READY TO BUILD ENTREPRENEURIAL FINTECH SOLUTIONS?

A 10-Day FinTech Startup Bootcamp

August 21 – 31, 2024

HONG KONG

It’s not a bootcamp if it’s not intense.

The MIT Entrepreneurship & FinTech Integrator is

a FinTech adventure that will catapult your skillsets!

MEFTI is a FinTech venture-building bootcamp for MIT and Hong Kong students who are ready to make industry impact. Students from MIT and universities in Hong Kong will form teams, tackle real-world industry challenges, and build a FinTech venture pitch with a viable business model. In this intensive experience, you will:

  • Learn about emerging trends across different FinTech sectors
  • Gain insights on how the financial services industry has been transformed

  • Understand how frontier technologies, including distributed ledger technology and artificial intelligence, are redefining business processes and changing the future of industries
  • Understand the jurisdictional advantages of Hong Kong as a leading FinTech hub from regulatory, technology and domain perspectives
  • Visit emerging startups and companies and interact with seasoned industry executives from the Greater Bay Area (China)
  • Immerse in a comprehensive entrepreneurship program and build a viable business plan and prototype to present your FinTech idea to a panel of judges and audience

We cover program expenses, but don’t let that be the reason you apply — this is not edu-tourism. MEFTI is a life-changing experience. Join us if you are ready to unleash your inner FinTech entrepreneur!

MEFTI is proudly supported by:

 

Application Timeline

MIT Students

  • Applications open: March 1, 2024
  • Application deadline: March 22, 2024 (rolling basis)
  • Info-session: Watch Zoom recording from last year here
  • Interviews: March – April (online)
  • Acceptance notifications: Accepted students must confirm their attendance within 48 hours.
  • MIT Cohort finalized: April 2024

Hong Kong Students

  • Applications open: March 1, 2024 
  • Application deadline: April 19, 2024 (rolling basis)
  • Info-session: Watch Zoom recording from last year here
  • Interviews: March – May (online)
  • Acceptance notifications: Accepted students must confirm their attendance within 48 hours.
  • HK Cohort finalized: May – June 2024

Challenge Prompts from MEFTI 2023

1) Prudential – Reimagining Prudential’s future-ready servicing platforms to create a customer-centric experience
2) Prudential – How to harness the potential of Generative AI to achieve operational excellence in today’s dynamic and agile work environment
3) OpenHIVE – Identifying “Propensity to buy” for banks through the use of AI and alternative data

Showcase Day Results

Due to the typhoon, the MEFTI 2023 showcase had to be moved online but our MIT and Hong Kong students demonstrated remarkable resilience by delivering successful pitches to our judging panel and online audience! Here are the results:

Prudential's Innovation Award - Dataid

Mauricio Darcourt (MIT), Jansen Wong (MIT), Nina Yusi Wang (MIT), Mohit Sharma (HKBU), Jialu Li (HKUST)

Openhive's Innovation Award - Globalife

Jessie Ju Young Lee (MIT), Timmy Dang (MIT), Gad Lewinsohn Israel (MIT), Haley Sanchez (MIT), Eby Liu (HKUST), Sadakkathullah Insaf Idris (CityU)

Audience's Choice - Data Bridge

Brian Liu (MIT), Christopher Noga (MIT), Tomas Pardinas (MIT), Patrick Ngai Ming Yu (HKU), Zijun Ma (HKU),
Harry Zhige Yu (HKU)

Video Highlights from MEFTI 2023

Selected Past Pitches from 2021

Mercanta

Trade Fintech

Claimore

InsurTech

Dragon Wealth

WealthTech

 

Cohort Statistics

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