Oslo Fintech Week

Oslo FinTechWeek 2016

Monday:

REGTECH DAY

Tuesday:

OPEN BANKING DAY

Wednesday:

STARTUP DAY

Thursday:

OPEN DAY

Friday:

INVESTMENT DAY

OSLO FINTECH WEEKIt’s about time!

Out of 51 fintech investments in the Nordics in the past two years, 32 were made in Sweden, while Norway had four (!) investments. It’s time for Oslo to step up its game!

Oslo has a high level of digitalization; a population open to using the latest technologies in a trustful and transparent society. We are one of the most cashless societies in the world, with online banking and Internet banks having been here for more than 20 years. This is fertile ground to develop fintech!

Oslo Fintech Week was a five days event with workshops, seminars, meetups and challenges, all to support the growth of the Norwegian fintech ecosystem, attracting regulators, entrepreneurs, financial institutions, investors, IT companies, mentors and accelerators.

ProgramMonday: REGTECH DAYIntroduction to Regulatory TechnologiesRegulatory impact on Financial InnovationOpening ReceptionOpening Dinner with Innovate Finance

Tuesday: OPEN BANKING DAYBreakfast seminar: Open BankingLunch seminar: Open Banking#OsloFinTech Meetup: Open Banking

Wednesday: STARTUP DAYOslo StartUp Day: FintechFintech Evening

Thursday: OPEN DAYFintech Challenge

Friday: INVESTMENT DAYEquity Crowdfunding WorkshopGlobal Fintech Investment WorkshopFintech Friday Afterwork Party

Oslo Fintech Week: PROGRAM

KEY FACTS

People signed up for events:

2000Fintech startups:

70

Number of events:

13Banks on stage

8Speakers on stage

45

Money raised:

2.2m NOK

SOCIAL MEDIA AND BUZZ

Social Media Reach:

896.000

Articles:

5Number of tweets:

538

Event Stats:The 5 events with the most signups:

1) StartUp Day: Fintech (213 people)

2) Oslo Fintech Week Meetup #2: Open Banking & Global Outlook on fintech (114 people)

3) Startup Grind & Drink Entrepreneurs: Norway’s Top Fintech Founders & CEO’s (93 people)

4) Breakfast Seminar: Open banking – Opening up for Digital Transition (89 people)

5) Equity Crowdfunding Workshop: Equity Crowdfunding: What? Why? How? (84 people)

Event Stats:Buzz, day by day:

Monday: Regtech Day

Reach: 267.000Tweets: 110

Wednesday: Startup Day


Tuesday: Open Banking


Thursday: Open Day


Friday: Investment Day


Oslo StartUp Day: FintechOslo StartUp Day: FintechOslo Business Region, in collaboration withthe newly opened FintechFactory invited banks, regulators, startups and fintech entrepreneurs to Fintech StartUp Day.The first session inculded open bankingpanel discussion, block chain talk, and entrepreneurs sharing their experiences in the Norwegian fintech field, with 110 peopleattending.

In the second session 17 startups pitched to expert panels, and got mastermindfeedback on their ideas from an expert panel.

Attendees were asked to rate the event, andgave the following feedback:

Did you get useful

contacts?

YES: 86 %

Did you get useful ideas?

YES: 78 %

Score, 1-5:

4,05

Key learnings from FinTechWeekKEY LEARNINGS:

Fintech Week brought together not only the Norwegian and Nordic Fintech community, but the entire Norwegian finance ecosystem, from the startup guy with a fintech idea to the most sr. finance leaders and founders in Norway

The timing is right: Fintech is growing rapidly in Norway. Three years ago a fintech meetup in Oslo gathered 2 people (!), and this year more than 2000 people signed up for Oslo Fintech Week.

Massive awareness locally, and quite some regionally in Nordics and UK about what “awesomeness” is actually happening within the Norwegian fintech community, that is now with this week of events a fully working ecosystem in Norway for the first time,

When gathering panels, we found that there should be no more than 4 people, giving them time to discuss and get their point across. People want to ask questions – leave time for that.

People are ready for fintech events that go deeper in to different themes.

OSLO FINTECH WEEK PARTNERS: