SXSW 2024

SXSW Winners on Building a Tech Platform to Drive Social Impact

Description:

When CNote won the SXSW Super Accelerator Pitch contest in 2017, the women-led technology platform had just launched. Today, CNote is moving hundreds of millions of dollars from the likes of Apple, Mastercard and Netflix to community financial institutions that advance economic equality, racial justice, gender equity and climate change initiatives. Co-founders Catherine Berman and Yuliya Tarasava share how they’ve unleashed the power of technology and data to deliver capital to CFIs while enabling corporations to amp up their social impact—and how they plan to hit $1B on CNote’s platform.

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Other Resources / Information

https://www.cubroadcast.com/episodes/3173-how-cnote-expands-access-to-capital-for-community-financial-institutions
https://www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2021/02/03/female-founded-fintech-makes-it-easy-to-invest-in-minority-and-women-entrepreneurs/

Takeaways

  1. How developing deep impact data can drive growth and keep initial users engaged through expansion to new markets
  2. How to earn trust in a new platform among both community-based organizations and global powerhouses
  3. Why community finance institutions are the key to closing racial, gender and geographic wealth gaps

Speakers

  • Catherine Berman, CEO and Co-founder, CNote
  • Yuliya Tarasava, COO and Co-Founder, CNote

Organizer

Petra Nelken, Senior Marketing Specialist, CNote

Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Presentation
  • Track: International Innovation
  • Track 2
  • Level: Advanced
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