Fintech Matters?

In our 12th episode, we talk about the value of perseverance as a founder and how to build a successful business on top of extremely difficult circumstances. Joining Oliver, our Head of Startup Growth we had the founders of Likvido and Nord Investments, Maximilian Frimmer and Anders Hartmann sharing their stories of how they dealt with bankruptcy and losing a bank partner.

In our 11th episode, we celebrate that since we first opened the doors 3 years ago, now have had more than 100 startups working and scaling as residents in the fintech lab in Copenhagen. We have invited the very first talented fintech entrepreneur who moved into the lab to talk about community, coworking, blockchain, Copenhagen and the other big issues in life.

We have made our 10th episode a bit more personal together with Jeppe Rindom, Founder and CEO of the Danish fintech startup Pleo. How do you think about strategy in building a startup? How do you design for building a rapid scaling company? What is the tipping point? When do you go from being involved in everything to being a ‘real’ CEO?

Why does fintech matter for children and for parents? How do we invest in our childrens’ future and how to raise children in an increasingly digital world? Together with the two dads, co-founders, CEOs Jacob Munk-Stander from Tobi and Soren Nielsen from Ernit we explore these questions together.

The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice. In Denmark and Copenhagen FinTech see a lot of fintech solutions using the UN Global Goals as a framework. In this episode we meet Kirsten Brosbøl, member of the Danish Parliament and Emil Fuglsang, Co-founder of the Danish Fintech startup Matter and ask some fundamental questions regarding the what, why and how.

Human centric design is a Danish position of strength. Trust is often something we take for granted in Denmark. Maybe the two things can be an ‘unfair advantage’ for Denmark? Listen to our 7th episode where we talk with Mikal Hallstrup from Designit and Jens Kam from the fintech startup Grandhood. We discuss what does human centric design mean in fintech and why does it matter?

Copenhagen FinTech meet the world's first and only tech ambassador, Casper Klynge. The Office of the Danish Tech Ambassador has a global mandate and a physical presence across three time zones in Silicon Valley, Copenhagen and Beijing - transcending borders and regions and rethinking diplomacy. But what does that have to do with fintech and does it actually matter? That is what we explore in this 6th episode of ‘FinTech Matters?’.

Oliver Sjöstedt and Simon Schou from Copenhagen Fintech dig into why and how a global NGO is collaborating with a fintech startup together with Rasmus Jacobsen from Care Denmark and Sofie Blakstad from Hiveonline. Care and Hiveonline talk about their joint experience with their work to bring a blockchain based solution to bank the unbanked nomadic population of Niger.

Thomas Krogh visited professor Rebecca Homkes at London Business School to talk with her about her work with CEOs and executive teams of the top global companies on strategy and execution as well as hyper-growth companies on developing and executing strategies for growth, especially when facing extreme uncertainty.

In this episode you will hear Rune Mai talk about the birth of Spiir and the creation of the Nordic API Gateway. What does it mean for fintech startups and what does it mean for the financial industry?