Identify Emerging Growth And Undiscovered Companies With Equities.com

It's almost that time of year.

The 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards is a competition to showcase the companies with the most impressive technology that are paving the future in financial services and capital markets.

To get you prepared for this year's awards, Benzinga will profile each fintech company that has applied. Want to get involved? Submit your company here.

For this installment, we spoke with Enzo Villani, CEO of Equities.com (answers have been edited for length and clarity).

Equities.com

What does your company do? What unique problem does it solve?

Equities.com is a leading financial news and information source for emerging growth companies. Designed as an advanced financial data portal and social content network, Equities.com is aimed at connecting self-directed investors with the world's most innovative and undiscovered companies. The problem it solves is covering under-covered, emerging growth and innovation companies — seeking out emerging trends, market developments and emerging sectors. Who are your customers?

Our customers are global investors, executives, financial experts and industry professionals hungry for disruption.

How long have you been in business?

Equities.com® was founded by the former publishers and owners of EQUITIES Magazine, a renowned financial publication established in 1951. The magazine's brand transitioned to the digital arena with the launch of Equities.com® in 2011 to better serve the investment community as a modernized financial news platform. In 2014, Equities.com relaunched under new management and raised over $5 million focused on the transformation of the media brand into a respected news site, investor community and Fin-Tech player.

Where are you located?
Culver City, California, is our headquarters, however, we have associates in New York City and Canada and contributors from around the world.
Who is your company's leadership?
The Equities.com team brings together a dynamic senior level group of experienced and multi-faceted financial services, technology, media and trading experts from leading Fortune 500 organizations to start-ups. In addition, Equities.com's has an accomplished board of directors with impressive and diverse backgrounds.
Anything else Benzinga should know about your company?
At Equities.com, age is just a number. Our readership ranges from millennials to baby boomers all wanting to indulge in disruptive content.

We're placing our next investments in women. From initiatives like our Equities Women's Council, an event platform created to exchange ideas with successful female leaders focused on innovation; to our weekly celebration of female leaders via social media.

Equities.com is focused on continuing to grow its relationships and partnerships with other platforms in the community such as StilettoGal & Press Pass LA. Together, highlighting women as thought leaders across professions and industry sectors.

In the coming weeks, it will also become the first news platform to offer trading through equities.com.
If you’re looking for cool fintech startups and access to top financial institutions, and are sick of attending stuffy corporate conferences, the Benzinga Global Fintech Awards is the event for you. From its first year in 2015, the competition grew to over 250 applicants and over 500 attendees in 2016.
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