Emelie Moritz

Spiir A/S develops an online banking application. It offers technology, web, and applications for private finance and online business. The company was founded by Rune Mai and Guðmundur Hreiðarsson and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.

Part of Mastercard, Inc., Aiia A/S is a leading open banking platform based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish company's mission is to empower people to bring their financial data and accounts into play safely and transparently. Aiia's platform allows businesses and financial institutions to integrate financial data and account-to-account payments into their services for millions of European citizens. The private company provides open banking services to a long list of banks, challenger banks, fintechs, accounting system providers, and payment companies. Aiia won the award for best mobile payment solution at Finovate Awards in 2020 for live open banking payment solutions built with its customers. The company was founded in 2010 by Rune Mai and Mette Reissmann, with Rune Mai serving as CEO since then. Aiia was acquired by Mastercard, Inc. on November 17, 2021.

Grandhood ApS develops and sells financial products focusing on pension solutions. It offers digital pension advice and management platform. The company was founded by Jon Lieberkind, Mathias Bredkjær, and Jens Kam on January 2, 2017 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Monash University operates as a public research university. It specializes in higher education, global engagement, postgraduate courses, undergraduate study, and PhD research. The company was founded on March 1961 and is headquartered in Clayton, Australia.

Holvi Payment Services Oy provides online payment services. It is an independently built an end-to-end online banking platform from the ground up and a financial service that does not operate on the legacy backend or balance sheet of any existing bank. The company was founded by Tuomas Toivonen and Kristoffer Lawson in 2011 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Lifeboat Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Texas, USA that aims to safeguard humanity from catastrophic technology-related events. The Lifeboat Foundation is based in Minden, NV. The foundation funds research programs such as Aishield, Bioshield, Infopreserver, Internetshield, Lifepreserver, Lifeshield Bunkers, Nanoshield, Scientificfreedomshield, Securitypreserver, Space Habitats, and X-risks Network News. The foundation also has a blog team and boards for biotech/medical, business, engineering, ethics, information sciences, nanotechnology, neuroscience, robotics/AI, and space settlement. The foundation sponsors events such as the Space Renaissance USA Networking Mixer and the International Longevity Summit. The foundation also encourages people to donate their unused CPU cycles to help scientists determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases.

Part of Morgan Stanley, E * TRADE Nordic AB is a Swedish company that provides online discount brokerage and online banking services. The private company is located in Sweden. E*TRADE Nordic AB was acquired by E*TRADE Financial Corp. on October 25, 1999.

KnCMiner AB develops chip design, software and services for block chain-based applications and crypto currency mining. It specializes ASIC design as well as in building, equipping and running data centers on renewable green hydropower. The company was founded by Samuel James Cole, Sten Marcus Erlandsson, Andreas Kennemar and Carl Michael Unnebäck in 2013 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

WSC Digital Yield Master Fund Ltd. offers securities. The company is based in Road Town, British Virgin Islands.

White Star Capital Investments UK Ltd (White Star Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Eric Martineau-Fortin, Jean-François Marcoux and Christian Hernandez Gallardo. The firm is headquartered in London, UK with additional offices in New York, Paris, Montreal, Toronto, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Guernsey, Seoul, San Francisco and Singapore.

The Swedish Fintech Association is a non-profit organization that gathers the Swedish fintech community to create an impact. The private company is based in Stockholm, Sweden. The association advocates for increased information sharing between traders and crime prevention authorities to strengthen measures against money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Recently, the association discussed the handling of fraud cases and fraud related to coordination numbers. The association also addressed the problem of an imbalance of regulations on strong customer authentication within the fintech sector. The current regulations have hindered innovation and competition neutrality. The association is pleased that information sharing between banks and authorities is being proposed, but it is a shame that the proposal only limits the initiative to banks.

MF Global Holdings Ltd. provides execution and clearing services for exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivative products. It offers customized solutions in global cash and derivatives markets. The firm also provides research and market commentary to help clients make trading decisions, as well as providing client financing and securities lending services. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of CME Group, Inc., ICAP is a health leader situated at Columbia University. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company has worked since 2003 with one central goal: to improve the health of families and communities.

Residence Ventures LLC (Residence Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Yannick Folla. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Ledn, Inc. is a Canadian financial company that offers a suite of products to help clients across the globe unlock the power of digital assets to build wealth for the long term. Ledn is based in Toronto, Canada, and has subsidiaries in Canada. Ledn has active clients in 105 countries and has exceeded $1 billion in assets on its platform. The company provides interest-bearing savings accounts and bitcoin-backed loans, enabling clients to access dollars or additional bitcoin without needing to sell any of their existing holdings. The company remains an industry leader when it comes to transparency and accountability standards, being the first-ever lending platform to undergo a formal proof-of-reserves attestation by Armanino LLP, a top public accounting and consulting firm and a recognized leader in digital asset assurance solutions. The company was founded by Adam J. Reeds and Mauricio di Bartolomeo, and Adam J. Reeds has been the CEO since incorporation.

Cadence Group, Inc. operates digital securitization platform. It develops a suite of software and services to streamline the securitization process from end to end. The company was founded by Nelson Chu and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Dfns SAS is a French company that offers predictable plans starting at $500/month with no bps on aum or transaction fees. The company is based in Paris, France. The company provides a keyless wallet infrastructure that allows users to create multi-chain wallets, deploy segregated accounts, sign transactions, set up approval workflows, get unlimited defi access, integrate with industry-leading apps, and support more than 30 blockchains and over 500 assets–crypto, securities, nfts and more.

Cometh SASU is a French blockchain technology company founded in 2020 by Jérôme de Tychey, Vincent Le Gallic, and a group of engineers. The company is based in Paris, France. Cometh is focused on shaping the future of web3 and driving its widespread adoption through its tech, a groundbreaking development platform for games and dapps, and Cometh Game Studio, its video game development division. Cometh's web3 development platform includes Cometh Connect, a biometric smart wallet, a white label NFT marketplace, and an NFT checkout. Cometh has prestigious clients, including La Française des Jeux (FDJ), Lacoste, Fanlive Rugby, and Life Beyond Studios, for their web3 needs. Cometh Game Studio integrates all its own tools in its brand new experience, Cosmik Battle, a free-to-play tactical card game where you can play, own, and rent your cards and spaceships. The long-awaited game will enter its beta later this year.

AMS Sensors USA, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets analog semiconductors. The firm's products include color sensor, light-to-digital, gesture, color and proximity detection. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Cymbet Corp. designs and manufactures solid-state energy storage solutions for microelectronic systems. It offers solutions in area of industries, telecom and networking, medical, consumer electronics, aero and transportation, wireless handheld, embedded systems and computing and renewable energy. The company was founded by Mark Lynn Jenson and Jacob Harlen in 2000 and is headquartered in Elk River, MN.