Episode 39: Ecosystem Zoom In: Netherlands

August 17, 2020 Francesca Aliverti Breaking Banks Europe 0:43:49 Comments Off on Episode 39: Ecosystem Zoom In: Netherlands

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Join our host Francesca Aliverti, in a visit back to her “business home” in this new installment of BBE’s Ecosystem Zoom In. Once the Business Development Director of Holland FinTech, Francesca worked and stimulated the Dutch ecosystem together with the major key figures of the FinTech Ecosystem in the Netherlands. No surprises here, Don Ginsel, is one of the guests for this episode. Don is guilty of influencing trends and pushing the ecosystem forward by founding Holland FinTech, which counts with over 500 company members in the Dutch and european space, from the biggest corporate giants in the financial services sector, to emerging solutions in fintech.
Also in this episode, Elizabeth Kleinveld – investor, fintech expert and ecosystem builder, who links various parties in the value chain from startups and scale-ups to regulators, investors and large corporates. Elizabeth spent twenty years working in the tech and banking sectors in the Netherlands and joined Startupbootcamp’s Fintech & Cybersecurity Accelerator in 2016. She is responsible for the Corporate Partners (Banks, Insurers, Pension Funds, Consultants, Systems Integrators etc.). In this role, she helps them scout and work with startups promising startups. CFA! The FinTech & Cybersecurity Program is currently open for applications until September 14th (link below).

Some useful links mentioned throughout the episode:
Startupbootcamp FinTech & CyberSecurity Amsterdam Applications (deadline: September 14th): https://bit.ly/SBCFinTechCyber
XFW – Amsterdam FinTech Week (September 21st – September 25th): https://xfw.amsterdam/
SBC’s FinTech & Cybersecurity Demo Day (September 21st, Amsterdam): request your invite to Sophie (Operations Manager) 
Holland FinTech Website: https://hollandfintech.com/
Holland FinTech’s Global Fintech Newsletter: https://bit.ly/HFTGlobalFinTechNewsletter
State of the Dutch FinTech Market 2020: https://bit.ly/DutchFinTechMarket

Co-Founder and Partner, FTS Group
About the Author
Francesca Aliverti - Co-Founder and Partner, FTS Group Francesca Aliverti is the Co-Founder and Partner at FTS Group, a startup mentor at Startupbootcamp FinTech & Cybersecurity, an Equity Partner of Great Stuff Ventures and recently appointed as Director Business Operations Africa & Middle East at Elevandi. Previously she was a Co-Founder at Holland FinTech where she also held a position as the Head of Strategy & Business Development. In this role she catalyzed company transformation from inception to a +400 members enterprise. She is highly fluent in the fintech European ecosystem with tangents across the world - in technology issues from a business point of view, from the traditional structures, to the most innovative solutions in the market, having built FinTech ecosystems and fostering innovation dialogues. Francesca is currently an active asset in strengthening Elevandi’s leadership at the intersection of Policy, Finance and Technology in the EU and Africa regions. She is also a regular contributor and content curator to different financial inclusion projects with a focus on emerging markets, on initiatives with Timepledge.org and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Additionally, she is regular host at the Breaking Banks Europe show, top fintech podcast in Europe. Francesca speaks Italian, English and basic Greek. Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-aliverti-625006ba/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/franvontiiser Provoke: https://provoke.fm/author/francesca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/francescaliverti/
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