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 startup with a viable business model. In this intensive experience, you will:
- Learn about emerging trends across different FinTech sectors
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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 proof of concept 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 — 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, 2022
- Application deadline: April 30, 2022 (rolling basis)
- Info-session #1: March 21, 2022 at 9:30 PM EST, zoom
- Info-session #2: March 23, 2022 at 9:30 AM EST, zoom
- Info-session Zoom Recording: Click here to see recording
- Interviews: April (online)
- Acceptance notifications: Accepted students must confirm their attendance within 48 hours.
- Cohort finalized: June 2022
- MIT Orientation: August
Hong Kong Students
- Applications open: April 1, 2022
- Application deadline: June 30, 2022 (rolling basis)
- Info-session #1: March 22, 2022 at 9:30 AM HKT, zoom
- Info-session #2: March 23, 2022 at 9:30 PM HKT, zoom
- Info-session Zoom Recording: Click here to see recording
- Interviews: May – June (online)
- Acceptance notifications: Accepted students must confirm their attendance within 48 hours.
- HK Cohort finalized: June 2022
- HK Orientation: August
Challenge Prompts from MEFTI 2022
1) Prudential – Driving digital adoption and reshaping the digital journey for customers in the insurance industry
2) Prudential – Identifying opportunities for insurance companies in the Metaverse
3) OpenHIVE – Identifying “Propensity to Buy” for banks through the use of AI and alternative data collaboration
2) Prudential – Identifying opportunities for insurance companies in the Metaverse
3) OpenHIVE – Identifying “Propensity to Buy” for banks through the use of AI and alternative data collaboration
Showcase Day Results
Winner & Audience's Favorite - Z-Lion
Adhya Bansal, Athena Chan, Jesse, Peihan Qian, Zixuan Wang, Henry Wong
Runner-up - Metasurance
Rahul Agarwal, Annie Lui, Siqi Ma, Yalu Pan, Alex Quach, Ken Sou, Jasmine Zeng
Video Highlights from MEFTI 2022
Selected Past Pitches from 2021
Mercanta
Trade Fintech
Claimore
InsurTech
Dragon Wealth
WealthTech
Cohort Statistics
MEFTI is powered by the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node, the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, the MIT MISTI China program, and the MIT Innovation Initiative.