# The FIS FinTech Accelerator in Partnership with The Venture Center

> The FIS FinTech Accelerator in Partnership with The Venture Center is a VC fund backing Financial Services. See 62 investments, check sizes, portfolio and…

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Little Rock, United States
- Total investments: 62
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 74%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkansas-venture-center
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/venturecenter
- Website: https://www.venturecenter.co
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theventurecenter

The FIS FinTech Accelerator in Partnership with The Venture Center is a VC fund in Little Rock focused on Financial Services and FinTech. The FIS FinTech Accelerator is a 12-week, intensive program designed to accelerate the growth of early stage financial technology companies. We are the ONLY accelerator with an open door to the executive suite of the global fintech leader, FIS™, and access to their 20,000 financial institution customers across 130 countries. FIS is theworld's largest global provider dedicated to banking and payments technologies. FIS empowers the financial world with payment processing and banking solutions, including software, services and technology outsourcing.The highly selective program will admit up to 10 financial technology startups poised to challenge the status quo in the financial services sector. Startups chosen to participate in the VC FinTech Accelerator will enter a 12-week on-site program, complete with curriculum that will help them plan strategically, address business and finance challenges, and provide rigorous mentorship from successful fintech and entrepreneurial experts.How can VC FinTech and FIS help your startup? FIS serves the largest players in the financial world, processing 27 billion transactions and $9 trillion annually. FIS is committed to disrupting the FinTech space with innovation centers in San Francisco, New York, London, Bangalore, Bangkok--and Little Rock, Arkansas. FIS stands uniquely poised to support your startup in ways that no other organization can. By joining with VC FinTech, you aren't just getting an accelerator. The Venture Center is a strategic partner that can help you transform your company and gain access to some of the inaccessible decision-makers in the world! Our next Accelerator begins May 8, 2017.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 34 | 55% |
| FinTech | 32 | 52% |
| Software | 23 | 37% |
| Finance | 16 | 26% |
| Banking | 13 | 21% |

75 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 32 | 52% |
| Funding Round | 11 | 18% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 8 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 5% |
| Series A | 2 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 46 | 74% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 5% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Bauer | Director of Accelerator Operations | 0 | — |
| Gary Dowdy | VC FinTech Managing Director | 0 | — |
| Lee Watson | Founder,President & CEO | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stratyfy | Stratyfy offers predictive model development and decision optimization solutions for financial institutions built around that deliver the accuracy of machine learning without black box pitfalls. In addition to cutting edge accuracy, all models built on the platform are truly transparent and explainable, allowing the lenders to make consistent,ethical and regulatory compliant data driven decisions. Stratyfy Solutions are powered by Smartificial Intelligence™, our proprietary explainable AI technology portfolio that combines AI with IQ to augment human expertise instead of trying to replace it with overly complex models. The transparency of our proprietary algorithms allows our solutions to address a range of important problems for financial institutions where machine learning has struggled to deliver value. Please contact us at info@stratyfy.com to learn more about our solutions and see the benefits they can deliver to your business. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| equipifi | equipifi provides buy now, pay later software for financial institutions. The company offers embedded payment and installment lending tools that integrate with digital banking platforms and core banking systems. Its platform enables banks and credit unions to provide pre-qualified financing offers, split-payment options, and short-term installmentloans through existing checking accounts and debit cards. equipifi also provides loan management, risk configuration, reporting, and customer engagement tools to support digital payment and lending programs. |  | Grant | Jan 05, 2023 |  |
| Cahill Exterior Design | Cahill Exterior Design conceptualises, revises, and virtually constructs the exterior. | $3K | Pre-Seed | Dec 04, 2022 |  |
| atomic | Atomic FI is a technology company that builds products that drive consumer engagement in financial services. It plans on launching a series of products, the first of which will be a balance transfer product for Credit Cards, HELOC's, and potentially auto loans. Each of its products will be designed to have an incredible user experience, andsolve a pain point for financial institutions and fintechs alike.Atomic FI's platform allows users to connect their payroll account using their payroll credentials eliminating frauds and manual processes through multi-step verification, enabling employees and businesses to conduct secure banking transactions efficiently. Today the process is extremely manual and error-prone and provides a poor user experience. They solve that by increasing the speed of the payoff by 4-5x, and providing a user experience that far exceeds anything currently in the market. |  | Seed | Jun 04, 2021 |  |
| Bank Labs | Bank Labs was created by community bankers, for community bankers. They continuously design innovative mobile technology products that help community banks improve efficiency, increase time for relationships and create FinTech marketplace options that expand business opportunities.Bank Labs is committed to the relentless pursuit of creatingweb-based mobile apps that help support community banking's competitive advantage. | $3.1M | Seed | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| BankiFi | Provide your business customers with the right solutions at the right stage of life, throughout their entire journey. Banks can so support businesses gig to big: from sole-trader/self-employed (‘Gig’) and microbusiness through to SME and internationally operating enterprises with sophisticated requirements. Acquire new business customers earlyfor a very low cost, and stay with them for life. |  | Seed | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| Long Game | Long Game designs fun and engaging customer experiences on top of savings products to encourage responsible financial planning. The personal finance app allows its users to play games and win cash prizes up to $1 million. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| Informed | Informed helps banks accelerate their digital transformation with turn-key robotic process automation capable of performing real-time income verification, identity verification, residence verification, and insurance verification tasks. Banks use Informed to reduce their manual costs associated with reviewing documents, catch fraud, and cut down onerrors when originating loans and opening accounts. |  | Series A | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| TaxStatus | Tax Status develops an IRS account monitoring that delivers IRS transcripts for any business or individual. With analytics and ongoing monitoring capabilities, Tax Status delivers critical notifications and insights that lenders, businesses, and individuals can use to make more informed decisions. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Jun 02, 2021 |  |
| Railz | Railz is building the largest financial data network for the future of finance. We aim to bridge the connection between future-thinking financial institutions and companies and their SMB customers’ financial data. Our Accounting Data-as-a-Service™ solution offers financial institutions and fintechs the ability to move fast through messy data - andmake sense of it all. With our single API, get the financial data you need from major accounting and financial service providers. Get real-time accounting data, syncing, and analysis at your fingertips with Railz. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Jun 02, 2021 |  |

10 of 62 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nyca Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nycapartners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [4DX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4dx-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CRE Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-angels-network) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FIS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fis) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Operator Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/operator-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does The FIS FinTech Accelerator in Partnership with The Venture Center invest in?

The FIS FinTech Accelerator in Partnership with The Venture Center invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 62 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at The FIS FinTech Accelerator in Partnership with The Venture Center?

The team at The FIS FinTech Accelerator in Partnership with The Venture Center includes Brian Bauer (Director of Accelerator Operations), Gary Dowdy (VC FinTech Managing Director) and Lee Watson (Founder,President & CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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