Wharton FinTech Podcast

Nick Chandi, CEO & Co-Founder of ForwardAI - Access, monitor, and manage business financials

04.14.2023 - By Wharton Fintech PodcastPlay

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Tarang Gupta hosts Nick Chandi, Co-Founder and CEO of ForwardAI. ForwardAI provides a full suite of accounting data solutions for banks, lenders, fintechs, accountants, and small businesses.

In this episode you will hear about:

- Why most SMEs struggle to get funding from traditional banks

- How ForwardAI uses data aggregation to predict clients’ cashflow needs

- State of the fintech ecosystem in Canada

- Nick’s vision for the next 5 years

And much more!

About Nick Chandi

Nick is the CEO and Co-founder of ForwardAI. Before starting FowardAI, Nick co-founded SlickPie, which provides online accounting software for over 40,000 small businesses. In 2019, Nick had a successful exit from a firm he co-founded called Welcome Networks. Nick has an MBA and a bachelor’s in engineering. He is also Co-chair of the British Columbia Tech CEO Scale C-Council and regularly contributes to the Forbes Finance Council.

About ForwardAI

FowardAI is a Canada-based fintech startup that provides aggregated accounting and business data to help businesses to gain insight and control over their financial information.

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