Crowdfund Insider reports on the launch of LendIt's PitchIt competition at Lang Di China in July; LendIt has partnered with JadeValue to support the competition and its finalists; applications are now open and the final competition will include eight finalists; the competition's finalists will be matched with mentors for business development and the winning startup will be given additional resources from JadeValue including coworking space, a $150,000 investment and technical tools. Source
Fluid received the LangDi PitchIt Fintech Choice Award; competing as one of eight finalists in the LangDi PitchIt competition, the company was recognized for its development of an innovative credit product for college students; Fluid provides college students with interest free loans of up to $500 and is supported by adtech revenue. Source