Quesney Female Founders In Tech has announced their winners in their competition to identify up and coming tech platforms. The judges determined the winners at an event last night in Manhattan. Seven finalists pitched before an audience of 100+ attendees.
The live event judges – Kelle Bub, Karen Buck, Mary Burke, Breanne Diorio, Jesse Honigberg, Sharleen Smith – selected the following winners:
- First Place: Goalsetter, a goal-based savings and gifting platform, targeting millennials.
- Second Place: Marinus Analytics, uses technologies to help identify and fight crimes like human trafficking.
- Third Place: Lendonate. provides a marketplace lending platform for non profits and supporters.
Over the last 5 years, Quesnay has been working with clients in financial services, insurance, telecommunications, and media to help accelerate innovation. Quesney runs innovation competitions, creates customized acceleration programs, and develops digital partnership strategies in order to source external ideas/startups and connect them into their clients’ organizations.
Quesney reports it will continue with their Female Founders in Tech series in 2018 with an ongoing focus on Fintech and Insurtech (and expand into other industry verticals) along with additional mentorship opportunities. More details forthcoming in early January.
