{"id":16395,"date":"2025-10-22T21:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/16395\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:48:10","slug":"arlingtons-founders-arena-selects-6-wealthtech-startups-for-newest-accelerator-cohort-dallas-innovates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/16395\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington’s Founders Arena Selects 6 WealthTech Startups for\u00a0Newest Accelerator Cohort \u00bb Dallas Innovates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Left to right, top row first: Andrew Gowasack, Chirag Gandhi, Jennifer Schell, Lauren Clough, Paul Clifford, and Ronnie Green [Photos: WealthTech]<\/p>\n

The Founders Arena\u2014an Arlington-based global WealthTech accelerator operating in collaboration with First Rate, Inc., SEI, the city of Arlington, and the Arlington Economic Development Corporation\u2014has announced its fifth cohort of startups who are redefining the future of financial services in the age of AI.<\/p>\n

The program, now in its third year, has a track record of identifying companies and supporting founders \u201cthat solve real problems\u2014not just chase trends,\u201d the accelerator said. This newest cohort features two startups from Arlington and Plano and four others from Atlanta; Denver; Toronto, Canada; and Dublin, Ireland.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mission has always been to champion the founders who blend intelligence with integrity,\u201d Founders Arena CEO Pamela Cytron said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re not here to chase every shiny AI pitch. We\u2019re here to elevate evidence-based technology that is built to withstand both market euphoria and scrutiny. And while our companies come from around the globe, this program proudly includes our very first founder from our hometown of Arlington, Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n

With its latest cohort, Founders Arena aims to champion \u201chuman-centric innovation\u201d in an AI-driven era. The accelerator offers a boutique, high-touch experience built around market access, connecting founders directly with buyers, investors, and decision-makers. Each company is selected through a rigorous, evidence-based process focused on measurable impact, transparency, and real-world adoption, Founders Arena said.<\/p>\n

Here are the six companies selected to take part in Founders Arena\u2019s newest cohort:<\/p>\n

AlgoPear<\/a>: Arlington, Texas
Led by Founder Ronnie Green, AlgoPear is an embedded \u201cinvesting + coaching + rewards\u201d experience inside digital banking apps that turns young users into investors and qualified advice prospects through guided engagement.<\/p>\n

Mili<\/a>: Plano, Texas
Led by Founder Chirag Gandhi, Mili is an AI-powered practice-management assistant for wealth teams, automating meeting prep, CRM updates, follow-ups, and document parsing \u2014 saving advisors hours each week.<\/p>\n

STRATxAI<\/a>: Dublin, Ireland
Led by Founder Paul Clifford, STRATxAI is an AI-driven portfolio construction and optimization engine that enables advisors to build personalized, tax-aware model portfolios with hedge-fund-level analytics through scalable API and white-label integration.<\/p>\n

Finliti<\/a>: Toronto, Ontario
Led by Founder Jennifer Schell, Finliti is a behavioral finance platform that helps advisors understand client personalities, biases, and risk tendencies through a validated profiling system, strengthening engagement and retention across generations.<\/p>\n

bQuest<\/a>:\u00a0Denver, Colorado
Led by Founder Lauren Clough, bQuest is a platform equipping advisors with a vetted national network of care and estate providers, plus digital and concierge support, to help clients navigate aging, end-of-life, and after-loss transitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TrustStamp<\/a>: Atlanta, Georgia
Led by Founder Andrew Gowasack, TrustStamp is a privacy-first biometric identity solution replacing vulnerable passcodes with irreversible \u201cIT2\u201d tokens, securing high-risk transactions in milliseconds while reducing fraud.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe future of finance will be built by humans who know how to apply AI with purpose,\u201d Cytron said. \u201cOur role is to make sure the best of those builders have the access, visibility, and relationships they need to accelerate their business mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

Past participants have gone on to exits, seed rounds, and big wins<\/p>\n

According to Founders Arena, the program has seen a good deal of success to date, with past participants having four exits (Sora, CharityVest, Caribou, and upSWOT) and another, Tax Status, experiencing \u201cexemplary growth and expansion.\u201d Israeli-based Quinn, a financial planning platform, raised an $11 million seed round<\/a> this past June. And Milan, Italy-based MDOTM\u2014a fintech specializing in AI-driven investment solutions for financial institutions like banks, wealth managers, and asset managers\u2014was the winner of the 2025 Morningstar FinTech Showcase<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The accelerator said the six companies in its new cohort\u2014AssetLink, Investipal, MDOTM, Sequence, Quorus, and YourStake\u2014represent a diverse set of solutions designed to streamline financial advisory workflows, enhance investment performance, and deliver more personalized client experiences through automation and data intelligence.<\/p>\n

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University of Texas at Arlington reported its projects contributed $59 million to the national economy last year, an increase of 39% from 2023, according to a new report from the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS).<\/p>\n

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The accelerator’s first cohort is charting unknown entrepreneurial territory\u2014with up to $100K investment potential.<\/p>\n

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The new center at Bridge Labs will train the workforce powering North Texas\u2019 biotech boom\u2014helping startups speed therapies, vaccines, and breakthrough biologics from lab bench to patients. Funded in part by Lyda Hill Philanthropies, the National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing Satellite Campus is set to open this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Left to right, top row first: Andrew Gowasack, Chirag Gandhi, Jennifer Schell, Lauren Clough, Paul Clifford, and Ronnie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,13104,13105],"class_list":{"0":"post-16395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arlington","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-arlington-headlines","10":"tag-arlington-news","11":"tag-founders-arena","12":"tag-wealthtech-accelerator"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}