Run by Accenture

Why Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab?

Run by Accenture, London’s FinTech Accelerator Lab helps start-ups to build connections with relevant decision makers, gain valuable insights
to take businesses to the next level, and catapult visibility with the
people who matter. A community framework with a global reach.

The 2019 programme has now closed.
Watch this space for information on our 2020 application launch.

CONNECT

Be part of a community with a global reach. Connect with a network of more than 250 key decision-makers, who can help drive growth.

COLLABORATE

Become immersed in our 12-week accelerator programme to gain relevant industry insights and fine-tune your proposition by engaging with peers, business leaders, experts and mentors – who could become clients.

CREATE

Scale your start-up faster as part of a community dedicated to helping you succeed. The 3-month programme includes workshops and conferences.
Alumni success stories prove that participating in FinTech Innovation Labs and being part of our FinTech family helps you collaborate with clients and investors.

LONDON LAB IMPACT

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2019 Cohort Timeline

SEPT – DEC 2018

Apply to our 2019 cohort to fast-track your business to the next level.

Key dates for your diary: Pitch and Exhibition sessions with financial service executives to discuss your business from November 26 – November 30.

JAN – MAR 2019

A packed schedule of weekly workshops, mentoring sessions, industry insights culminating in a demo day showcasing your technology to financial service executives, investors and journalists.

Key dates for your diary: To fully benefit from the experience your core management team will need to be available from January 7 to March 28.

MAR 2019 – ONWARDS

The Lab is just the beginning; our supportive alumni community will provide you with the framework to facilitate your continued growth journey.

Our International Labs: Hong Kong & New York.

ALUMNI PERSPECTIVES

The FinTech Innovation Lab helped to guide FinGenius through the phenomenal complexity of the financial services industry and to get our Artificial Intelligence proposition in front of the decision makers in major banks. We met more than 600 people from 12 banks during the three-month programme, and began working with eight of these banks after the programme ended. It would have probably taken us two years to build a similar pipeline without FinTech’s assistance. Along with incredibly useful product and commercial advice from high-profile mentors, the programme gave us a fantastic competitive advantage and has exponentially accelerated the growth of our company.

FinGenius
To be honest - we were skeptical about the value of the Fintech Lab program to Erudine going in - but it proved to be the best possible help to us at the best possible time; by rightly forcing us to explain what we are selling over and over during an exhausting schedule of meetings with the spectrum of senior people in 12 global banks and mentors. It also allowed us to road-test propositions and get immediate and honest feedback. We have come away with hunting licences across many of the organisations and it has been a priceless launch-pad for us to grow Erudine.

Erudine
We have seen huge growth since taking part in the Lab. It gave us access to the decision makers we were struggling to reach in the banks, and we evaluated our software with the very people we wanted to target. In doing so, we could deeply understand the problems we were trying to solve. Our collaboration partners became our eventual clients. Our sights are set on more. We will triple our revenues this year and aim to hire more staff by the end of the year. We are ready for rapid growth with more to come in 2017.

Digital Shadows
The FinTech Innovation Lab offered us a space to connect with leading banks, experts and other like-minded start-ups. We shared common goals and common ideas in a non-aggressive environment. It led to a contract with a Tier-1 bank. Not just that, but we built partnerships with other startups, so it was about sowing the seeds for long-term development. One of the reasons I invested in AimBrain was because of its inclusion in the Innovation Lab. It’s a route to a successful and high-quality network that can accelerate progress. I urge other fintechs to apply, because it grants access to a wealth of knowledge and contacts so vital for growth.

Aimbrain
The FinTech Innovation Lab provided the single biggest turning point in our business. It was fantastic in deciphering what is right and what is wrong about our business model. The Lab provided exposure to some of the most senior execs in the largest global financial institutions in a very short period of time.

FinSuite