The event is part of The London Fintech Conference 2017 and the winners of the competition will be awarded a chance to pitch to venture capitalists for support and investment on stage of the LFC 2017 as well as having the chance to win direct monetary prizes. The pitches will evaluated by a panel of leading venture capitalists and industry experts who have offered financial support as well as advice and valuable connections. We are expecting students and young professionals from all backgrounds to bring in exciting ideas and take them as far as possible within 24 hours. If you are already working on a project, you are welcome to register as a team, taking advantage of the professional mentoring brought to you by the partners at CodeatUni, the prizes on offer and the ability to work together for an intensive weekend. Make the most of it and do not miss out!
LFC 24 Hackathon
LFC 24 is a 24-hour hackathon taking place from Friday 3rd February to Saturday 4th February 2017, with a focus on Big Data and Fintech, but ideas related to other industries are also welcome.
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LFC 24 Hackathon schedule
The hackathon be 24 hours packed full of product development, designing and researching, in order for you to push your company as far as possible. The location of the event will be confirmed by the 16th of January. The tentative format for the event is as follows
Registration
Opening speeches + introduction
Pitches start
Pitches end, networking starts
Teams announced, words of encouragement from the mentors
Work begins! Social Media Challenge opens
Work begins! Social Media Challenge opens
Morning Coffee
Teamwork continues
Checkpoint (Gathering with your appointed mentor and going over work done so far and plans)
Teamwork continues
Coffee + lunch
Work continues/pitching workshop for the founders
Social Media vote stops, presentations finalised
Pitches begin (5 min + 3 min Q&A)
Pitches end, Final talk
Award ceremony, the top 3 will proceed to pitch on stage of LFC to leading VC’s and founders
End
We are looking forward to ideas which will push the industry even further! To enter, please register here.
See you on Friday 3rd February 2017!
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We are very grateful for the kind support of our partners, without whom the LFC would not be possible
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This premier conference and hackathon is brought to you by the following leading UK societies: KCL Business Club, the LSE BFG, UCL Economics and Finance Society, Imperial College Finance Society & the Oxford Guild.
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