It’s not a bootcamp if it’s not intense.
The MIT Entrepreneurship & FinTech Integrator is
a FinTech adventure that will catapult your skillsets!
MEFTI is a FinTech venture-building bootcamp for MIT and Hong Kong students who are ready to make industry impact. Students from MIT and universities in Hong Kong will form teams, tackle real-world industry challenges, and build a FinTech startup with a viable business model. In this intensive experience, you will:
- Learn about emerging trends across different FinTech sectors
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Gain insights on how the financial services industry has been transformed
- Understand how frontier technologies, including distributed ledger technology and artificial intelligence, are redefining business processes and changing the future of industries
- Understand the jurisdictional advantages of Hong Kong as a leading FinTech hub from regulatory, technology and domain perspectives
- Visit emerging startups and companies and interact with seasoned industry executives from the Greater Bay Area
- Immerse in a comprehensive entrepreneurship program and build a viable business plan and proof of concept prototype to present your FinTech idea to a panel of judges and audience
We cover program expenses, but don’t let that be the reason you apply — MEFTI is a life-changing experience. Join us if you are ready to unleash your inner FinTech entrepreneur!
Application Timeline
MIT Students
- Applications open: March 22, 2021
- Application deadline: May 17, 2021 (rolling basis)
- Info-session #1: March 23, 2021 at 6PM EST, zoom
- Info-session #2: March 24, 2021 at 6PM EST, zoom
- Interviews: Up to July (online)
- Acceptance notifications: Accepted students must confirm their attendance within 48 hours.
- Cohort finalized: Mid-July
- Orientation: Late July (online)
Hong Kong Students
- Applications open: March 22, 2021
- Application deadline: May 17, 2021 (rolling basis)
- Info-session: April 27, 2021 at 6:30pm HKT, zoom
- Interviews:Up to July (online)
- Acceptance notifications: Accepted students must confirm their attendance within 48 hours.
- Cohort finalized: Mid-July
- Orientation: Late July (online)
Challenge Prompts from MEFTI 2021
1) How might we enable equities trading through social media messaging for young and/or high net worth customers?
2) How might we leverage open API and partnerships to better serve customers?
3) How might we utilise AI, data, and social media strategies to enhance the consumer lending business for millennials?
2) How might we leverage open API and partnerships to better serve customers?
3) How might we utilise AI, data, and social media strategies to enhance the consumer lending business for millennials?
Video Highlights from MEFTI 2021
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Selected Past Pitches
Mercanta
Trade Fintech
Claimore
InsurTech
Dragon Wealth
WealthTech
Cohort Statistics
MEFTI is powered by the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node, the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, the MIT MISTI China program, and the MIT Innovation Initiative.