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Ten roar into grand finale

Snapshots • Business • 11.05.2016 • Aaron Grunwald
Hervé Bonazzi of Scaled Risk presenting during the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards semifinal pitch event on 9 May

Hervé Bonazzi of Scaled Risk presenting during the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards semifinal pitch event on 9 May

(Photos: Maison Moderne)

Fifteen entrepreneurs had precisely three minutes to make their case during the semi-finals of KPMG Luxembourg’s Fintech Lion Awards, held this week.

The 15 semifinalists and organisers during the semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards, held at the consulting firm’s Kirchberg HQ on Monday evening
The 15 semifinalists and organisers during the semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards, held at the consulting firm’s Kirchberg HQ on Monday evening
Georges Bock of KPMG Luxembourg
Georges Bock of KPMG Luxembourg
Jury members (front row) during the semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards, held at the consulting firm’s Kirchberg HQ on Monday evening
Jury members (front row) during the semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards, held at the consulting firm’s Kirchberg HQ on Monday evening
Natacha Oskian and Pablo Bulcke of KPMG Luxembourg
Natacha Oskian and Pablo Bulcke of KPMG Luxembourg
Geoffroy de Schrevel of Birdee (centre), one of the semifinalists
Geoffroy de Schrevel of Birdee (centre), one of the semifinalists
Jury member Q&A
Jury member Q&A
Dagmar Bottenbruch of Crosslend (centre), a semifinalist in the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards, presents during the pitch event on Monday evening
Dagmar Bottenbruch of Crosslend (centre), a semifinalist in the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards, presents during the pitch event on Monday evening
Sébastien Hasenack of Investify (centre), one of the semifinalists
Sébastien Hasenack of Investify (centre), one of the semifinalists
Pierre Schmidtgall of 1001pact (centre)
Pierre Schmidtgall of 1001pact (centre)
Hong Sung Jae of APS, one of the semifinalists
Hong Sung Jae of APS, one of the semifinalists
Justin Lee of ICTK (centre)
Justin Lee of ICTK (centre)
Maria Mateo of Bit Bank (centre)
Maria Mateo of Bit Bank (centre)
Julien Revelle of Neurodecision (centre)
Julien Revelle of Neurodecision (centre)
Bert Boerman of Governance.io
Bert Boerman of Governance.io
Gilles Moro of Emp Corp, second from left
Gilles Moro of Emp Corp, second from left
Axel Rason of Upsideo, presenting during the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards semifinal pitch event on 9 May
Axel Rason of Upsideo, presenting during the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards semifinal pitch event on 9 May
Ran Fuchs of FNA, second from left, a semifinalist in the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards
Ran Fuchs of FNA, second from left, a semifinalist in the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards
Hervé Bonazzi of Scaled Risk
Hervé Bonazzi of Scaled Risk
Balazs Klemm of Almax Analytics
Balazs Klemm of Almax Analytics
Sylvain Forté of Sesamm, presents during the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards semifinals in Kirchberg on Monday 9 May
Sylvain Forté of Sesamm, presents during the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards semifinals in Kirchberg on Monday 9 May
Alexandre Rochegude of KPMG Luxembourg
Alexandre Rochegude of KPMG Luxembourg
The semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards, held at the consulting firm’s Kirchberg HQ on Monday evening
The semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards, held at the consulting firm’s Kirchberg HQ on Monday evening
Semifinal snack
Semifinal snack
Networking during the semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards on 9 May 2016
Networking during the semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards on 9 May 2016
Networking during the semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards on 9 May 2016
Networking during the semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards on 9 May 2016
Networking during the semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards on 9 May 2016
Networking during the semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards on 9 May 2016
Natacha Oskian et Geneviève Feyt of KPMG Luxembourg
Natacha Oskian et Geneviève Feyt of KPMG Luxembourg
Hun Joo Lee (centre)
Hun Joo Lee (centre)
The semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards, held at the consulting firm’s Kirchberg HQ on Monday evening
The semifinals of the KPMG Fintech Lion Awards, held at the consulting firm’s Kirchberg HQ on Monday evening
Géraldine Hassler of KPMG (right)
Géraldine Hassler of KPMG (right)
Pablo Bulcke, Natacha Oskian and Pascal Denis of KPMG announcing the 10 finalists
Pablo Bulcke, Natacha Oskian and Pascal Denis of KPMG announcing the 10 finalists
The 10 finalists who move on the grande finale in June
The 10 finalists who move on the grande finale in June
The KPMG Fintech Lion Awards logo
The KPMG Fintech Lion Awards logo
(Photos: Maison Moderne)

The contest “aims to uncover outstanding fintech startups with a Luxembourg connection and open doors for them in the Luxembourg financial centre,” according to KPMG.

The startups had been selected after an online application round that closed in April.

On Monday evening, judges looked at the relevance of each startup’s business model, the uniqueness of its offer, and how well the entrepreneur pitched their endeavor.

Ten finalists were then named:

  1. Scaled Risk
  2. Crosslend
  3. Sesamm
  4. Neurodecision
  5. 1001pact
  6. Investify
  7. Governance.io
  8. Almax Analytics
  9. Birdee
  10. Empcorp

The finalists will participate in the last round of presentations during the consulting firm’s summer “KPMG Plage”, its annual summer series of events. The prime minister, Xavier Bettel, and finance minister, Pierre Gramegna, are expected to attend the ceremony.

Three prizes will be awarded at grand finale on 21 June:

  • “Fintech startup of the year”, winning €50,000 and four months at the Technoport incubator;
  • “Fintech entrepreneur of the year”; and
  • “Best pitch”.

Maison Moderne, the company that publishes Delano, is an official partner of the competition.

KPMG • finance • technology • entrepreneurship