Showcasing Female-Driven Fintech Ventures Through the Platform Fall Scholarship Program by Fab Five
The fintech landscape is set to witness a diverse array of innovative solutions at FinovateFall 2025, taking place in New York from September 8-10. Among the companies showcasing their groundbreaking technologies are five female-led fintech firms that have been awarded the Sustainability & Inclusion Scholarship.
One of these companies is Gentreo, founded in 2018 and based in Quincy, Massachusetts. Led by CEO Renee Fry, Gentreo offers comprehensive digital life and estate planning solutions, providing families with accessible and affordable tools to plan for significant life events. The company's focus is on non-balance sheet recurring revenue, making life planning more accessible to a broader audience.
Another scholarship recipient is Kaaj AI, a company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2024. Co-Founder and President Shivi Sharma leads Kaaj AI, which provides an AI-powered platform for banks and credit unions to better understand small business needs, accelerate loan processing, grow loan portfolios, and manage risks effectively.
The Sustainability & Inclusion Scholarship program aims to expand the demo line-up, featuring more voices, perspectives, and innovation within fintech. The other three companies that earned a scholarship are Krida, LemonadeLXP, LendAPI, and Quavo Fraud & Disputes.
Krida, based in New York and founded in 2024, streamlines the loan process by reducing cycle times, manual tasks, and borrower drop-off, giving banks a faster path to funded loans, higher throughput, and stronger community relationships.
LemonadeLXP offers an all-in-one learning and knowledge platform designed for banks and credit unions. The platform automates training from existing resources, provides instant responses to staff inquiries, and streamlines content creation and knowledge sharing to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
LendAPI provides fintech infrastructure enabling banks and fintechs to launch products quickly. The platform includes Product Studio, Rules Studio, Pricing Engine, and Integrated Partners for seamless banking and lending innovation. LendAPI targets banks, credit unions, e-commerce companies, and fintechs.
Quavo Fraud & Disputes offers the QFD® platform, delivering real-time fraud decisioning and automation. The platform instantly deflects friendly fraud using enriched merchant data, uses AI trained on over 20 million disputes to flag abuse and resolve cases rapidly (within 48 hours), and supports regulatory compliance with Regulation E/Z. Quavo Fraud & Disputes targets issuing banks, fintechs, processors, credit unions, and others subject to dispute regulations.
MoneyPlanned, headquartered in Bengaluru, India, and launched in 2021, empowers institutions to offer intelligent, automated financial planning. The platform boosts advisor efficiency, reduces cost-to-serve, and delivers personalized client experiences at scale.
These five female-led fintech companies represent a diverse range of innovations, from life planning and AI-driven lending to fraud prevention and institutional learning platforms. Their showcase at FinovateFall 2025 promises to be a testament to the power of diversity, inclusion, and sustainability in driving fintech innovation.
- Businesses in the technology sector, such as Gentreo and MoneyPlanned, are using digital solutions to offer comprehensive life and estate planning services, and intelligent, automated financial planning, respectively.
- The fintech landscape is also witnessing the rise of AI-powered platforms for loan processing, like Kaaj AI, and fraud prevention, such as Quavo Fraud & Disputes, aiming to enhance banking operations and manage risks effectively.
