SAVE THE DATE - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2026

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SAVE THE DATE - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2026 〰️

Nyca Fintech demo day.

october 8 2025.

We’re thrilled to bring Nyca Fintech Demo Day to Harlem this year! The event will showcase a select group of standout portfolio companies, each led by visionary founders with bold, unconventional ideas transforming financial services. Expect lively product demos, thoughtful discussion, and networking with a room full of fintech builders and strategic leaders. It’s an afternoon designed to inspire, challenge, and connect.

The agenda


12:30​ PM​: Doors Open​ & Registration
1:00​ PM​: Welcome & Introductions
1:10 PM​: Soups Ranjan​, Sardine
1:20​ PM​: Steve Carroll​, Findigs
1:30​ PM​: Naftali Harris​, SentiLink
1:40 PM​: Martin Toha​, Array
1:50​ PM​: Kareem Saleh​, Fairplay
2:00​ PM​: Misha Esipov​, Nova Credit
2:10​ PM​: Bentzi Rabi​, Utila
2:20​ PM​: Edward Woodford​, ZeroHash
2:30​ PM​:​ Emmanuel Maro​t​, Chainalysis
2:40​ PM​  Break
3:00​ PM​: Scott Traina, Built
3:10​ PM​: Justin Wickett​, Informed

3:20 PM: Sudharshan Krishnan, Sympera
3:30​ PM​: Eva Pittas & Sam Li​, Thoropass
3:40​ PM​:​ Paul Taylor​, Thought Machine
3:50​ PM​: Ana Mahony​, Addition
4:00​ PM​:​ Raj Doshi​, April
4:10​ PM​:​ Mike Sha​, Tandems
4:20​ PM​ ​ Break
4:40​ PM​:​ Doug Scott​, Ethic
4:50​ PM​:​ Russ Feldman​, IMTC
5:00​ PM​:​ Bimal Kadikar​, Transcend
5:10​ PM​:​ Ofek Lavian​, Forage
5:20​ PM​:​ John Lunn​, Gr4vy
5:30​ PM​:​ Anand Tumuluru​, Loop
5:40​ PM​:​ Adam Morvitz​, Point.me
​5:50 PM: Closing
6:00 PM: Reception

NOTE: THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

The Location

The Forum at Columbia University

605 W 125th Street | New York, NY 10027

Directions:

​Please enter at 605 W. 125th Street. The main entrance to The Forum is at the northwest corner of 125th Street & Broadway. There are additional entryways at 3207 Broadway, and the intersection of 125th and 129th Streets.

​Subway: The closest subway stop is the 1 line at 125th Street & Broadway. For the complete NYC subway map, visit the MTA website.

Attire is business casual

Proper identification is required at check-in


PRESENTING COMPANIES

BANKING SYSTEMS

Built streamlines real estate and construction, powering over $100B in projects annually. Trusted by 300+ lenders, 46,000 owners and developers, and 32,000 contractors, Built moves capital faster, reduces risk, and drives smarter, data-driven decisions.

Informed helps financial institutions automate and accelerate the loan origination process.

Sympera AI helps banks grow client relationships by using domain-specific AI to predict customer needs, surface market insights, and guide sales strategies, making relationship managers more effective and focused.

Thoropass is an information security compliance and audit solution that enables companies to get, and stay, compliant with infosec frameworks and privacy standards, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS, HIPAA, HITRUST, and many others.

Thought Machine is at the forefront of transforming banking infrastructure with its cloud-native core banking (Vault Core) and payments (Vault Payments) platforms, by enabling banks—from global giants to mid-tier institutions—to leap into the modern digital era efficiently and securely.

CREDIT INNOVATORS

Array empowers banks, credit unions, and digital brands to seamlessly integrate financial and credit solutions directly into their own products and services.

FairPlay is the first Fairness-as-a-Service platform, helping lenders automate fair lending tests and run fairer Second Look underwriting for underserved communities.

Nova Credit is a credit infrastructure and analytics company that enables businesses to grow responsibly by harnessing alternative credit data. The company is a CRA that leverages its unique data infrastructure, compliance framework, and credit expertise to help lenders fill in the gaps that exist in traditional credit analytics.

DIGITAL ASSET INFRASTRUCTURE

Chainalysis provides powerful, trusted blockchain analytics and tools to trace cryptocurrency flows, combat fraud and crime, and help organizations across sectors maintain compliance and gain actionable insights.

Utila is an institutional-grade wallet infrastructure that enables payments companies and financial institutions to embed and manage digital assets. 

Zerohash provides onchain infrastructure that empowers businesses to seamlessly integrate crypto, stablecoins, and tokenization into their products.

MERCHANT SOLUTIONS

Forage builds payments infrastructure that processes government benefits, starting with enabling merchants to accept EBT SNAP payments, and allowing the 42 million Americans who receive government assistance to purchase their groceries.

Gr4vy's no-code payment orchestration platform empowers enterprises with full control to automate, customize and optimize their payment strategy effortlessly, while eliminating the risk of a single point of failure.

Loop is a delivery intelligence platform powering over 10,000 restaurants across the US including brands like Whataburger, Dave's Hot Chicken & the Jollibee group.

Point.me point.me is a first-of-its-kind award travel discovery tool that enables loyalty program members to find better flights for fewer points.

ENTERPRISE RISK

Findigs helps property management teams to reduce risk, speed up leasing, and lower operating cost by automating underwriting decisions, streamlining applicant management, and giving operators control and transparency across their screening process.

Sardine is the leading AI risk platform for fraud prevention, compliance, and credit underwriting, trusted by enterprises in over 70 countries. Using device intelligence, behavior biometrics, and machine learning, Sardine stops fraud in real time, streamlines compliance, and unifies data across risk teams.

SentiLink stops fraud and verifies identities for over 400 institutions throughout the US, including two of the three largest telcos and eleven of the fifteen largest banks. Every day they verify over three million identities and prevent over 60,000 fraud attempts.

WEALTH / CAPITAL MARKETS

Addition Wealth is a financial wellness company that delivers personalized financial expertise that’s inclusive, accessible, and scalable.

April is an AI-powered, embedded tax solution that enables our partners to deepen their relationships with clients through tax filing, forecasting/planning, and insights.

Ethic partners with advisors and institutions to deliver personalized, values-aligned, and tax-smart investing. Its technology powers sophisticated investment solutions through a simple and engaging client experience.

IMTC is a NYC-based, venture-backed FinTech transforming fixed income SMA management with the only cloud-native platform purpose-built for the asset class. Serving asset managers, Trust companies, RIAs, Broker-Dealers, and ETF managers.

Tandems is an AI platform for financial services, helping banks, wealth managers, and insurers work more efficiently. Its products include Tandems Meet for smarter client meetings, Tandems Grow for asset growth and onboarding, and Tandems Invest for personalized, automated investing. Built for strict regulatory standards, it integrates with major financial systems while prioritizing security, privacy, and compliance.

Transcend is a financial technology company with a mission to improve efficiencies in capital markets through advanced technology. Our unparalleled and innovative modular technology helps clients achieve next-level performance through collateral, funding, liquidity & capital optimization solutions.

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