07/11/2022
What a week for our colleague, Gabor Szekernyes, who has been participating in a U.S. Landing Pad Program in New York City with 6 other Australian selected by and Acceleration.
Gabor's highlights to date:
☕ Having the biggest coffee ever at LAX airport after his arrival from Australia (can you guess what his order was?).
🤗 Meeting the 6 Australian businesses who were also selected to participate in the Austrade and WEVE Acceleration NY Landing Pad Program with Birchal Succession Plus Ezypay and
👌 Meeting Nick Greiner, Australian Consul-General to New York, who officially opened the 6-day Program and expressed how the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) team has been super engaged with the Program to bring Australian Fintech businesses to the U.S.
🚀 Meeting mentors who provided valuable feedback after pitching Apxium’s innovative Financial Technology toolkit for Processional Practices.
🏦 Being hosted by Jeremy Balkin - Global Head of Innovation & Corporate Development, Payments - of the world's largest , J.P. Morgan for an exclusive boardroom lunch.
Don't tell Jamie Dimon that Gabor sat on his chair at the head of the boardroom table 🤫
Today is the big one, 💥 Demo Day, where Gabor will pitch to a targeted audience of U.S. investors at SAP Next-Gen! So, watch this space for further highlights from New York City.