Final week, we showcased 5 firms—all led by feminine CEOs—who demonstrated their newest improvements at FinovateEurope in London in February. A part of Finovate’s annual Ladies’s Historical past Month commemoration, the submit not solely highlighted the achievements of girls in fintech, it additionally helped introduce 5 new firms to our Finovate viewers.
With that final level in thoughts, we’re thrilled this week to introduce you to a number of the girls who can be main their firms on the Finovate stage subsequent month at FinovateSpring in San Diego, Could 7 via 9.
First, meet the 2 firms—Cinareo Options and Cratoflow—that had been chosen to take part at FinovateSpring as a part of our Feminine Founder Scholarship program. Second, we introduce two further firms—Penny Finance and Instarails—each with feminine CEOs, and each slated to demo their newest innovation at FinovateSpring subsequent month.
Karen Elliott
CEO & Co-Founder, Cinareo Options

Elliott (LinkedIn) is CEO and Co-Founding father of Cinareo Options, a SaaS platform that gives capability planning for brokers and assist workers, monetary administration, what-if situation modelling, and multi-skilling simulation.
Based in 2022 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Cinareo Options units a brand new commonplace for workforce planning and resolution assist for multi-channel contact facilities. This gives sturdy and pro-active useful resource planning and monetary evaluation to cost-efficiently handle entrance and back-office workers, in addition to all assist workers.
Shiv Patel
CEO and Founder, Cratoflow

Patel (LinkedIn) is CEO of Cratoflow, an organization that helps organizations to avoid wasting as much as 110 hours every week, cut back errors, and acclerate funds, enabling sooner decision-making and driving operational effectivity and price financial savings.
Primarily based in Anaheim, California, and based in 2021, Cratoflow gives a no-code monetary workflow answer that centralizes and simplifies advanced every day accounting processeas with an intuitive person interface. The platform leverages machine studying and AI to sync with third-party monetary methods to systematically full income, banking, and expense entries.
Yamini Sagar
Founder and CEO, Instarails

Sagar (LinkedIn) is founder and CEO of Instarails, a worldwide fee community infrastructure that helps credit score unions, group banks, and companies entice and retain extra shoppers whereas accelerating income progress,
Based in 2022 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Instarails leverages blockchain know-how to make direct, real-time, low cost, inclusive, and clear funds. Shoppers hook up with Instarails’ community through SaaS API and ship transactions. These transactions are routed via Instarails’ community and recipients get funds immediately via their financial institution, e-wallet, or through money pickup.
Crissi Cole
Founder & CEO, Penny Finance

Cole (LinkedIn) is CEO and Founding father of Penny Finance, an internet monetary planning engagement engine that draws, retains, and providers the digital technology of credit score unions and group banks by offering tailor-made training, assets, rewards, and providers to their members and prospects at massive.
Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and based in 2020, Penny Finance connects the dots between a monetary establishment’s services and member and buyer wants, all whereas creating effectivity for his or her advertising and marketing organizations.
FinovateSpring 2025 kicks off Could 7 via 9 in San Diego, California. Go to our FinovateSpring hub in the present day to study extra about our rising speaker lineup, demoing firms, and find out how to plan your go to to Finovate’s first convention in SoCal!
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