The week before
Watch the pitches in advance
Confirmed guests receive a five-minute recorded pitch from each company, covering the problem, the product, what they shipped during the programme, and a demo. Tell us which teams you'd like to meet.
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Ripple × Brinc
Demo Day
A private, invitation-only lunch for a select group of leading VC investors, hosted with senior leadership from Ripple and Brinc. Meet the ten companies building institutional financial infrastructure on the XRP Ledger, in a closed room curated around the conversations that matter to you.
HFIP · 2026 cohort
Aegis
Altair
Anchored
Arco
ArrivalX
AXC Labs
Elephants
Heron
Stride
A3A
XRP Ledger · RLUSD · Hong Kong
Tuesday
3
November 2026
Time & venue shared once your invitation is confirmed
DateTue, 3 Nov 2026
WhereHong Kong · venue on acceptance
FormatPrivate lunch · panel
AccessBy invitation only
Delivered by
In partnership with
Built on
Who's at the table
One closed room.
Every seat chosen.
This isn't a conference or a public showcase. The guest list is set by hand and kept deliberately small, so every person in the room is someone the founders, and each other, should meet.
01
Leading VC investors
A select group of partners from venture funds actively deploying into digital assets, fintech and financial infrastructure.
02
Ripple leadership
Senior leaders from Ripple, who backed the programme and have worked with the cohort on getting live on the XRP Ledger and RLUSD.
03
Brinc leadership
Brinc's senior leadership and venture team, who ran the twelve-week programme and know each company closely.
By invitation onlyLimited seatsEvery request reviewed
How the day works
Fewer pitches.
Better conversations.
You watch the pitches before the day and tell us who you want to meet. On the day, a closed-door panel on where Hong Kong financial innovation is heading, then a private lunch with the founders you picked.
On the day
Sixty seconds from every founder
We start with a short, live introduction from each of the ten founders, and guests briefly introduce themselves. By the end of it, everyone in the room knows who everyone else is.
On the day
Closed-door panel: Hong Kong's financial innovation ecosystem
A panel discussion on where Hong Kong's financial innovation ecosystem stands today and what comes next, from digital assets and stablecoins to the institutional infrastructure being built on them.
Over lunch
Private lunch with pre-matched founders
Over a private lunch, the Brinc team rotates founders through the tables, matched to the interests you shared. You meet the teams most relevant to you, without having to compete for their time.
A curated session, not a pitch competition. Seats are limited to invited VC investors and senior Ripple and Brinc leadership, so every conversation can go somewhere. The venue and timings are shared privately with confirmed guests.
The programme
Twelve weeks from testnet to real transactions
The Hong Kong Financial Innovation Programme (HFIP) is the XRPL Program by Brinc, run in partnership with Ripple. It takes companies building institutional financial infrastructure and works with them on getting live on the XRP Ledger, settling with RLUSD and growing in Hong Kong.
Demo Day closes the 2026 programme. The founders presenting have spent twelve weeks with Ripple's technical and commercial teams, Brinc's venture team and ecosystem partners across custody, on/off-ramps and banking.
10
companies in the 2026 cohort
12wks
of hands-on acceleration in Hong Kong
5%
selected from the top 5% of a global applicant pool
2
milestones that unlock non-dilutive Ripple grants
The 2026 cohort
Meet the ten
The cohort covers three themes: payments and settlement rails, yield and treasury, and tokenized assets. Each company has its own use case on the XRP Ledger and RLUSD.
Aegis
BTC-backed stablecoins built on delta-neutral strategies, which turn Bitcoin into yield-bearing, USD-stable liquidity.
On XRPL: an institutional-grade yield product for XRP holders.
Stablecoins · BTCfiaegis.im ↗
Altair
Turns AI-token payment terms into stablecoin yield, so enterprises can use the code first and pay later.
On XRPL: a stablecoin-funded settlement layer for AI compute payments.
AI & agentic commercealtair.credit ↗
Anchored
Stablecoin-settled access to tokenized stocks and funds for global investors, backed 1:1.
On XRPL: tokenized equities bought directly from XRPL wallets and settled in RLUSD.
Tokenization & capital marketsanchored.finance ↗
Arco
The institutional operating layer for issuing and distributing tokenized funds on-chain.
On XRPL: daily yield on corporates' idle USD, via RLUSD and tokenized money-market funds.
Corporate treasuryarco.financial ↗
ArrivalX
Financial infrastructure that connects digital assets with traditional finance in one unified system.
On XRPL: RLUSD as a settlement rail for Hong Kong SME crypto payments.
Stablecoin payments & FXarrivalx.money ↗
AXC Labs
A liquidity protocol for private-fund products, offering price discovery, 24/7 liquidity and on-chain composability.
On XRPL: tokenized alternative assets for Hong Kong institutions, settled in RLUSD.
RWA liquidityaxc.xyz ↗
Elephants Inc.
A digital co-founder: one account to collect, hold, send and spend money across 100+ countries.
On XRPL: RLUSD deposits, withdrawals and yield inside a stablecoin business bank.
Business bankingelephants.inc ↗
Heron
Moves money globally over stablecoin rails while staying fully fiat-facing.
On XRPL: corporate treasury payments settled in RLUSD, straight from the ERP.
Cross-border paymentstryheron.com ↗
Stride
A plug-and-play stablecoin operating system that lets banks accept and orchestrate stablecoin payments.
On XRPL: bank payment corridors with RLUSD as the settlement rail.
Bank infrastructurestride.sc ↗
A3A
API-first cloud payment infrastructure that combines gateway, acquirer and processor, with a network of about 30,000 merchants.
On XRPL: AI-agent and merchant payments settled instantly in RLUSD.
Payments · agentic commerce
By invitation only
Request a seat at the table
Attendance is by invitation only and seats are deliberately limited. Every request is personally reviewed by the Brinc and Ripple teams. If you're confirmed, we'll send the venue, timings and pitch videos to you privately.
- DateTuesday, 3 November 2026
- CityHong Kong, during FinTech Week
- FormatPrivate lunch & closed-door panel
- Venue & timeShared privately with confirmed guests
- Pitch videosSent about a week before
Request an invitation
A short form, about two minutes. Tell us who you are and which founders you'd like to meet, and we'll use your answers to match your lunch conversations.
- Your details and organisation
- Your investment focus or partnership interest
- The cohort companies you'd like to meet
Opens our request form in a new tab. Submitting a request does not guarantee a seat; confirmed guests will hear from us directly.
FAQ
Good to know
Is this open to the public?
No. Demo Day is a private, invitation-only lunch for a select group of VC investors, alongside senior leadership from Ripple and Brinc. Every request is reviewed, and confirmed guests are contacted directly.
Where and when exactly is it?
It takes place in Hong Kong on Tuesday, 3 November 2026, during Hong Kong FinTech Week. The venue and timings are shared privately with confirmed guests.
Will founders pitch on stage?
Not in the traditional sense. Each company gives a 60-second live introduction. The full five-minute pitches are recorded and shared with guests in advance, so the time on the day goes to the panel discussion and one-to-one conversations over lunch.
How are meetings matched?
We match you on the companies you select, your investment focus and anything you tell us in the form. You can update your choices after watching the pitch videos.
What is the Hong Kong Financial Innovation Programme?
It's a twelve-week accelerator, also known as the XRPL Program by Brinc, that Brinc runs in partnership with Ripple. It supports companies building institutional financial infrastructure on the XRP Ledger, and companies that reach the programme's milestones become eligible for non-dilutive Ripple grants.