The center for cutting-edge financial technology and the driving force behind industry innovation.
ICBA’s ThinkTECH Accelerator program, a community bank-focused fintech accelerator run in partnership with The Venture Center, was designed to identify and foster community bank-enabled fintech partnerships.
Starting in 2019, ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator was launched to connect community bankers and fintech visionaries to develop solutions specifically for the industry.
Since its inception, ICBA’s ThinkTECH Accelerator has hosted:
More than 150 community banks have attended the Accelerator program and collaborated with fintech companies.
Allows you and your bank to meet 1-on-1 with the most relevant and high-potential fintech companies with solutions for community banks looking to address real challenges and opportunities.
Fintech companies that have been selected by ICBA, The Venture Center, and community bankers on the ICBA selection committee based on their relevance to current day challenges and opportunities.
Monetary investment from ICBA (SAFE – Simple Agreement for Future Equity).
Access to cutting-edge emerging financial technology solutions
The ability to surface real-life challenges with potential vendors
The opportunity to discuss the implications for your community bank
| Logo | Company | About | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Accrue | Accrue by Core10 enables digital transformation for community banks, with digital lending, digital account opening for consumers and businesses, as well as integration-as-a-service for cores and other fintechs. Watch Demo | 2022 |
 | DocFox | DocFox is a workflow automation tool for digital or in-branch business account opening. It handles the business application, intelligent document analysis, and Bank Secrecy Act review for complex entities and related parties. Watch Demo | 2022 |
 | KlariVis | KlariVis provides an easy-to-understand picture of a community bank’s daily business to for more informed decision making.. The system helps declutter data to boost productivity, performance, and profitability. Watch Demo | 2022 |
 | LemonadeLXP Inc. | LemonadeLXP is a digital adoption and learning experience platform that helps financial institutions and fintechs drive digital adoption, fluency and transformation. Watch Demo | 2022 |
 | Qoosh Technology | Quilo empowers community banks to fully launch core-independent digital lending products in less than six weeks. Watch Demo | 2022 |
 | Senso.ai Inc. | Senso is building a proactive borrower experience through partnerships with community banks to engage borrowers months before their next home purchase or refinance. Watch Demo | 2022 |
 | Sequretek | Sequretek helps community banks “take control” of the cyber threats that can impact their brand, compliance, business continuity and assets, when they accelerate their digital transformation, through its Percept Cloud Security Platform offering. Watch Demo | 2022 |
 | Chimney | Chimney is re-imaging financial guidance for the digital age. Chimney helps people make smarter financial decisions and get connected with the right products online, directly from their banks. Watch Demo | 2022 |
 | Unifimoney Inc. | Unifimoney is a turnkey digital wealth management solution for community banks. Watch Demo | 2022 |
 | Vero Finance Technologies Inc. | Vero Technologies helps community banks offer inventory financing to dealers of manufactured products without an investment in new systems or additional personnel. Watch Demo | 2022 |
 | Wealth Stack | WealthStack partners with SMBs and community banks to offer a financial wellness platform that facilitates increased: SMB Lending, financial education, and retirement investing. Watch Demo | 2022 |
Applications for the Accelerator program open.
Initial applicant assessment by The Venture Center team to identify prospects with product concepts that are gaining traction, align with the program’s goals, and have strong market viability.
The Selection Committee, comprised of ICBA staff and member bank executives, whittle down the remaining candidate pool and determine the final group joining the Accelerator program through the “proof of concept” phase.
Kick-off event featuring cohort companies, Arkansas government officials, and financial regulators.
During a 12-week bootcamp, ICBA members participate as community bank mentors and share their industry challenges with the Accelerator cohort companies to mature the cohort products, pitches, and ultimately, ensure product-market fit and longevity.
Virtual ICBA ThinkTECH Demo Day and ICBA ThinkTECH Showcase (held during ICBA LIVE)—all cohort companies present their pitches to community bankers across the country.
Register for ICBA LIVE 2022 to attend the ThinkTECH Showcase.
| Logo | Company | About | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|
 | AgentIQ | Agent IQ allows customers to engage with their bank like they engage with friends and family and enables banks to deepen relationships with each and every one of their customers. | 2021 |
 | Artis | Artis Technologies powers real-time lending and payments solutions that enables banks to drive demand to businesses by offering consumer financing at the point of need. | 2021 |
 | Beauceron Security | Beauceron Security reduces risk for organizations by moving individuals and teams from cybersecurity awareness into demonstrated behavior change. | 2021 |
 | Finosec | The excessive and complex labor required for community banks’ information security and cybersecurity feels overwhelming. Finosec offers a simple and automated governance platform to save banks time and enhance exam preparedness. | 2021 |
 | Harness | Harness connects financial institutions and their cardholders to hundreds of community based non-profits through experiential fundraising campaigns designed to drive spend and increase local impact. | 2021 |
 | Shastic | Through Robotic Process Automation, Shastic speeds communication to shorten the lending cycle inside pre-existing systems. | 2021 |
 | Upswot | Upswot increases banking revenue by providing actionable risk, marketing, and business insights collected from business apps SMBs and Mid-Market companies regularly use. | 2021 |
 | ZSuite Technologies | ZSuite Technologies provides a digital escrow platform to help banks grow commercial deposits and expand relationships. | 2021 |
 | Zogo | Zogo is a gamified financial literacy app that helps financial institutions engage, educate, and attract Gen Z. They make finance fun, simple, social — and irresistible to younger generations. | 2021 |
 | Adlumin | Adlumin is the Leading Security and Compliance Automation Platform in the U.S.Our trusted security and compliance automation platform is built to discover threats, malfunctions, and IT operations failures in real-time. | 2019 |
 | Agora | Agora Services offers financial institutions a robust and customizales cloud-based offering that enables banking customers to utilize and manage accounts in real-time. | 2019 |
 | BotDoc | BotDoc's patented technology functions as the Fed-Ex of data. Using end-to-end encryption, Botdoc picks up the information from one user and drops it off at the correct destination. | 2019 |
 | CRiskCo | CRiskCo works seamlessly with leading accounting software in the cloud to ensure we gather exceptional data that will help us to help you achieve your goals. | 2019 |
 | Kapitalwise | Kapitalwise enables interactive financial wellness tools, connect data to your clients better than ever, and deliver whenever your clients need you. All through turn-key integrations delivered through Kapitalwise. | 2019 |
 | MK Decision | MK Decision: One platform, everything you need to grow. Streamline your institution's operations with modern workflows and digital customer applications. | 2019 |
 | Teslar | Teslar is a SaaS solution that creates highly efficient banks. Improving efficiency ratios is one of the main reasons banks choose to partner with us; banks that use Teslar typically have an efficiency ratio that is 14% better than their peer group. | 2019 |
 | FI Works | FI Works is a data-driven sales and marketing software platform built specifically for financial institutions. | 2020 |
 | Finscend | Finscend: Intelligent credit and debit card dispute processing platform. Enhanced workflow and analytics. Compliance and regulatory control.Up to a 40% reduction in operating costs and higher customer satisfaction. | 2020 |
 | Fintel Connect | Fintel Connect drives new customer growth through performance marketing. | 2020 |
 | Finzly | Finzly creates a modern, real-time, and responsive platform for bankers who need to effectively modernize. | 2020 |
 | Fraud.net | Fraud.net is the future of fraud prevention. | 2020 |
 | Griffn | Griffn gives community banks & credit unions a leg up in the 21st Century – helping improve client relationships, increase sales, and compete with large financial institutions. | 2020 |
 | Wallit | Wallit is a card-linked benefits platform and wellness wallet for teams working in a remote or hybrid model to align their company to achieve employee wellness and drive shared business outcomes. | 2020 |
