nVest wins the Sydney Pitch, takes home prize of $115,000

This evening in Sydney, SmartCompany hosted its third instalment of the Pitch, an early-stage startup competition, with nVest named the winner.

Held at the spectacular 12 Micron events space in Barangaroo, the event was created in partnership with AWS, BlueRock and FinTech Australia, with a packed room in attendance to hear six early-stage startups pitch their ideas to an esteemed judging panel.

Our guest judges, Raaj Rayat of Airtree Ventures, Laura Faulconer of x15ventures, Jill Berry of Adatree, Bevan McLeod of BlueRock, and Wayne Clarke of AWS, chose nVest as the winner due to its identification of an unsolved problem and aim to modernise broker trading on any platform.

Now, nVest receives a $100,000 boost in AWS Activate credits, $15,000 in consultancy services from BlueRock, and a spot on FinTech Australia’s acclaimed podcast.

nVest’s mission is to democratise access to stock markets in the Asia Pacific region, a large total addressable market.