MONTREAL, Sept. 17, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - Innovation knows no bounds. Today, Holt Fintech Accelerator is proud to welcome the 13 teams that will participate in their 12-week program.
Announced earlier this year in Montreal, the project serves to continue Sir Herbert Holt's entrepreneurship legacy. Holt was Canada's technology pioneer, in the transportation, energy and banking sectors, even creating one of the largest privately-owned utilities in the world.
One of the thirteen finalists is London, Ontario-based LoanConnect, which launched in 2016 and is Canada's leading personal loan search platform through which consumers can search over 20 lenders for the best rates and terms. The company wants to provide game-changing, on-the-spot financing through a choice of lenders for all consumers, regardless of their credit rating, whenever and wherever they need it.
The Holt Accelerator offers participants the unique opportunity of benefiting from hands-on help through committed financial institutions, venture capital firms, partners, training sessions, world-class mentors, immersion in the fintech environment, financial investments and more.
"Everything has been thought out to get the best out of the program and unleash the selected startups' full potential," says Brendan Holt Dunn, Founder and Managing Partner of the Holt Fintech Accelerator Program. Jan Christopher Arp, fellow Managing Partner, adds: "There is a rich diversity of selected fintechs, in which cross pollination of ideas and networks, will certainly contribute to creating a better society."
Coming from vastly different backgrounds in terms of geography, industry and technology, the chosen startups will have to push the envelope of what has already been achieved in the field of disruptive technologies, especially AI.
About Holt Accelerator
Holt Accelerator offers participants the unique opportunity of benefiting from hands-on help through committed partners, training sessions, world-class mentors, immersion in the fintech environment, board meetings, financial investments and more. In addition, the Holt Accelerator program is the only accelerator offering one of Canada's largest applied AI solution providers, Stradigi AI, a proven resource for all fintechs that want to get ahead. Everything is thought out to get the best out of the program and unleash the selected startups' full potential.
This article is a selection of content originally written by the Holt Fintech Accelerator. It was published September 17, 2018 on Canada News Wire. You can read the full article here.
