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Inside FinTank, Chicago's Newest Fintech Incubator and Coworking Space
In Chicago, where no one sector occupies more than 12 to 15 percent of the economy, its local fintech economy is thriving. In 2016, the fintech industry, an umbrella term for technology and innovation disrupting trading, banking, insurance and real estate investing, brought in $25.9 billion in gross regional product and employed 123,156 across 8,412 companies, according to World Business Chicago.
With tech pillars like Braintree, Morningstar, Avant, Tastytrade, Trading Technologies, and YCharts, coupled with legacy institutions like CME Group and The Chicago Board Options Exchange, the largest options exchange in the U.S., Chicago has long been a powerhouse in the space.
Complementary to these more established businesses is the ever growing number of startups in the arena. And, recently, a new incubator and coworking space has launched in the Loop to help cultivate and scale the city's fintech startup community.
FinTank, which opened in the Signature office space on the 27th floor of the CNA building, aims "to provide a physical location for fintech startups to convene and market their ideas," including access to mentorship, networking events, investors. Leading these efforts is Dr. George Vukotich, who previously helped recruit over 500 mentors and 400 workshops while serving as VP of education and programming at 1871.
FinTank has recruited five early-stage startups as members and is actively looking for more companies in the space, sponsors, and investors wishing to serve as mentors. The space is filling up its events calendar with meetups focused around blockchain, cybersecurity, big data and business intelligence applications in the financial industry. It hopes to establish a year-long mentorship program where every startup at FinTank would be matched with industry mentors with different areas of expertise who would serve as advisory board members, with monthly check-ins.
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