060 061 Innovation Starts with Fintech funding increases MORE THAN $40 BILLION dramatically around the world MORE THAN $10 BILLION Finding the Best New Ideas LESS THAN $30 BILLION MORE THAN $1 BILLION from Within and in Partnership LESS THAN $10 BILLION with the Startup Community LESS THAN $1 BILLION Visa’s Everywhere Initiative Learn how we leverage the startup community to solve real-world business challenges. Since the program launched in 2015, over 1,500 startups have participated, leading to 60 finalists and 14 winners. Below are some of the winners from Visa’s Everywhere Initiative around the world. Bitemojo Grata Losant Proximit An iOS and Android app tailored wechatconcierge and customer Losant is an easy-to-use and Help companies across Asia for independent travelers to service / chatbots solves powerful developer platform Pacific to get closer to their explore the unique tastes each complex WeChatcustomer care designed to help you quickly and customers with our leading destination has to offer the same implementations for MNCs in securely build complex connected location-based services & analytics way they discover other aspects of China. China 2016 solutions. USA 2017 platform. AU 2016 the city they are visiting. EU 2017 HYP3r Msg.ai Rikai.co Cura HYP3r makes it easy for businesses msg.ai provides turnkey software WeChat Travel Bot- AI Chatbotthat CURA is a leading brand in to engage influential customers for brands to fully manage 1-on-1 responds to travelers in Visa’s Indian Medical Equipment and at specific locations on a personal conversations across the world’s wechatwith automated travel Instruments space with its own and level, in real-time. USA 2016 most popular messaging apps. services, activities and offers. re-engineered solutions. AU 2016 Jude USA 2016 China 2016 Eyebuy Jude delivers an amazing banking Octor Smyte They are built to monetize experience via two of the hottest VizualizingVisa travel service and Smyte protects millions of actions Australia & content and connect brands to trends in technology right now; content through augmented reality a day. Smyte code into any website US Latin America Europe Middle East Asia New Zealand fans (shoppers), turning every item artificial intelligence & messaging. to drive commerce. China 2016 or mobile app, which gives Smyte seen in every frame into a potential Check your balance, pay your bills access to a data feed. USA 2017 TOTAL 57.3 B 543.8 M 11.2 B 1.96 B 27 B 1.47 B sale or engagement opportunity. & stay on top of your finances. Persollo 2016 17.7 B 264.9 M 2.8 B 564.5 M 14.6 B 287.1 M USA 2017 AU 2016 A instant check-out and conversion Stamplay optimization platform that Stamplay is the next-gen 2015 13.3 B 91 M 2.9 B 398.9 M 8.2 B 767.1 M FlyMoney Kompass allows big online businesses, development platform that allows 2014 12.8 B 75.5 M 1.7 B 246.3 M 2.3 B 121.7 M The company aggregates exchange Kompas is an online marketplace media groups and independent to build backend of apps using APIs 2013 4.9 B 36.1 M 2.6 B 101.9 M 891.7 M 176.2 M rates from currency providers where you can get your CV/profile merchants to streamline the as building blocks. USA 2016 2012 3.4 B 49.6 M 270.9 M 28.4 M 179.4 M 79.1 M all around the globe, and allows reviewed by HR professionals, transaction process with an instant Thought- Wired 2011 2 B 23.7 M 491.7 M 66.4 M 246.8 M 34.1 M travelers order currency at the best get feedback regarding their check-out URL. AU 2016 Thought-Wired’s NOUS is a 2010 3.2 B 3 M 437.2 M 554.8 M 655.4 M 6.7 M rates in the market. EU 2017 CVs/LinkedIn-profiles from HR thought-controlled communication professionals before applying. tool for people who cannot move EU 2017 and talk because of severe physical disability. AU 2016 Total Funding and Funding per Year in USD (Crunchbase, KITE and Tracxn 2017).