Jim Bruene has announced the lineup of finalists who will be demo'ing their wares at the Finovate 2008 Conference coming up on Tuesday, October 14th in New York City. He's culled from a list of over 100 companies to a set of 24 finalists who will have the chance to strut their stuff.

October's simply a great time to be in New York and the Finovate conference format (no boring PowerPoint slides to sit through - just quick, to the point, 7-minute demos) keeps things moving and "information rich"!

For a taste of Finovate, see my postings from the San Francisco Finovate conference held earlier this year. If you're interested in financial services innovation, you'll definitely want to be there. Registration is open - with a $100 Early Bird discount available.

Erin McCune blogs the best of show awards for today's Finovate Startup conference. My notes from the company presentations are available here. It was a great event, extremely fast paced and a lot of fun. Be sure to read Erin's coverage as well.

We're live at the wonderful UCSF Conference Center in the Mission Bay of San Francisco - about a minute until the first demo session begins at FinovateStartup. We'll be updating this post with our notes from the demos through the day.   » Continue Reading