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Jim Tousignant

Founder and CEO

About

FinTech Studios is a next generation NYC-based business accelerator that invests in great FinTech entrepreneurs, innovative products and disruptive business models targeting the world’s largest industry, the $4 trillion financial services market. Our founders and advisors have more than 150 years of combined experience in starting, building and investing in great FinTech companies on Wall Street and have closed billions of dollars of transactions and created billions of dollars of market value for investors and shareholders. What We Do We make SEED investments in great FinTech startups. We help FinTech startups BUILD and SELL innovative, disruptive FinTech products. We provide strategic SALES, MARKETING and BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT services to our portfolio companies to help accelerate sales at leading financial institutions. We provide ACCESS to a high value global network of FinTech mentors, advisors, channel partners, financial institutions, entrepreneurs, strategic investors, venture capital firms and angel investors. Why Are We Different? We are DIFFERENT than every other accelerator in the world. Our founders and advisors are experienced FinTech entrepreneurs and investors with substantial hands-on experience in starting, building and investing in successful FinTech businesses. Our team has DEEP industry relationships with top C-Level decision makers in major financial institutions and our team actively sells and markets the FinTech products developed by our portfolio companies. Our founders and advisors have more than 150 years of combined experience in starting, building and investing in great FinTech companies on Wall Street and have closed billions of dollars of transactions and created billions of dollars of market value for investors and shareholders. We are focused ONLY on the FinTech marketplace and our business model is a HYBRID accelerator/operating company model that allows us to invest seed capital combined with significant sales, marketing and business development resources to help our portfolio companies achieve their first $1-5 million in sales. Our UNIQUE APPROACH results in less outside capital required by the business (because sales are increasing), better pre-money valuations for startup entrepreneurs and lower risks for investors. FinTech Studios programs run for a longer period of time (12 months vs 3 months) than other accelerator programs, because 150 years of Wall Street experience tells us it typically takes at least 6-12 months to confirm MVP product/market fit and close key initial enterprise deals with financial institutions. We go much deeper with the startups we invest in because we want our portfolio companies to win in the marketplace. To us, SaaS is not “software as a service” but rather “sales as a service”. We help our portfolio companies create and execute winning business and product strategies, and drive sales and marketing campaigns with integrated CRM, lead generation, branding, pricing, positioning, competitive analysis, direct sales, channel sales, marketing and business development. And of course, we invest cash, provide co-working space and provide access to our growing network of leading financial institutions, entrepreneurs, strategic channel partners, VCs and angel investors. We go deeper into the “stack” and role up our sleeves with our portfolio companies by investing significant resources in sales and marketing activities to accelerate direct sales of new disruptive FinTech products to financial institutions and through channel partners. We provide the #1 thing every FinTech entrepreneur needs to grow their business, help raise capital and substantially increase shareholder value – accelerate your SALES results and expand your customer base.

Contact

1412 Broadway (39th St) 22nd Floor New York, NY 10018
407-451-7110
Jim@FinTechStudios.com
www.fintechstudios.com

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USAA: Members Are 'Actively Engaged' in Bitcoin

31 Jan 2015

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Jim Tousignant

I like the idea of digital currencies being used in, and playing a part in, FinTech products and services. I am even more interested in blockchain technology, which could be the basis for potentially hundreds of new FinTech products and services globally.

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USAA's recent entrance into the bitcoin space may have been driven, in part, by interest in the technology among its own membership. The Fortune 500 financial services company, based in Texas, was among a diverse group of investors that took part in Coinbase's $75 million Series C funding round, which was announced earlier this month. USAA, founded in 1922, focuses primarily on the US military and veteran market.

http://www.coindesk.com/usaa-members-engaged-bitcoin/

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