Local startup FormZapper has been accepted into SixThirty, a St. Louis-based accelerator program for financial technology.
FormZapper, which was profiled in Thinking Bigger Business earlier this year, has built an online document-management platform called LendingStandard for commercial lenders and real-estate lawyers, making it easier for them to collaborate.
“We are particularly pleased to have been accepted into SixThirty’s second class, which includes a significant round of seed funding,” said Andy Kallenbach, FormZapper’s CEO. “The SixThirty team fully understands our value proposition, the lending industry and the financial tech space. We could not have asked for a better situation to help grow our company.”
The company has been part of both the SparkLabKC and Digital Sandbox KC programs.
“We believe that the connections, mentoring and seed funding from SixThirty represent a priceless opportunity for FormZapper’s founders to push their business ahead rapidly,” said Kevin Fryer, SparkLabKC’s managing director. “St. Louis is a recognized center for the financial services industry. Importantly, Jim McKelvey, managing director of SixThirty, knows the financial technology space very well, having co-founded Square, a fast-growing credit card payment system built for mobile devices.”