Between the Towers

Between the Towers started as a fintech event run by Main Incubator, the early Commerzbank incubator arm. Over its first two years, the format grew to more than 30 editions in Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, with more than 3,000 participants and over 100 startup pitches across those events. The Frankfurt edition typically drew around 100 guests for an evening of keynote talks, startup pitches and networking, with topics from the wider fintech scene, including one edition built around hiring and talent in fintech startups. A 2016 review of the format called it one of the best fintech events in the Frankfurt scene at the time, strong on networking and deal-making even when a keynote or a pitch fell flat.

Main Incubator later became neosfer, and Between the Towers continued as its regular afterwork format. Between the Towers ran on the first Tuesday evening of the month, on the 7th floor of the neosfer office, with free admission and networking on the roof terrace in summer or inside with a skyline view in winter. By its ninth year, in a year-end recap published in December 2023, the event had become hybrid, streamed on LinkedIn and in a Decentraland Lounge, and had moved from a monthly format to occasional larger gatherings, that year with about 80 guests and three keynote talks on the fintech industry, interest rates, AI adoption and ESG.

Commerzbank decided to close neosfer. The bank announced the closure in June 2026, and the unit went out of business on 29 September 2026, after 13 years of operation under managing directors Kai Werner and Matthias Lais. The bank kept its separate corporate venture capital team, CommerzVentures, under managing partners Paul Morgenthaler and Patrick Meisberger. With neosfer gone, Between the Towers has no host left to run it.

Frankfurt still has several places for regular fintech, Web3, AI and data exchange. TechQuartier brings startups, financial institutions, investors and universities together through its community and events. Finance Loop runs finance and technology meetups at TechQuartier and with partners across the city.

GM, FFM! is a nonprofit Web3 community with a monthly open table and other community events. The FinTech in and around Frankfurt group runs talks, startup pitches and networking events. The volunteer-run Frankfurt Bitcoin Meetup holds local gatherings for people interested in Bitcoin.

Finteda convenes finance and technology practitioners for focused sessions and conferences. Frankfurt Data Science holds meetups on applied AI, data science and AI governance. Current dates are in the calendar above, while the fintech in Frankfurt page gives a broader overview of the local hub.

No. Between the Towers was hosted by neosfer, and neosfer went out of business on 29 September 2026. No successor has taken over the series.

Between the Towers started under Main Incubator, the early Commerzbank incubator unit, and continued under neosfer once Main Incubator took that name and expanded into corporate venture capital. Both were part of Commerzbank.