This yr, FinovateEurope 2026 is bringing a brand new addition to our annual showcase of revolutionary fintech. Our invitation-only Affect+ occasion, held on Monday, 9 February, is a singular alternative for traders to fulfill and community with fintech startups which have developed options for quite a lot of challenges presently dealing with banks, monetary providers suppliers, and their clients and members. As a part of this system, the night will characteristic a collection of four-minute pitches from eight startups chosen in collaboration with London & Companions, Fintech Sandbox, and different main startup specialists.
“I’m delighted to unveil the Affect+ Founders & Funders program at FinovateEurope 2026,” Heather Stowell, Finovate VP and Director of Demos, stated. “The eight startups pitching to traders as a part of the February 9 session are presenting cutting-edge concepts and applied sciences from throughout fintech and finserv. It’s inspiring to see this degree of innovation from such younger corporations and thrilling to foresee the connections arising for them with traders.”
Completely for traders and startups, Affect+ takes place Monday, 9 February—the night earlier than FinovateEurope 2026 begins in earnest. This system begins at 6pm and ends with a networking and drinks reception starting at 7:15pm.
Anna Tsiganchuk—CEO & Co-Founder, Aleta Index
A product chief with a basis in design, a ardour for AI innovation, and a observe file of constructing and scaling impactful options, Tsiganchuk is CEO and Co-Founding father of Aleta Index.
Aleta Index is an AI-powered platform that analyzes various information units together with information and social media to reveal bias and supply credibility to allow enterprise analysts and researchers to make higher choices and develop extra correct prediction fashions pushed by machine studying. Based in 2024, Aleta Index is headquartered in London.
Filiberto Tasca—CEO & Co-Founder, Aurea Hub
With a powerful conviction that the third web revolution of Net 3.0, decentralized finance (DeFi), and the metaverse can have a big impression on each side of society, Tasca is CEO and Co-Founding father of Aurea Hub.
Aurea is the EU-native B2B infrastructure for on-chain finance. The corporate affords a white-label, fully-compliant Pockets-as-a-Service (WaaS) platform that serves as a impartial technological bridge to empower banks, fintechs, and retailers to combine digital property and stablecoins into their present functions.
Barak Katz—CEO & Founder, DotzLink
An alum of Tel Aviv College and Harvard Enterprise College with greater than a decade of Chief Government expertise, Katz is founder and CEO of DotzLink.
DotzLink is making a monetary safety platform designed to struggle the rising problem of scams and monetary abuse. The corporate’s AI-powered expertise supplies real-time detection, proactive safety, and actionable insights to assist seniors and households keep secure and financially safe. Based in 2025, DotzLink is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Máté Jendrolovics—CEO & Founder, Intuitech
With a background as a marketing consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Head of Digital at Hungary’s Gránit Financial institution, Jendrolovics is CEO and founding father of Intuitech, an Agentic AI and digital options supplier for corporations within the monetary business.
Intuitech is a 200+ member, full-stack improvement and AI providers studio—launched in 2018—that empowers banks, insurers, consultancies, and different corporations to succeed in their digital potential, from buyer functions and automatic platforms to stylish back-office and AI options. The corporate is predicated in Budapest, Hungary.
Joshua Ojo—CEO & Founder, Ndewo Finance
An innovator with a background in arithmetic and a powerful ardour for utilizing expertise to unravel enterprise challenges, Ojo is CEO and founding father of Ndewo Finance.
Ndewo Finance affords a platform for “credit score invisibles”—folks with important gaps of their credit score information. The corporate leverages various information sources equivalent to residence credit score historical past and transactional information to allow underbanked and unbanked people to entry monetary and non-financial providers equivalent to rents, mortgages, scholar loans, bank cards, retail financing, and extra. Ndewo Finance is predicated in Manchester, UK.
Rukayyat Kolawole—CEO & Co-Founder, PaceUP Make investments
Devoted to breaking limitations and reshaping monetary empowerment, Kolawole is CEO and Co-Founding father of Wealthtech PaceUp Make investments.
PaceUp Make investments is a B2B and B2C hyperpersonalized wealth expertise platform that leverages AI, behavioral science, inclusive cultural context, and human experience to drive monetary wellness. The platform affords multilingual steering and integrates seamlessly with banks, firms, insurers, and digital monetary apps. Headquartered in Mannheim, Germany, PaceUp Make investments was based in 2020.
Savannah Worth—Founder & CEO, Serene
A FinTech London Rising Star for 2025, Worth is Founder and CEO of Serene, the infrastructure for monetary care that empowers banks, lenders, and fintechs to supply clients with higher monetary outcomes.
Serene combines behavioral insights, predictive intelligence, and monetary information to detect early indications of vulnerability, fraud, or potential misery. This allows monetary establishments to do extra than simply establish danger, but additionally to know, predict, and forestall it. Headquartered in London, UK, Serene was based in 2023.
Mariana Barona—CEO & Co-Founder, Synthera AI
With a background as an analyst at Goldman Sachs and an schooling from the College of Cambridge, Barona is CEO and Co-Founding father of Synthera AI.
Headquartered in London, Synthera AI generates artificial yield curves, equities, FX costs, and different monetary devices to allow skilled traders to check their portfolios on real looking however unseen market situations utilizing generative AI. The corporate’s artificial information redefines portfolio evaluation with AI-driven dynamic state of affairs testing, predictive analytics, and deep portfolio insights.
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