The Milken-Motsepe Prize in AgriTech Award Annoucement & Reception occurred at the 2023 Milken Institute Global Conference on May 1st. Please click here to watch the announcement of the final awards, including the $1 million grand prize, with additional prize money distributed among Second and Third Place winners, and bonus prizes for the Most Creative Use of 4IR Technologies and People’s Choice.
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Businesswire: Milken Institute and Motsepe Foundation Announce Winner of the Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech and Launch New Prize
Prize program awards Verto the $1 million Grand Prize to advance FinTech innovations; the program also launches a new $2 million prize in manufacturing LOS ANGELES & JOHANNESBURG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation are proud to announce the winner of the Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech, a $2 million innovation award designed to reward companies working to expand access to capital and financial services for small businesses in emerging and frontier markets. The winner was announced at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles. Verto, based in the United Kingdom, won the $1 million Grand Prize for its business-to-business cross-border payments platform, which enables businesses in emerging markets to send and receive payments, eliminating intermediary fees, supporting 49 currencies, and settling transactions quickly. FinTech is the third prize awarded as part of the Milken–Motsepe Innovation Prize Program, a series of competitive multimillion-dollar global competitions and awards designed to incentivize and reward bold,
May 13, 2025
