2016金融科技金融35:Nektarios Liolios

从2011年到2014年，据称Liolios是SWIFT网络的创新项目之一——Innotribe Startup Challenge的负责人费边Vandenreydt(24号)。Liolios离职后，在Startupbootcamp的支持下启动了一个专业的金融科技项目，Startupbootcamp是数字健康、食品技术和物联网等领域的全球科技加速器链。伦敦的创业训练营Fintech在两年内不仅帮助15家年轻公司筹集了1600万欧元(合1790万美元)，而且联合创始人兼首席执行官利奥里奥斯还将这种模式带到纽约和新加坡。此外，孟买FinTech创业训练营(Startupbootcamp Mumbai FinTech)也向申请人开放;金融科技和网络安全训练营正在阿姆斯特丹进行;还有同样由Liolios联合创办的伦敦创业训练营InsurTech，也进入了第二年。他将自己的使命描述为“让初创企业能够接触到行业参与者;对银行和其他合作伙伴来说，我们的重点是研发和试验。”Startupbootcamp会对公司进行为期三个月的密集辅导，并将其介绍给潜在客户和投资人。例如，它为伦敦的申请者提供免费办公空间、55万欧元的合作伙伴服务，以及1.5万欧元的搬迁费用，以换取他们6%的股权。 “The reality is that most of the financial and insurance industries understand the concept of R&D but don’t have the processes for it,” says Liolios, 49. “When a bank or asset manager builds a product, there is no experimentation. It’s a tweak of something.” In his view, they have to get faster: “No one has five years any more” to carry out a complex IT project. Liolios notes that despite considerable entrepreneurial interest in blockchain technology, “nobody has figured out how influential it will be. It has the potential to be transformational.” Half of his most recent cohort of start-ups are in robo-advisory and other asset and wealth management categories. His London graduates include BondIT, an algorithm-based system for bond portfolio managers; private investment management platform Delio; and Epiphyte, a blockchain-powered transaction settlement system.