#bzawards

I am thrilled to be attending the 2nd Annual Benzinga Fintech Awards. Last year’s inaugural was a smash with the overall winner being the advisor’s SMA platform for hedge fund strategies HedgeCoVest. On May 24, 2016 in Tribeca NYC the innovative financial media outlet Benzinga will once again recognize outstanding innovation in financial technology specific to the capital markets at the 2nd Annual Benzinga Fintech Awards.

I hope you will join me at the Fintech event of the year. Get tickets now for the HOTTEST event on Wall Street! Meet Fintech industry executives and leaders at the annual gala, including Tiki Barber, Josh Brown, James Altucher, Todd Harrison, JJ Kinahan just to name a few. Big sponsors, leading financial press and venture capital will be there as well. So come discover leading and innovative Fintech companies at the Benzinga Fintech Awards gala event.

Celebrate innovation and excellence in the capital markets and see all the hottest startups in finance, all under one roof.

Hashtag #BZawards The Benzinga Fintech Awards Tribeca Three Sixty, New York City Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Entrepreneurs have entered their companies in one of eight categories:

Finding Alpha

Analysis Platforms & Apps

Research Platforms & Apps

Robo Advisor & Wealth Management Tools

Stock or Option Screeners

Trade Recommendations

Unique Proprietary Data & APIs

Other

The online Fintech competition is leading up to the gala and awards show in New York City where Benzinga will present the finalists of the 2016 Benzinga Fintech Awards. Last year, over 100 of the most innovative financial technology companies competed against each other and garnered over 10 million impressions through social media and public voting. 

Vetr.com won the award for ‘Best use of the crowd’ at the Benzinga FinTech Awards on April 8, 2015. Vetr is a platform that allows individuals to “vet” investments by aggregating price targets to create simple crowdsourced star ratings. The ‘Best use of the crowd’ category showcased companies that encourage the public to share investment ideas with each other, which Vetr is doing with their crowdsourced star ratings. Other companies nominated in this category included Openfolio, Darwinex, InvestFeed, NVestly, Tip’d Off, Stockfuse, Thinknum, and Estimize. Vetr was among 57 total finalists that attended the event and were nominees for 2 out of the 14 categories available (‘Best use of the crowd’ and ‘Creating Proprietary Data – Best in Class’).

“Best use of the crowd fits Vetr perfectly, the award really speaks for itself,” said Vetr co-founder, Jan van Eck. Vetr’s CEO, Patrick Williams, also commented saying, “Winning this award in front of heavy hitters like Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, and Microsoft really puts Vetr in a great position to grow. We were up against some very stiff competition”. Over 350 people attended the Benzinga FinTech Awards at Tribeca 360.

The fintech industry covers “innovation within financial services”. Fintech companies with all kinds of different purposes were showcased at the award show from robo advisors to crowd sourced data. Other winners on the night included Betterment, Estimize, and Motif Investing.

Benzinga president, Kyle Bazzy, said that the awards show was filled with the movers and shakers of the financial world. He also said that every company in attendance is allowing the public to gain wealth in an accessible, affordable, and transparent way. This was the first year that the Benzinga Fintech Awards has ever taken place, and they plan on having more award shows in the future.

About Vetr

Vetr is a platform that allows individuals to “vet” investments by aggregating price targets to create simple crowdsourced star ratings. Vetr believes that a platform of crowdsourced ratings and personalized insights helps investors make better decisions than coming through endless amounts of news and data found on traditional investing sites.

Benzinga is a financial media outlet that empowers investors with content that is coveted by Wall Street traders.

SOURCE: Vetr Inc.