Good to Know
Since 2016, FTGA Stands for Excellence in Fintech.
A competent Jury of more than 20 experts honors outstanding start-up companies in several categories with Fintech Germany Awards. The Jury also decides on special awards.
The Jury members evaluate and compare the startups from the fintech and insurtech sectors within their individual company phases according to a variety of different criteria. Based on a scoring process, the Jury determines the most promising young companies in the individual categories and decides on the winners during Jury meetings. The same process applies to the special awards.
Fintech Germany Award has been initiated in 2016 by Frankfurt Main Finance, WM-Gruppe and TechFluence and is awarded since then on an annual basis.
2016
Frankfurt am Main, Techquartier
- The first edition of the Fintech Germany Awards in the foyer of the TQ
- Among the winners is today's Unicorn Scalable Capital, number 1 digital asset manager in Europe
- In the category for international start-ups with a connection to Germany, the blockchain start-up Quantoz from the Netherlands was awarded the prize.
2017
Frankfurt am Main, Deutsches Filmmuseum
- The second award ceremony took place during the Frankfurt Finance Summit 2017
- Among the winners Clark, Numbrs and Raisin - today all with Unicorn rating
- Introduction of the special prize concept for young fintech sectors. The Special Award Blockchain 2017 went to Bitbond from Berlin.
2018
Frankfurt am Main, Techquartier
- The third edition of FTGA took place again at TQ, hosted by Ali Aslan from Berlin, who usually hosts on the stages of world politics.
- The digital banking sector is causing a furore: winners N26 and Revolut from the UK, then freshly baked Unicorn, now Decacorn.
- Bankhaus Metzler, the longest continuously family-owned private bank in Germany, is a sponsor for the first time.
2019
Frankfurt am Main, Mindspace
- For the fourth time, the organisers will present the Fintech Germany Award to promising fintech companies.
- And once again the jury shows a good hand in selecting the winners: Solarisbank, Transferwise (now Wise) and Wefox are Unicorns today.
- Nektarios Liolios, first generation fintechie of the global fintech scene from London will moderate FTGA for the first time.
2020
Frankfurt am Main, Tatcraft
- In its 5th year at the latest, the FTGA is the most important fintech award in the German-speaking world.
- The coveted award was presented in eight categories, including second and third places for the first time, in recognition of the diversity of the German fintech scene.
- For the first time, more than 200 start-ups and scale-ups from Germany and around the world apply - a special prize for artificial intelligence is offered. The prize goes to Hawk:AI from Munich.
- Raisin takes first place for the second time after 2017.
- The award will be hosted by Nektarios Liolios and Bianca Lopes, Brazilian entrepreneur and identity influencer.
- Luck of the draw with the scheduling: the award can take place with a change of location at short notice despite the covid pandemic.
- Allianz, Linklaters and FRED Executive Search are sponsors of the FTGA for the first time.
2021
Stuttgart, Stuttgarter „Wagenhallen“
- FTGA goes Ländle: where Germany is on it, Germany must be in it! The first FTGA outside Frankfurt in front of a sold-out audience.
- Like last year, the organisers are lucky with the date. Corona doesn't throw a spanner in the works.
- Special awards for: Insurtech, Investment Technology (Investtech) as well as for start-ups in the field of Sustainable Finance
- Once again, the jury works hard and spends days sifting through some 200 fintech companies
- Bianca Lopes is hosting the FTGA alone at short notice because Nektarios Corona is unable to leave the island. Brazilian bundle of energy on the FTGA stage!
- Aareal Bank from Wiesbaden becomes sponsor for the first time
2022
Berlin, Allianz Forum at Pariser Platz
- The Fintech Germany Award is presented in the capital for the first time.
- Nektarios and Sara Yvonne Elsser host worthy winners with charming expertise: including Hawk:AI and Unicorn Mambu, both of which were FTGA winners in previous years.
- Wilhelm von Boddien, initiator and driving force behind the City Palace in Berlin, gives an inspiring speech on dealing with obstacles and receives enthusiastic applause.
- At eye level with the Brandenburg Gate in sight, the evening comes to a festive close in the lounge on the 4th floor of the Allianz Forum.