Singapore’s 360F wins Fintech Podium Star

Jonathan Moore
Pentaflow (formerly PowerPT)
2 min readOct 25, 2019

On September 26, over 100 people watched as Singaporean startup 360F won Podium Star’s fifth golden ticket — allowing their team to pitch at Seoul Pitch Day. Coming together to host the first Fintech-themed Podium Star were Power PT, WeWork Labs, Seoul Global Startup Center, World Innovations Forum Foundation, and Seoul Startup Hub.

Over 100 people cast their vote at Podium Star: Fintech
Judges from left: Sabrina Tachdjian, Balaka Niyazee, Shawn Jeonghan Eom

The evening began with an investment panel discussion featuring judges Balaka Niyazee (CEO of P&G Korea), Dr. Sabrina Tachdjian (Head of Investments at LINE | Unblock Ventures), and Shawn Jeonghan Eom (CEO of Company B).

Fintech founders who pitched include John Ting Li from Wizpace, Ki-Young Ju from CryptoQuant, Thomas Jacobson from Minastir Technologies, and Clarie Kwa from 360F.

The judges and audience voted, and 360F came out on top! Ms. Niyazee presented the golden ticket to Clarie Kwa, allowing her to join Seoul’s other pitch event winners at Seoul Pitch Day on November 12.

Clarie Kwa (center) from 360F wins the Podium Star: Fintech pitch event

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Jonathan Moore
Pentaflow (formerly PowerPT)

Accelerating Korean startups with global aspirations. Entrepreneur, marketer, MBA grad, tech enthusiast, traveler, scuba diver. Korea resident since 2006.