November 1, 2012 – NEW YORK – Gust, the international investor relations platform integrating essential collaboration tools for both entrepreneurs and investors, was honored as the global “Most Innovative Financial Technology Company” by SWIFT’s Innotribe Startup Challenge at the SIBOS 2012 conference in Osaka, Japan.
The Innotribe 2012 Challenge was a year-round program that featured three Regional Showcase competitions in North America, Asia and Europe, at which participants gathered for insightful discussion of emerging innovations and regional showcases to discover the most innovative startups and innovators in financial technology. The regional events culminated in a final round competition at SWIFT’s SIBOS 2012 conference, bringing together over 6,000 participants for the banking industry’s leading annual gathering.
Gust, whose platform has been adopted as the official collaboration network of the national business angel federations in 15 countries, was voted “Top Innovator” out of a field 400 companies at the Regional Showcases, which was narrowed to 15 finalists invited to compete for the top prize at SIBOS. Over 150,000 entrepreneurial startups in 195 countries are already using Gust to manage their relations with over 40,000 investors from over 1,000 business angel networks and venture capital funds.
"By selecting Gust as the Top Innovator for 2012, Innotribe has confirmed our vision of a single, comprehensive, global platform for early-stage equity financing, integrated with the world's existing banking and investment institutions" said David S. Rose, Founder and CEO of Gust. "We very much look forward to working with SWIFT and its members to continue deploying the Gust platform in support of the entrepreneurship and innovation economy around the world."
SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for over 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 210 countries, established the Innotribe Startup Challenge to foster innovation in the financial industry by introducing leading product and service providers in FinTech and financial services to leading angels, VCs, and decision makers among SWIFT’s 10,000-plus member community.
Judges for the challenge evaluated the candidates based on criteria including novelty and innovation, market potential, commercial viability, and team. Candidates were assessed on how the product or service presents a new and novel approach to solve a recognizable problem in the financial industry and whether the company has a scalable business model. They looked for evidence of strong execution, defensible competitive advantages and market traction and finally, whether the team has the talent and expertise required to realize the opportunity as a whole. The final deciding question on which judges were asked to vote was “How important is this company to the future of the financial industry?”
SWIFT is a member-owned cooperative that provides the communications platform, products and services to connect more than 10,000 financial institutions and corporations in 210 countries. SWIFT enables its users to exchange automated, standardised financial information securely and reliably, thereby lowering costs, reducing operational risk and eliminating operational inefficiencies. SWIFT also brings the financial community together to work collaboratively to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest.
Gust 是一个全球平台，通过它可以寻找投资渠道和对早期投资进行管理。凭借 Gust，精明的创业者可以与最聪明的投资人协作，全面支持投资关系的方方面面，从初始宣传到成功退出。Gust 由全球领先的商业天使和风险投资协会提供支持，为 65 个国家/地区的 750 多个投资组织注入活力。125,000 多家创业企业使用此平台与 40,000 多个认可的投资人建立联系和进行合作。本公司名为 Angelsoft，创立于 2004 年，是私人控股公司。Gust 总部设于纽约州纽约市，在不列颠哥伦比亚省的温哥华设有开发中心，欧洲的办事处则设在法国巴黎。
Ilana Grossman
市场副总裁
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158 West 29th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001 USA
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