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FinAccelerate is where fintech's cutting edge meets unparalleled legal and institutional support. Cohorts discover a dynamic environment designed to connect innovators with key players, provide early-stage guidance, and prepare ventures to navigate global financial regulations.

FinAccelerate provides fintech company cohorts at any stage with invaluable legal advice, strategic insights, and a supportive network. The program offers tailored guidance, facilitating crucial connections to funding, and equips founders to navigate complex market and regulatory landscapes for lasting success.

Jones Day partner Abradat Kamalpour breaks down the keys to a successful FinAccelerate application. To improve your chances of making the cut, prioritize team strength and technological innovation instead of past fundraising wins.

Jones Day partner Tim Curry offers a look at what makes a pitch deck effective. To secure that crucial first meeting, ensure your most compelling data and vision are front and center, never buried.

Jones Day partner Cameron Reese reviews fintech market dynamics, highlighting the transformation from early skepticism to broad adaptation and expansion.

Jones Day partner Carl Kukkonen examines intellectual property strategies for early-stage companies, advising on how to protect innovations and manage risk in crucial agreements.

CRiskCo founder and CEO Erez Saf shares his experience with the FinAccelerate application process, highlighting the value of colleague recommendations and early engagement with Jones Day lawyers for fintech growth.

ESHE Pay founder Dione Crutchfield-Sparrow shares her mission to empower women with a new financial platform built on DeFi, highlighting the supportive connection of her FinAccelerate experience and key character traits essential for building any venture.

Stealth AI startup cofounder George Lewin-Smith discusses crucial legal considerations for AI-driven insurance, highlighting the value of expert one-on-one sessions with Jones Day to navigate IP, bias, and performance issues, and to build key relationships.

LuxePay founder Jennifer Fletcher introduces her "buy now, pay later" service for medical aesthetics, emphasizing the value of connections from events and early engagement with top legal counsel for regulatory success.

Jones Day partner Mark Rasmussen explains how to create a protective legal framework for a business. Long-term success requires understanding a business's offerings and navigating its regulatory environment from the start.

Fraudshield CTO Máté Gábor Lénárt shares insights into his company's cybersecurity services, detailing how FinAccelerate provided essential legal information for managing U.S. company formation, taxation, and investment.

Crypto ISAC Executive Director Justine Bone recalls a FinAccelerate panel on which she served. She highlights how new companies are now proactively addressing cybersecurity and key risks early in their development, a significant change from older practices.

Vectr Fintech Partners associate Ben Hoxie discusses FinAccelerate's hands-on support for startups. He highlights the program's detailed focus on getting the legal and operational side right, covering things like term sheets, employment, and what's needed for regulations.

Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol cofounder Matthew Twomey discusses his company's initiative to link Bitcoin investments with clean energy. He explains their process of rewarding clean energy Bitcoin miners with a token representing proof of clean work.

Michael Barrell is founder of Juliet Media, MBR Partners, Digital Asset Week, and an investor in businesses leading the way in digital transformation.

Investors remain optimistic about prospects in the fintech sector and companies at various stages of development continue to attract attention. Watch partner Tim Curry and industry thought leaders who attended Jones Day’s inaugural FinAccelerate program talk about investment and strategic opportunities in 2023.

Tim Curry has represented start-up, emerging growth, and public technology companies in public offerings, venture capital (VC) and growth equity financings, and mergers and acquisitions for more than 25 years.

What are the evolving trends in the financial markets industry and how does Jones Day has responded to clients' changing needs?

Ka-on Li works closely with clients to successfully design, structure, and execute technology and commercial transactions to achieve high-stakes business objectives.

Collin Waring represents clients in a variety of complex commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing, and leasing of retail, office, hotel, industrial, mixed-use, and multifamily commercial properties.

Kelsey Israel-Trummel's practice focuses on representing employers in a variety of labor and employment matters, including wage and hour, discrimination, and wrongful termination matters and in disputes arising under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

Natalia Sauszyn has significant experience in capital markets in both debt and equity transactions. She advises clients on structured and plain vanilla bond issues, EMTN programs, covered bond programs, EuroPPs, U.S. shelf programs, and high yield debt offerings.

Members of the 2023 cohort share their experience during Finaccelerate.