Jump Finance Wins Austin Fast Start Competition

Jump Finance won first place at the 2019 Austin Young Chamber Financial Tech competition, earning a $2,500 prize to fund its first cohort of student loans.

John William Meyer

1/25/20191 min read

Jump Finance founder John William Meyer accepting the Austin Fast Start first prize, Capital Factory
Jump Finance founder John William Meyer accepting the Austin Fast Start first prize, Capital Factory

Less than a month ago, Jump was nothing more than a loose collective of teachers and entrepreneurs scattered around the world, a handful of Google docs, and a dream. On January 15th, we took a big step towards making it real.

Co-founder John William Meyer successfully pitched our vision to the Austin Young Chamber at Capital Factory in Austin, Texas, taking first place at the 2019 Financial Tech competition!

In addition to winning a $2,500 prize that will help fund our initial cohort of Jump loans, John William also received office space and other services to build the company.

We can’t wait to share more news as we move forward. Congrats to the other finalists!

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Jump Finance founder, John William Meyer, accepting a first prize check for the Austin Fast Start competition at Capital Factory.