Building Fintech – From Concept to Market

📍 GridAKL, Pakenham Street, Auckland
📅 Thursday 22nd May | 🕕 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Have an idea for a Fintech product? Already building your Proof of Concept or MVP? This event is for you.

Building Fintech: From Concept to Market is an evening of real talk with real founders who’ve been in the trenches — building, breaking, validating, and launching. No fluff. Just raw insights, hard lessons, and practical strategies for getting your product to market.

🎤 Hear from three tech founders who’ve done the work:

Josh Daniell – Akahu
Behind New Zealand’s open finance infrastructure – hear how Josh navigated regulation, trust, and adoption in a complex space.
Georgie Fenwicke – Frankie - Industrious Property Software
From idea to execution in the property world – Georgie shares what it takes to validate and build for a legacy industry.
Vivek Kumar – Emerge
Reimagining banking for SMEs – Vivek talks about product-led growth and building for an underserved segment.

💬 Deep Dive Q&A
Each speaker will share their journey – but we’re making plenty of space for your questions. This is your chance to ask the real stuff:

What didn’t work? What would they do differently? How did they land early customers?

🍕 Food, drinks, and good people provided.
🎟️ Free to attend – spots are limited

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Why should you join us?

✨ Meet and chat with others in the FinTech industry looking to do epic stuff

✨ Get insights and valuable advice from local tech leaders and start-ups

✨ Learn about Auckland’s tech ecosystem, sub-sectors, opportunities and more!

✨ There is free pizza and drinks...so you wont have to buy dinner that night.

This event is part of the Fintech Builders Series and is proudly hosted by Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, Auckland’s economic and cultural agency, in partnership with RampUp, a tech-focused recruitment & people strategy company.