We’re excited to introduce the Fall 2025 Project FinTech Cohort—our accelerator for founders who know that the future of financial services is built at the intersection of finance and technology. This group of 10 companies is led by entrepreneurs with deep industry knowledge, regulatory insight, and the technical expertise to create meaningful solutions.
These founders are tackling real financial pain points with innovative approaches—from fraud detection to specialized banking, from payment automation to risk analytics. Together, they’re addressing the complex challenges that traditional institutions struggle to solve, and building the tools that will define the next era of financial services.
Meet the Fall 2025 Project FinTech Cohort
Bridgeover | Website
Founder: Guy Even-Ezra
Solution: Financial wellness platform for the LMI population.
Clox AI | Website
Founder: Praveen Mamidi
Solution: Document fraud detection & workflow automation.
CorgiAI | Website
Founder: Brian Grech
Solution: Using AI to stop only bad guys, thus boosting revenue.
CropFiQ, Inc. (dba Croptell) | Website
Founder: Scott Sartor
Solution: Croptell uses analytics to assess risk in crop finance.
DockChron | Website
Founder: Sam Titus
Co-Founder: Chacko Poothicote
Solution: Automating detention tracking to help trucking companies capture lost revenue effortlessly.
KuliPay Inc | Website
Founder: Donny Hoye
Solution: We automate and de-risk high volume low value payments.
Luma Bank | Website
Founder: Nicole Jimenez
Solution: Next-gen banking tailored for families with kids, credit tools, and savings.
Mangrove Technologies Inc | Website
Founder: David Buttrey
Solution: We democratize algorithmic trading for the retail investor.
Skyspect, LLC | Website
Founder: Ben Fisher
Solution: Drone-powered, AI supported inventory insights for dealerships and their lenders.
StableCompli | Website
Founder: John Reyes
Solution: Compliance-first stablecoin solutions for banks.
What’s Next?
Over the next 12 weeks, these founders will focus on the specific challenges of building fintech companies: regulatory navigation, bank partnerships, compliance frameworks, and scaling in heavily regulated markets. They’ll work with mentors who’ve built fintech companies, understand the regulatory landscape, and know how to work with traditional financial institutions.
This isn’t about disrupting banks for the sake of disruption. It’s about building financial solutions that solve real problems while working within the systems that exist. These founders understand that the best fintech companies complement traditional finance rather than trying to replace it.
Want to connect with any of these founders? They’re building solutions across payments, fraud detection, specialized banking, risk analytics, and compliance. These companies understand both the technology and the financial sector—exactly what partners and investors look for in fintech.
Ready to Join the Next Cohort?
If you’re building financial technology and have the industry experience to navigate regulatory requirements, Project FinTech might be exactly what you need. Apply for our next cohort.
This program is supported by our partners Pinnacle Financial Partners and Launch Tennessee.
Project FinTech is a 12-week program designed for pre-seed to seed stage banking/fintech founders with industry experience. Applications for Spring 2026 open in November 2025.
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