(DEMO DAY) Alpha Startup x Bank Negara Malaysia – My Fintech Week

Thanks for your interest in 1337 Ventures’ Alpha Startups: MyFintech Week, in collaboration with Bank Negara Malaysia! ?

In conjunction with MyFintech Week 2022, 1337 Ventures has been appointed by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to run 1337’s signature Alpha Startups™ accelerator for 25 Fintech startups. The Alpha Startups: MyFintech Week Edition Demo Day is finally happening after more than 4 weeks of intensive acceleration with us! In conjunction with Bank Negara Malaysia, this programme accelerated 25 aspiring Fintech teams and selected the Top 10 teams to pitch on DEMO DAY during Malaysia Fintech Week coming up!

The theme this year is “Advancing Digitalisation for Recovery, Sustainability and Inclusion, given the inequality and disparities highlighted during the pandemic.”

Now that the top 10 teams are primed and ready to present their groundbreaking ideas during Demo Day. The ultimate winner will receive RM150,000 seed funding from 1337 Ventures and an additional RM 50,000 cash prize from Bank Negara and MDEC.

We cordially invite you to join us for a day of intense Fintech immersion and opportunities! Interested in learning more about Malaysia’s Fintech Startups? Register yourself!

Here are the lists of the startups pitching for Demo Day MyFintech Week:-

1. Adam – Strive to tackle the issue of high FX fees and time-consuming processes for cross border trade settlements for MSME making it painless and quick​ by being the market-maker for all

2. du-it – Provides instalment solution to businesses using the ‘Buy Now, Pay Later” business model to address the supply chain financing gap by leveraging on our collective experience of more than 20 years serving the financial services industry with regards to technology development.

3. Alfie – Alfie builds alternative credit scoring models using smartphone-derived data to predict the likelihood of default of borrowers that are excluded from the formal banking system and offers digital microfinance services to them using Islamic Finance

4. BlueDuck – Reducing the burden of tenants ranging from residential to industrial by enabling zero deposit rental and enabling an end-to-end rental management system with the widest distribution network in Malaysia

5. Finory – Help Malaysian to manage all their credit cards and cash flow in one place by just forwarding their card and bank statements to the app

6. Koha Digital – Provides easy and accessible digital legacy planning for individuals and helps them to protect and preserve their family financial future

7. Swipey – Swipey is developing and delivering to Modern SMEs innovative & digital financial products and services that lower SMEs operating costs & streamline operations; built by SMEs for SMEs.

8. Product2u – Aims to connect the offline community (rural and suburban areas, warung, mini-marts) to online e-commerce via P2U users nationwide

9. Marion – Developing a fully mobile brokerage platform that provides first-time investors with easy access to Bursa Malaysia and AI-powered stock market research insights

10. Bricknshare – Unlocking home equity to help “home rich, cash poor” homeowners to unlock their home wealth by investing in their homes partially