Forum Ventures Presents The Buyer's Table: FinTech Edition
The Buyers Table is a live pitch format where early-stage founders present directly to senior executives from across the financial services industry, and the executives respond the way they actually would in a real evaluation: with honest questions, unfiltered reactions, and candid feedback on what would move them to act and what would stop them cold.
You're not watching a panel. You're watching real buyer-seller dynamics play out in real time, with the kind of candor that usually only happens behind closed doors.
What to expect:
A small group of pre-seed and seed stage founders present their companies to a curated panel of financial services decision-makers, covering banks, credit unions, and fintech operators. After each pitch, judges respond openly, sharing what resonated, what didn't, and what they'd need to see before taking a meeting.
If you work in or around fintech and want an unfiltered look at how enterprise buyers actually evaluate new technology, this is worth your time.
Judges Include:
Patrick Slain, VP Director of Fintech at Stearns Bank
Jared Robinson, SVP Director of Fintech at Legend Bank
Joe Mancini, Chief Operating and Innovation Officer at Middlesex Federal Savings.
Shilpa Bangera, Operating Partner at Gravity Capital & Former Global Head of Payments and Adyen
About Forum Ventures
Forum Ventures is the leading early-stage fund, accelerator and AI venture studio for B2B startups. Founded in 2014, we're on a mission to make the journey easier, more accessible, and successful for early-stage founders.
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