Overview   

Global Investments in Fintech tripled to $12.21 billion in 2014 from $4.05bn in 2013 ( Source: Accenture) and Fintech is one of the fastest growing sectors in the European Market. The agenda will include 20 innovative  company presentations by CEOs, discussion panels, keynotes and top level networking including the Networking Dinner. 120+ guests will be present at the dinner, representing the "Who's Who" of the Fintech and Venture Capital market who are invited to join our Tech Tour delegates, including top executives from blue chip technology companies, international venture capitalists, investment bankers, specialized press, regional accelerators and advisers coming from all around the world.
 

"The Digital revolution is increasingly challenging banking and insurance services, an industry that only a few thought could be transformed until recently. As of now disruptive investments are targeting all businesses such as payments, remittance, private banking. Which led to an investment in Fintech companies of more than $12B in the year 2014 alone."   Jean Rognetta - Delegate General of CroissancePlus and President of PME France

The programme and pitches will revolve around the following themes:

• Payment & Billing Tech
• Personal Finance
• Insurance Tech
• Asset Management
• Lending
• Banking
• Money Transfer
• Security & Fraud
• Blockchain (bitcoin, cybersecurity) 
• Business Tools

     

 

Why should you attend?

 

Global Partners                                                                       #FTECH16
	Founded in 1805 in Geneva, Pictet & Cie SA is today one of Switzerland’s largest private banks, and the leading independent asset management specialist in Europe, with CHF 436 billion (EUR 402 billion) in assets under management and custody at December 2015. Pictet & Cie SA is a partnership owned and managed by eight general partners with unlimited liability for the bank’s commitments. The Pictet Group, based in Geneva, employs more than 3,900 staff. The group has offices in the following financial centres: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel, Dubai, Florence, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Lausanne, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Montreal, Nassau, Osaka, Paris, Rome, Singapore, Taipei, Turin, Tokyo, Verona and Zurich.
	Orrick is a leading global law firm with a particular focus on serving companies in the technology, energy and financial sectors. We are recognized worldwide for delivering the highest-quality, commercially-oriented legal advice and for our culture of innovation and collaboration. Founded in San Francisco a century and a half ago, Orrick today is named by Law360 as one of the “Global 20” leading firms. Our platform offers clients a distinctive combination of local insight and global reach across 25 offices. Orrick practices in five core areas: Corporate, Energy & Infrastructure, Finance, Intellectual Property and Litigation. Known for our work in the technology sector, we act for many of the world’s top public companies as well as more than 1,200 start-ups.
Local Support Partners
	CroissancePlus (http://www.croissanceplus.com) is the main entrepreneur's association in France. Its ca. 500 members lead the country's fastest-growing companies and share their success with employees and stakeholders. They militantly promote entrepreneurship in France and Europe, with high ethical values. CroissancePlus’ international network, ranging from China to California, provides members with immediate leverage on their growth paths.  On September 2015, CroissancePlus merged with PMEfinance, a non political think tank bringing together leading entrepreneurs of every sector and financiers involved with innovation or small caps, in public and private equity, with a particular focus on venture capital and fintechs.
	Oakland Partners provides M&A and Corporate Finance advice to High Tech Companies. Oakland Partners, based in London, has a presence in Paris, Madrid and Tel-Aviv. Our Partners advised companies for M&A transactions and Private Placements for the last 17 years. We have key relationships with both global acquirers of technology companies and long standing relationships with IT giants: IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, Google, Intel, ARM, Qualcomm, Symantec, Salesforce.com, HP, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, RIM, NEC, Rakuten, Samsung and many others. Oakland Partners industries expertise are: Cybersecurity and Forensics, Big-Data, Fintech, Mobile/Wireless, Cloud, Enterprise Software and SaaS, Storage and Communications Networks, Luxury Goods and E-commerce, Marketing, Digital Media. Our success as a Corporate Finance firm is ultimately measured by the 900 M$ in cumulated transactions done to date by our Partners.
	Bpifrance is a public investment bank that finances businesses from the seed phase to transfer to stock exchange listing, through loans, guarantees and equity.
	EuroQuity is the digital ecosystem created by Bpifrance to put growth companies in contact with development partners and with investors in particular.