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Time flies by very fast! 🤯🤯 In a blink of an eye, we are now once again in the process of selecting new startups for our INC 8 batch 😏 More than 20 startups attended this week’s speed dating, whoop whoop 🎉🥳 They got to know the Tenity APAC team, met mentors (some alumnus too), received invaluable feedback, created connections - all whilst having fun of course 😉 Don’t forget to scroll through our selected pics to see not only the highlights of the 2 days, but also a series of despaired faces trying to put marshmallows on top of a spaghetti tower 😆😆  On a final note, we are looking forward to meeting all the shortlisted startups again. See you soon! Jonas Thürig, Martin Pasquier, Finnley Hui Yu, Lee, Charleen Phor, Julie Youngju Choi, Royce Lee, Jorden Tan, Katrina Bernardo, Jun Ho Bae, Davita Natasha Ongko, Zhen Zhen Ong, Janice Augustine

From One Team to One Brand 🔥   Since we announced Hackquarters joining Tenity back in November, we have successfully become one team and from today, we are also one single brand: Tenity. This marks a significant milestone in our journey.    This strategic move combines the best of both companies, creating a more global and more powerful ecosystem. Our shared vision is to empower open innovation and provide unwavering support to startups and our partners around the world: Making innovation work.   Here's what's new and exciting:   🌍 More Hubs: We're now operating in more cities than ever! Our global presence has expanded to Singapore, Zurich, Tallinn, London, Istanbul, and Madrid. 📈 More Programs: We've got a wide range of programs to help startups, from pre-seed to scale-ups, and partners find cutting-edge solutions for their businesses. (Interested? Find all of them here https://lnkd.in/dMd7xURQ) 🌱 More Startups: Our community is growing fast. We now have an impressive alumni network of over 1,600 startups and a portfolio of more than 200 companies. Our alumni have raised over $1 billion in investments, showcasing the incredible potential and success. 💡 More Partners: Collaboration is key to innovation. Our ecosystem is continuously expanding, fostering a growing network of partners dedicated to driving progress and achieving shared goals. 🤝 More Mentors: Our mentorship network is expanding - with more experienced professionals and industry experts joining us. They're dedicated to providing valuable insights, guidance, and support to our startups, giving them the best chance at success.   Join us on this exciting journey as we continue to drive innovation! Andreas Iten Kaan Akın Andrea Fritschi Michèle Richner Luca Casuscelli Sabina Babayeva Jonas Thürig

🎉 It is with great pleasure and pride that we announce Tenity’s follow-on investment in Heymax.ai's Seed funding round, part of Tenity Inc 5, led by January Capital. 🚀 Focused on transforming how consumers manage and maximise their credit card rewards, we are beyond excited to see where the USD 2.6 million Seed funding will take Heymax.ai in their journey. 💳✨ We would like to especially welcome January Capital to the family, and we are excited to see how their deep expertise in the loyalty and consumer rewards space can help shape the next chapter for Heymax.ai. 🤝🌟 Find out more about heymax.ai | Gives You a Free Trip, Every Year. Seed funding in our Tenity press release: https://lnkd.in/gN_mMVvQ heymax.ai | Gives You a Free Trip, Every Year., Joe Xizhi Lu, Wang Ke, Jialu Zhong, Sean Dy, Jonas Thürig, Jun Ho Bae, Martin Pasquier, Katrina Bernardo, Zhen Zhen Ong, Davita Natasha Ongko, Finnley Hui Yu, Lee, Charleen Phor, Julie Youngju Choi, Jorden Tan, Royce Lee, Janice Augustine #Tenity #Heymax #JanuaryCapital #SeedFunding #Funding #Investments

🚀 SwissHacks 2024: Meet the Winners! What a weekend! We just wrapped up 48 hours of nonstop innovation, ending with an incredible closing ceremony yesterday afternoon. The ceremony was expertly moderated by Tanya König. Eva Selamlar-Leuthold kicked things off and introduced our diverse jury, featuring corporate reps from our partners, topic experts, and high-ranking public servants, led by Daniela Stoffel, State Secretary for International Finance, State Secretariat for International Finance SIF at the Federal Department of Finance FDF. 💪🏻 The Top 10 Teams pitched live, with two teams per challenge pre-selected. While the jury deliberated, we enjoyed a fantastic Alphorn performance by Rahel Blank Spengler and a surprise stand-up set from comedian Mike Casa. 🏆 And now, the winners: For the PostFinance Challenge “Revolutionize API Testing in Banking with GenAI“: Lost in Testing For the SIX Challenge “Sustainability Tools for Listed Companies” : BizzWizz (🏅 Audience award winner) For the Microsoft/Unique Challenge “Financial Innovation with AI”: Catalyst For the XRPL Challenge by Ripple “Evolving Finance with Blockchain”: Hodl For the Julius Baer Challenge “Using AI against Deepfakes in Private Banking”: Les Détectives And the team crowned "Winner of SwissHacks 2024" is: Catalyst!! Congrats 👏🏻 Our winners’ journey now continues on to the exclusive VC networking night by Swiss Financial Innovation Desk, Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law and Tenity on Tuesday, and on-stage during the upcoming Point Zero Forum! ✨ 🙏🏻 A huge thank you to all our hackers, FIND, our jury, mentors, volunteers, staff, and partners for making this Hackathon possible. Your dedication is truly inspiring! 🚀 Innovation Rockstars Julius Baer | SIX | Ripple | PostFinance | Microsoft Unique 🌟 Innovation Visionnary finance.swiss | Raiffeisen Switzerland | Innovation Zurich 🙌 Community Partners Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law | Zürich Tourism Innovation Booster – Blockchain Nation Switzerland | SwissDevJobs Elevandi | Point Zero Forum 📰 Media Partners MoneyToday | Startupticker.ch | Finanz und Wirtschaft More info about #SwissHacks 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/dsdZ6pDw #FinancialInnovation #Hackathon #ZurichEvents #SwissHacks2024 #Hackathon #Innovation #SwissHacks2024 #InnovationUnleashed #FromIdeatoImpact #ChallengeAccepted #ConciergingFinancialInnovation Bundeskanzlei BK Innosuisse Digital Switzerland Jürg Wüst Andreas Iten Switzerland Global Enterprise Green Fintech Network GirlsinTechSwitzerland WE SHAPE TECH Swiss Fintech Innovations SICTIC Swiss Banking - Schweizerische Bankiervereinigung IDSIA USI-SUPSI University of Zurich

📣 #SwissHacks is finally here! We are now live at the opening ceremony for the first ever SwissHacks hackathon in Zurich by Swiss Financial Innovation Desk (FIND) and powered by Tenity. 🎉After months of preparation, here we are: welcoming 150 hackers, mentors, partners, jury members, special guests and of course the SwissHacks team making it all work in the background. Magic happens, when you put smart people together to work on a common challenge. We can't wait to see what happens over the next 48hrs. #StayTuned #Hackathon #Innovation #ThankYou #Community #SwissHacks2024 #InnovationUnleashed #FromIdeatoImpact #ChallengeAccepted #ConciergingFinancialInnovation Julius Baer, SIX, Ripple, PostFinance Microsoft Unique Bundeskanzlei BK State Secretariat for International Finance SIF Innosuisse digitalswitzerland Jürg Wüst Andreas Iten finance.swiss Raiffeisen Switzerland Innovation Zurich Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law Zürich Tourism Innovation Booster – Blockchain Nation Switzerland SwissDevJobs MoneyToday Switzerland Global Enterprise Green Fintech Network Startupticker.ch GirlsinTechSwitzerland WE SHAPE TECH Swiss Fintech Innovations SICTIC Swiss Banking - Schweizerische Bankiervereinigung IDSIA USI-SUPSI University of Zurich Elevandi Point Zero Forum Embassy of Switzerland in Singapore FuW Forum Finanz und Wirtschaft

🚨 LAST CALL to Shape the Future of Sustainable Finance! 🚨 This is your FINAL CHANCE! 🌟 Join the Joint Innovation Accelerator for Sustainable Finance by Commerzbank AG, Tenity, and neosfer! This isn’t just any program – it's your gateway to making a real impact 🌿 Gain direct access to Commerzbank AG, collaborate with top-notch start-ups, and drive successful proof-of-concepts and partnerships. Our accelerator supports the bank's sustainability strategy by promoting cutting-edge solutions in key areas: 🌳 Corporate Location Data for better Biodiversity Assessments 🏢 End-to-end Building Renovation Projects for Clients' Energy Efficiency 🚗 Sustainable Corporate Mobility 📦 Sustainable Supplier Portfolio Application Deadline: July 1, 2024 – THIS IS YOUR LAST CALL! But you still can make it! Apply NOW and be a part of this journey towards sustainable innovation. 🚀 Apply here https://lnkd.in/dwZE-xbQ More info? https://lnkd.in/dqDiT5Za

Hold up… Here's a little overseas throwback to our mid-way check-in with the XRPL cohort! 🚀 After being held back by thousands of miles of distance and numerous online masterclasses, it’s good to finally put faces (and bodies 😆) to the names of our startup founders, especially those based in Europe 🌍 In London, we not only went through our usual set of insightful masterclasses - from finding Product Market Fit, Ideal Customer Profile, How to Beta Test quickly, etc. - but you'll be happy to know that we also enjoyed some ✨unique✨ experiences. We cycled the wee toast tours 🚴♂🍞 , replaced the 20-30 little boxes on the screen with a proper sit-down dinner 🍽, and occasionally took the conversation to a more serious turn with insights and feedback on each startup’s progress. 💬📈 Here's to more offline, in-person, gatherings! 🥂 Adrian Falk, Maximilian Mamo, Ryan Bogatez, Robin Lim, Floriane Le Floch, Desmond Poon, Steven Blanc, Dhivyan Kandiah, Dan Sutherland, Adrien VARDON, Stan K., Amir Sultan Malik Awan, Eduardo Pena Vina, Modupe Diyaolu, Dr. Eric Falk, Sachin Joshi, Pavel Jakovlev, MBA Jorden Tan, Finnley Hui Yu, Lee, Charleen Phor, Royce Lee, Julie Youngju Choi, Jonas Thürig

Yesterday, we enjoyed an absolutely wonderful afternoon Visa Innovation Program Europe Networking Event in Madrid 🥘 👏🏼

"The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow" - Mandela 🌟 Last week at the Raise the Bär: BJB Global Student Innovation Program Demo Day, supported by Tenity, we watched as highly innovative students wowed judges and audiences with their pitches and solutions to Julius Baer-relevant corporate problems. From optimizing compliance screening to elevating fixed income sales, who would have guessed that students are the ones providing innovative ideas? 💡 Throughout their six weeks journey with the program, we watched as each team tirelessly prepared and perfected their pitch showcase for Demo Day. They invested significant time and effort to develop their entrepreneurial ideas by attending masterclasses and receiving one-on-one coaching from business mentors in Julius Baer and Tenity. Despite the stress and pressure, it is remarkable how each team still successfully delivered impactful pitches and defended their ideas against probing questions by the judging panel 👏 A heartfelt applause to each team for their remarkable progress in just a few months. 🚀 And, of course, a special congratulations to Team Finbit for receiving the opportunity to collaborate directly with Julius Baer, develop a paid proof of concept and bring their project idea to life with aims of potentially commercializing their solutions 🎉 Looking forward to seeing more groundbreaking ideas next year! 🌍 #YouthLeadership #Innovation #FutureLeaders #BJB #Tenity #JuliusBaer Samuel Teo, Michael Wong, Jinho Kim, Eunseop Shim, Minseok Kim, Wang Jun Feng, Teg Singh Tiwana, Pareena Kaur, Chavi Mangla, Daniel Lee, Susanti Lee, Teng Kuan Khoo, Rishika Banka, Jithin Bathula, Priyanshi Saraogi, Akash Chandrasekar, Sarang Nirwan, Anirudh Bharadwaj Charleen Phor, Wee Kiat Goh, Jonathan Chan, Andreas Zingg, Jun Ho Bae, Martin Pasquier, Finnley Hui Yu, Lee

#SwissHacks 2024 🚀 Countdown Alert: Only 3 days to go! 🚀 🗓️ June 28 is almost here! Can you feel the excitement? We sure can! In just THREE days, we’re launching the SwissHacks Hackathon. If you are participating, here’s why you should be pumped: ✨ Skills unlocked: During the Hackathon, you'll learn from your peers and have access to top-notch workshops. ✨ Supercharge your network: Make unforgettable connections with your fellow Hackathon participants, representatives from the Hackathon Partners, Mentors, Jury members, and the broader Financial Innovation Ecosystem! ✨ Win: This is your chance to showcase your idea at the Point Zero Forum, our exclusive Networking Night with Pestalozzi Attorney-at-Law and secure a direct ticket to the second stage of the Selection process for the next Tenity Pre-Seed Accelerator program. And some top-notch goodie up for grabs.... (and let's not forget the fun activities, great sessions special guests we've planned for you!) What are you looking forward to the most? Follow our journey, and visit -> http://www.swisshacks.com for more information! #SwissHacks is organized by FIND and powered by Tenity. #Hackathon #Innovation #ThankYou #Community #SwissHacks2024 #InnovationUnleashed #FromIdeatoImpact #ChallengeAccepted #ConciergingFinancialInnovation Julius Baer, SIX, Ripple, PostFinance Microsoft Unique Bundeskanzlei BK State Secretariat for International Finance SIF Innosuisse digitalswitzerland Jürg Wüst Andreas Iten finance.swiss Raiffeisen Switzerland Innovation Zurich Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law Zürich Tourism Innovation Booster – Blockchain Nation Switzerland SwissDevJobs MoneyToday Switzerland Global Enterprise Green Fintech Network Startupticker.ch GirlsinTechSwitzerland WE SHAPE TECH Swiss Fintech Innovations SICTIC Swiss Banking - Schweizerische Bankiervereinigung IDSIA USI-SUPSI University of Zurich Elevandi Point Zero Forum Embassy of Switzerland in Singapore