At TechEmbassy, we've just wrapped our first international fintech season, and it's time to look back. Over the course of about six weeks, the team made it to three continents: Bangkok for Money 20/20 Asia in April, Toronto for Tech Week at the end of May, and Amsterdam for Money 20/20 Europe in early June. Nineteen startups took the stage across three pitch sessions, and five of them walked away with a win. We've pulled the season's strongest pitches together in one place. A Word from Svitlan

Before going to Money20/20 Asia, I expected a strong regional fintech event. What I did not expect was the scale and the energy I witnessed. Over 4,000 people discussing how money moves, cutest robots delivering M2020 merch around the venue, fintech founders running between meetings with iced coffees in their hands, and networking nights that somehow looked more like music festivals than financial conferences. Asia has a very special fintech energy to it. Things feel less theoretical there, les