This 12 months, FinovateEurope 2026 is bringing a brand new addition to our annual showcase of revolutionary fintech. Our invitation-only Influence+ occasion, held on Monday, 9 February, is a singular alternative for traders to fulfill and community with fintech startups which have developed options for quite a lot of challenges at present dealing with banks, monetary providers suppliers, and their prospects and members. As a part of this system, the night will function a sequence of four-minute pitches from eight startups chosen in collaboration with London & Companions, Fintech Sandbox, and different main startup specialists.
“I’m delighted to unveil the Influence+ Founders & Funders program at FinovateEurope 2026,” Heather Stowell, Finovate VP and Director of Demos, mentioned. “The eight startups pitching to traders as a part of the February 9 session are presenting cutting-edge concepts and applied sciences from throughout fintech and finserv. It’s inspiring to see this stage of innovation from such younger corporations and thrilling to foresee the connections arising for them with traders.”
Completely for traders and startups, Influence+ takes place Monday, 9 February—the night earlier than FinovateEurope 2026 begins in earnest. This system begins at 6pm and ends with a networking and drinks reception starting at 7:15pm.
Anna Tsiganchuk—CEO & Co-Founder, Aleta Index
A product chief with a basis in design, a ardour for AI innovation, and a monitor report of constructing and scaling impactful options, Tsiganchuk is CEO and Co-Founding father of Aleta Index.
Aleta Index is an AI-powered platform that analyzes different knowledge units together with information and social media to show bias and supply credibility to allow enterprise analysts and researchers to make higher choices and develop extra correct prediction fashions pushed by machine studying. Based in 2024, Aleta Index is headquartered in London.
Filiberto Tasca—CEO & Co-Founder, Aurea Hub
With a powerful conviction that the third web revolution of Net 3.0, decentralized finance (DeFi), and the metaverse can have a major impression on each facet of society, Tasca is CEO and Co-Founding father of Aurea Hub.
Aurea is the EU-native B2B infrastructure for on-chain finance. The corporate affords a white-label, fully-compliant Pockets-as-a-Service (WaaS) platform that serves as a impartial technological bridge to empower banks, fintechs, and retailers to combine digital belongings and stablecoins into their present functions.
Barak Katz—CEO & Founder, DotzLink
An alum of Tel Aviv College and Harvard Enterprise Faculty with greater than a decade of Chief Government expertise, Katz is founder and CEO of DotzLink.
DotzLink is making a monetary safety platform designed to combat the rising problem of scams and monetary abuse. The corporate’s AI-powered expertise gives real-time detection, proactive safety, and actionable insights to assist seniors and households keep secure and financially safe. Based in 2025, DotzLink is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Máté Jendrolovics—CEO & Founder, Intuitech
With a background as a guide with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Head of Digital at Hungary’s Gránit Financial institution, Jendrolovics is CEO and founding father of Intuitech, an Agentic AI and digital options supplier for corporations within the monetary trade.
Intuitech is a 200+ member, full-stack improvement and AI providers studio—launched in 2018—that empowers banks, insurers, consultancies, and different corporations to succeed in their digital potential, from buyer functions and automatic platforms to classy back-office and AI options. The corporate is predicated in Budapest, Hungary.
Joshua Ojo—CEO & Founder, Ndewo Finance
An innovator with a background in arithmetic and a powerful ardour for utilizing expertise to resolve enterprise challenges, Ojo is CEO and founding father of Ndewo Finance.
Ndewo Finance affords a platform for “credit score invisibles”—individuals with vital gaps of their credit score recordsdata. The corporate leverages different knowledge sources akin to dwelling credit score historical past and transactional knowledge to allow underbanked and unbanked people to entry monetary and non-financial providers akin to rents, mortgages, pupil loans, bank cards, retail financing, and extra. Ndewo Finance is predicated in Manchester, UK.
Rukayyat Kolawole—CEO & Co-Founder, PaceUP Make investments
Devoted to breaking obstacles and reshaping monetary empowerment, Kolawole is CEO and Co-Founding father of Wealthtech PaceUp Make investments.
PaceUp Make investments is a B2B and B2C hyperpersonalized wealth expertise platform that leverages AI, behavioral science, inclusive cultural context, and human experience to drive monetary wellness. The platform affords multilingual steering and integrates seamlessly with banks, companies, insurers, and digital monetary apps. Headquartered in Mannheim, Germany, PaceUp Make investments was based in 2020.
Savannah Value—Founder & CEO, Serene
A FinTech London Rising Star for 2025, Value is Founder and CEO of Serene, the infrastructure for monetary care that empowers banks, lenders, and fintechs to offer prospects with higher monetary outcomes.
Serene combines behavioral insights, predictive intelligence, and monetary knowledge to detect early indications of vulnerability, fraud, or potential misery. This allows monetary establishments to do extra than simply determine danger, but additionally to know, predict, and stop it. Headquartered in London, UK, Serene was based in 2023.
Mariana Barona—CEO & Co-Founder, Synthera AI
With a background as an analyst at Goldman Sachs and an schooling from the College of Cambridge, Barona is CEO and Co-Founding father of Synthera AI.
Headquartered in London, Synthera AI generates artificial yield curves, equities, FX costs, and different monetary devices to allow skilled traders to check their portfolios on life like however unseen market situations utilizing generative AI. The corporate’s artificial knowledge redefines portfolio evaluation with AI-driven dynamic situation testing, predictive analytics, and deep portfolio insights.
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