ITE fintech startup Taikee places second overall in global demo day event

Students from Ateneo de Manila University won the first runner-up award at On Deck’s Third No-Code Demo Day. On Deck is a global program that brings the world's top talent together to connect, build, invest, and upskill.

Ateneo was represented through Taikee by BS Information Technology Entrepreneurship junior Cedric Joshua Atienza, who was selected as one of 90 world-class builders to participate in the fellowship. Taikee comprises BS Information Technology Entrepreneurship juniors Jose Emmanuel Erestain, Pauline Nicole Cortez, Luis Gabriel Maslog, and Sebastian Mowry Vergara, and BFA Information Design sophomore Denise Ashley Ko.

Taikee is a personal finance startup that aims to provide its users with financial insights to help in growing one’s finances. The platform utilizes data science and artificial intelligence (AI) to generate financial insights and advice by analyzing a user’s transactions and spending habits.

On Deck No-Code (ODNC) is one of On Deck’s 27 programs that upskills entrepreneurs, operators, and builders through extensive programs, a tight-knit community, and technical workshops.  It is an 8-week program for ambitious builders who want a community to help them rapidly test ideas, launch products, and scale businesses with No-Code. The third cohort boasts 90 builders from around the world, consisting of different operators, founders with exits, budding entrepreneurs, and serial builders.

Fellows who participated at the ODNC Demo Day gave a three-minute presentation to a panel of judges, followed by a two-minute question-and-answer portion. The panel included ​​Anand Chandrasekaran, (Partner at General Catalyst), Shawn Xu (Partner at ODX, On Deck), Nick Valluri (Partnerships at Coda), and Theo Goldberg (Partnerships at Bubble).

Taikee won second to Otterspace, a web3 tool for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and bested other projects in the cohort like SwagStore, Vault, Biyo, Found’er, Journease, and Shyfted, as well as other projects that did not move forward to the demo day.

You may watch the demo day here.

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On Deck is a San Francisco-based Series A company led by Erik Torenberg and David Booth. The company is funded by venture capitals like Slack Fund and Learn Capital, and executives from companies like Zoom, Figma, Coinbase, Robinhood, Quora, and Adobe. They aim to help people start companies, find their next roles, and invest in their careers by bringing a world-class community together.