1871 and Long-Time Partner BMO Announce Their WMNfintech 2023 Cohort

1871 & BMO are excited to announce the 5 women-founded fintech startups participating in the fourth cohort of their award-winning WMNfintech program.

Starting in May, the cohort will further develop their services and solutions through the program’s tailored product, business development, and entrepreneurial programming, along with mentorship from BMO Executive leaders to help navigate their startup fundamentals. 

To date, more than 15 percent of women fintech founders in North America have participated in WMNfintech, making it the largest nonprofit fintech accelerator for women-founded and women-led startups.

About the program

Participants in this cohort are high potential, early-stage women entrepreneurs whose startups exhibit exceptional promise in their future development and amplification in the financial sector.  

The program runs for 4 months, meeting for one full week each month, from May until August 2023. 

Cohort members will attend 1871’s PYROS  programming, tailored curriculum focusing on enterprise sales cycles, vendor management, information security & risk and regulatory requirements, and fintech deep dives led by BMO leaders & experts. 

The program will culminate in a cohort showcase, where participants will have the opportunity to share their business solutions and services directly with BMO executives for feedback and support.

Cohort members will also be introduced into the exclusive community of WMNfintech alumni, financial institutions, venture capitalists, and industry leaders for future networking opportunities.  

WMNfintech 2023 Cohort Members 

Dani Pensack, Co-Founder & CEO of Rightfoot 

Rightfoot is an API-first technology for banks and lenders of all kinds to underwrite customers. Rightfoot fills in the mosaic of consumer financial health data, a picture left previously incomplete by the credit report.

Lori Shao, CEO of Finli 

Finli is a digital back-office, all-in-one business management platform built for the small but mighty. Finli allows businesses to manage invoices, collect payments, communicate with their customers, and so much more. 

Saujin Yi, Founder & CEO of Liquid 

Liquid is an all-in-one global AP and project payroll solution that lets you confidently contract and pay your flexible team.

Stefania Di Bartolomeo, CEO of Physis

Physis brings sustainable transparency to the financial industry and enables truly sustainable investing for all financial institutions. Physis helps institutional investors, managers, wealth managers, and advisors who want to build and report on impact portfolios in the capital markets.

Svitlanka Sergiichuk, Co-Founder & CEO of Neofin 

Neofin is a no-code, intuitive SaaS platform. The company’s platform allows the automation of all loan operations. The company’s platform allows it to launch and improve services such as buy now, pay later, P2P lending, online lending, payday loans, POS credits, and more.

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