Meet the 10 semi-finalist startups for the Fintech South Innovation Challenge

As an annual conference dedicated to financial innovation, Fintech South It’s the place where anyone can discover the latest fintech ideas.

Each year, Fintech South’s Innovation Challenge honors the most innovative early-stage, Georgia-based or founded financial technology company with an annual prize of $25,000.

“The Innovation Challenge is the perfect way for early-stage fintech companies to find their footing and grow in the state of Georgia,” said Larry K. Williams, President and CEO of TAG. “The startups in this year’s cohort truly demonstrate why ‘Fintech Lives Here,’ our theme for this year’s Fintech South.”

The selected companies in the Innovation Challenge cohort participate in a four-week mentorship program to further develop their innovative businesses, products and solutions. Three semifinalist companies will then be selected as finalists and will present live at Fintech South on August 27 (Tuesday) at the Woodruff Arts Center on the Main Stage of Atlanta Symphony Hall.

“As we enter the 11th year of this program, it’s exciting to see such a broad range of fintech business models being created here in Georgia. The companies’ value propositions include payments, investments, real estate and financial management,” said Tommy Marshall, co-lead of the 2024 Fintech South Innovation Challenge.

A panel of prestigious investors will vote for their favorite of the three pitches, and the Innovation Challenge winner will receive a $25,000 cash prize. The highly competitive cohort member companies selected include:

1. Aiazing (small business accounting platform)
2. Better Forecasts (Forecast Visibility Software)
3. CypherFace (Real-time Facial Biometrics for Consumer-Business Payments)
4. DeferAlly (AI platform bringing 1031 exchanges into the 21st century)
5. Ditch (app to help consumers pay off debt faster)
6. eStreamly (video commerce platform)
7. Good Farming (Business Services Platform for Regenerative Farmers)
8. Jootal (Crowdfunding platform for verified real estate and agribusiness investment opportunities across Africa)
9. MapZot.AI (autonomous real estate artificial intelligence)
10. Yonga Tech LLC (Cryptocurrency Conversion)

“What stands out among this year’s Innovation Challenge semifinalists is the depth and breadth of fintech innovation,” said Robert “RED” Daniel, ATDC MBA and co-lead of the 2024 Fintech South Innovation Challenge. “The diversity among companies is represented not only across fintech categories, including AI, e-commerce, cybersecurity, and payments, but also and especially across the range of ethnicities, genders, and even veteran-led startups of our founders.”

Want to see these startups pitch live on August 27? Register now at FintechSouth.com.

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