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Kampd, the platform dedicated to professional communities launched at Singapore FinTech Festival as its Knowledge Partner

 

Kampd, a Singapore-headquartered company aimed at empowering professionals in the knowledge economy through communities and content was formally unveiled today at Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) 2022. Announced as a Knowledge Partner at SFF 2022, the firm aims to provide a social media platform for like-minded professionals to engage with each other within communities of interest anchored around purposeful content.

Commenting on Kampd’s launch, seasoned entrepreneur Amit Gupta, Founder, Kampd commented, “It is an honour for us to launch Kampd at one of the most coveted global knowledge forums, and a privilege to have SFF among our founding knowledge communities. It validates our strongest belief that for a powerful forum such as SFF, ‘the conversations don’t have to end when the talk ends’.

We are a one stop platform that brings together professionals, communities, and creators to engage across varied areas of interest. Kampd unleashes the immense potential of the creator economy to benefit professionals across domains through the promise of rich meaningful content. As opposed to the traditional social media platforms that emphasise ‘who you know’, Kampd enables users to maximise their potential with ‘what you know’.”

For creators, who are thought leaders, industry stalwarts, the platform will empower them to create and amplify their content on Kampd, as well as across platforms to eventually build sustained engagement with their followers within the relevant communities.

As the Knowledge Partner of SFF 2022, the Kampd platform will give access to the global SFF community of FinTech and technology leaders to engage on the most relevant content from the current and previous editions of the festival. Thought leaders and experts within the SFF community will be able to make use of the platform to continue engaging with one another throughout SFF and beyond, and will also be able to run micro-events to nurture engagement within the platform. Kampd will ensure the conversations continue within the SFF community even after the physical event closes, ensuring a sustained interchange of knowledge.

Commenting on this partnership Pat Patel, Executive Director, Elevandi (an MAS Company), said, “Now in its seventh year, SFF has gone from strength to strength largely because of the way we are able to bring global government leaders, regulators and policymakers together with the corporate leaders, founders and investors. Bringing these key groups of leaders together allows us to really advance the FinTech community and create new ideas and opportunities. Our partnership with Kampd is a great example of this as it allows us to further engage our community in new ways. It allows us to connect people, connect ideas and connect insights.”

Kampd is founded by seasoned entrepreneurs Amit Gupta and Ullrich Loeffler. Based in Singapore, both co-founded Ecosystm in 2018, a Digital Research and Advisory Company with its global headquarters in Singapore serving the biggest global digital brands. Through Ecosystm, the two co-founders have demonstrated their ability to disrupt long standing legacy business models at a global scale. Following the success of the prolific founders, they have been backed in their new venture, Kampd with angel funding (undisclosed amount) from seasoned investors and eminent industry leaders across Singapore and India.

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Elevandi Appoints Board Of Directors

 

Elevandi, a new Company Limited by Guarantee (GLC) created by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to take over the Singapore FinTech Festival, and bring together the global financial and FinTech communities, has appointed an international board of directors to oversee its mission and work.

Sopnendu Mohanty, MAS Chief FinTech Officer, will serve as the Chairman of the Elevandi Board. The directors will bring diverse perspectives and insights on innovations driving the financial sector.

The board of directors include:

  • Jo Ann Barefoot, CEO and Co-founder of Alliance for Innovative Regulation and Co-founder of Hummingbird Regtech. Jo Ann is a globally well-regarded policymaker with over 35 years of experience and was the first woman Deputy Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Jo Ann is based in the U.S.
  • Neil Parekh, Partner and Head of AsiaAustralia and New Zealand at Tikehau Capital. Neil is an accomplished Singaporean banker with over 30 years of global experience in financial services including the APAC region, Europe and the U.S.
  • Pieter Franken, Global FinTech Pioneer and Passionate Innovator, is based in Japan. Pieter has a career spanning 30 years in Financial Services, specialising in management, FinTech, innovation and large-scale digital transformations.
  • Matthias Kröner, Founder & Managing Director of Tradelite Solutions, is based in Germany. Formerly, Matthias served as Founder and CEO of Fidor Bank and DAB Bank; has over 25 years in financial services, with unparalleled insight into corporate strategy, innovation-leadership and M&A through the most transformative period in the history of the banking industry.
  • Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore. Sopnendu is a well-known Singaporean FinTech Professional with over 25 years of global experience in the Financial Sector covering financial services, technology and innovation.

Strengthening Elevandi’s mission

Today’s appointment of the board is key to fulfilling Elevandi’s mission of fostering a dialogue between the public and private sectors to catalyse for the growth and positive impact of FinTech in the new digital economy. Elevandi’s General Manager, Pat Patel, states:

“I am delighted to welcome our new board of directors who will help us drive our mission in the coming years. Importantly our diverse mix of directors will provide sound guidance to help us capture expanding FinTech opportunities around the world. We look forward to announcing new directors over the coming months.”

The Singapore FinTech Festival

Appointment of the board members comes just a few weeks prior to the start of the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF), 8th-12th November, co-organised by MAS and Elevandi, in partnership with The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) and in collaboration with Constellar Exhibitions.

The SFF 2021 programme will place special focus on Web 3.0 and features a Web 3.0 Knowledge Certificate in Financial Services issued by The Asian Institute of Digital Finance, National University of Singapore (NUS). This certificate can be earned through listening to speaker presentations throughout the week-long programme.

The Web 3.0 Knowledge Certificate in Financial Services is built around three modules:

  1. Designing Financial Services on Web 3.0
  2. Building Financial Services on Web 3.0
  3. Sustainable Financial Services on Web 3.0.

The three modules are spread over 45 SFF sessions, and the pass mark has been set at 60%.

Over 10,000 companies have already registered to attend this year’s SFF. Global leaders such as, Ben Horowitz, Co-Founder & General Partner, Andreesen Horowitz, Michael Miebach, Chief Executive Officer, Mastercard, Divya Suryadevara, Chief Financial Officer, Stripe, Dan Schulman, President & Chief Executive Officer, PayPal, Sabrina Peng, VP, Ant Group, President Social Good and Green Development, Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum Founder, Ethereum Foundation and many more will join our speaker line up.