Ship Shape joins the Fintech Wales Foundry Accelerator

Ship Shape is proud to announce that as of the 5th July 2021, we are part of the first cohort to be launched for the Fintech Wales Foundry Accelerator.

“It’s a brilliant achievement for Ship Shape to be invited to take part in the inaugural Fintech Wales Foundry Accelerator. It’s recognition of the tremendous strides we are making as a business and we’re looking forward to making the most of what the Foundry has to offer.”

- Daniel Sawko, CEO of Ship Shape

Over the past months, our CEO Daniel Sawko and COO, Alistair Ballie have been completing applications, interviews and demo that has led to Ship Shape being selected from over 150+ application worldwide to join the first cohort. This cohort comprises of 8 unique companies that all have a promise and potential to disrupt and change their respective industries.

Alongside Ship Shape, the cohort is made up of Voltric, Sero, Zing Cover, Viaduct Group, Wagonex, Yimba and Laytrip. As the first cohort, we are excited to see each other grow and support each other to achieve our business goals.

“As the UK’s first non-equity accelerator programme, The Foundry will not only help to create jobs and nurture our existing ecosystem, it invites businesses globally to come and scale in Wales — bringing further jobs creation and growth to an already booming landscape”

- Sarah Williams-Gardener, CEO of FinTech Wales

This unique no equity accelerator is driven by the recognised value in local Welsh fintech and the support and commitment they offer. With the support of multinational partners, Fintech Wales is striving to create a collaboratively rich ecosystem that will provide jobs, market service and investment formulating unmatched value on a local and national level.

Read more about this story on our website here: https://www.shipshape.vc/companynews/ship-shape-joins-the-fintech-wales-foundry-accelerator