Forty five companies applied for a spot in the annual Innovators Pavilion at the FIA Futures & Options Expo, fifteen finalists were chosen, five were selected by a panel of judges to present at the at FIA Innovator of the Year pitch competition, but FreightWaves, Nodal Exchange’s collaborator in introducing the world’s first trucking freight futures contracts, came out on top. Designed to encourage greater innovation in the derivatives industry, the FIA Innovator of the Year award acknowledges and elevates the fintech startup that’s changing the market—and the game.
