Fintech 250: Raising Capital

Course Highlights

• Directly through crowd funding and indirectly through intermediaries. The training course covers the two approaches in detail
• Fintech made an industry out of crowd-funding and its ramifications. It is one more profitable service snatched away from the banking industry
• Fintech can bring the cost of Raising Capital close to zero. The market is yet to be tested on large amounts of capitalizations but we are getting there
• There is a lot of services expected for free and yet there is room for intermediaries

Goals

• To learn about the choices and impact of raising capital from outside the banking sector. Do banks still have a role to play in Raising Capital?
• Is there still room for intermediaries and service providers? Is the market wide enough? Will innovation reduce the scope of intermediaries?
• How is it perceived by investors and by those trying to obtain investment, is it a reliable solution? Can we improve it?

Structure

• One full day including legal questions for the case of start-ups

Target Audience

• Start-ups in general and Fintech entrepreneurs interested in becoming service providers