The LHoFT CEO
Nasir is CEO of The LHoFT - The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology, a public/private sector initiative to drive fintech innovation in Luxembourg. He is also a Non-Executive Board Director of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) S.A and sits on the IMF’s High Level Advisory Group on Finance and Technology. Nasir has worked in Financial Services for 20 years. He spent 13 years working within Capital Markets at RBS, ICAP, HSBC and EBS. He has been immersed in the Fintech and startup sector for the past seven years. As an entrepreneur, Nasir has built multiple Fintech businesses across verticals. He has advised the boards of leading financial institutions, central banks and governments.
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