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Driving Fintech Innovation

About FinAccelerate

FinAccelerate is an intense accelerator program empowered by one of the world’s leading and largest law firms, Jones Day.
The program covers the fundamental areas of law relevant to innovative fintech companies and enables selected fintech businesses to access leading investors, corporations, financial institutions, and potential JV partners to accelerate their business.

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Program Structure

The program is run over four key days and followed up with continuous engagement with a strong ecosystem of world-leading advisors, investors, and partners to the program.

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Day 1
Know-How Sessions

Structured one-hour know-how sessions for the fintech cohort companies, covering these key areas: capital markets, regulatory law, IP, corporate structure and funding, data and privacy, employment, tech agreements, and risk management.

Jones Day's San Francisco Office
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Day 2
Q&A Sessions

A limited number of dedicated time slots for small group Q&A sessions that the fintech cohort can book with relevant lawyers presenting on topics from Day 1. General access with refreshment breaks provided.

Jones Day's San Francisco Office
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Day 3
Demo Day: Present Your Company

The final day will be a demo day during which the fintech cohorts are given an opportunity to present their companies to an audience of invited institutions, VCs, and investors. Thought leaders are also invited to speak.

Jones Day's Silicon Valley Office
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Day 4
Interconnection Day: Meetings

Connect with and meet up with influencers and other cohort members hosted at Jones Day offices in a relaxed environment.

Jones Day's Silicon Valley Office

European Demo Day & Interconnection Day

Past FinAccelerate cohort members will have the opportunity to be selected to present at the European Demo Day and Interconnection Day in 2025, hosted at the Jones Day Paris office. Presentations can be made either in person or virtually. A limited number of FinAccelerate applicants who apply on time may also be chosen to present in person at the European Demo Day. You can view the current European Demo Day and Interconnection Day program here.

European Demo Day and Interconnection Day
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Continuous Engagement

Following conclusion of the program, companies will enjoy ongoing engagement with a strong ecosystem of leading advisors, potential investors, and partners.

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2025 Program

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2024 Program Highlights

Hear from our 2024 worldwide cohort

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The FinAccelerate App provides useful information about the program, updates, biographies, and key program publications.

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2023 Legal Technology Trailblazer

Awards and Recognitions

The National Law Journal has named FinAccelerate - Empowered by Jones Day to its annual list of “Legal Technology Trailblazers,” which recognizes legal technologies that are helping to change the way law firms operate and profiles companies and law firms that are taking innovative measures to set them apart from others in the market.

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