Some of the most important shifts in financial services start quietly: an insurer that decides drones deserve to be understood rather than excluded, a founder who sees music royalties as an asset class within everyone’s reach, a broker who gets ten hours of her week back. This week, we begin with Simon Ritterband of Moonrock […]
Every week, a new set of founders sets out to rebuild a corner of finance, and every week the network that follows them gets a little smarter. This edition brings that momentum into focus. In our B2B FinTech @Scale Deal Highlights, Samarth Shekhar spotlights three companies opening new paths for financial services: Benford, reinventing the […]
Artificial intelligence is no longer just answering questions; it’s re-architecting how global capital is managed. Leading this shift is aisot technologies, an ETH Zurich spin-off transforming institutional investment management through predictive AI and agentic intelligence. Founded by Stefan Klauser (CEO), Nino Antulov-Fantulin, and Tian Guo, and joined by CTO Roger Peyer, aisot bridges cutting-edge academic […]
From the private catalogues of cultural IP to the ledgers of agentic AI, capital is finding its way into corners of the economy that didn’t have financial infrastructure a year ago. This week, Samarth Shekhar spotlights three startups doing exactly that — Quartz, Gaia Dynamics, and Liquid Compute — each unlocking a market that institutions […]
This week’s edition moves from insurance infrastructure to open banking to a public-sector cautionary tale — proof that the future of finance is being built, and occasionally rebuilt, on every front at once. Our Q&A of the week sits down with Denny Kuruvilla of Konduit, who’s compressing a year-long capacity hunt for specialty MGAs into […]
Managing general agents are quietly becoming one of the fastest-growing corners of US insurance — yet getting the capacity to back a program can still take the better part of a year. Denny Kuruvilla has watched that friction from every seat at the table: three ventures built, fifteen years spent inside insurance technology at TD […]
In a sector defined by relentless reinvention, the most compelling stories are those that quietly rewire the infrastructure of finance itself. This week we bring you three such moments. Samarth Shekhar examines the B2B fintechs turning prediction markets, corporate treasury, and self-insurance into institutional-grade opportunities. Frank Schwab looks ahead to a world where machines no […]
Every week, this newsletter tries to answer one question: what does the next chapter of finance actually look like? This week, the answer comes in four parts. Samarth Shekhar unpacks three ventures quietly rewriting how banks and insurers find their next customer — from AI-verified property coverage to AI-native statutory audits. Frank Schwab makes the […]
Some founding stories start with a business plan. AAZZUR‘s started with a game of Dungeons & Dragons. Philipp Buschmann and Richard Unger met at age 11 at the Vienna International School, bonded over code, and were coding for pay by 16 — a friendship that would eventually outlast several careers, three continents, and one failed […]
This week, we’re tracking the builders turning fragmented finance into something more connected. Samarth Shekhar opens with four B2B plays worth watching: Plutus, Noggin HQ, Jem, and Boom, each unlocking a customer segment banks and insurers have struggled to serve profitably. Frank Schwab then looks at where banking is headed next, arguing that with 4.7 […]
Egypt’s wealth is enormous and almost entirely misplaced: of a market worth roughly USD 1.7 trillion, an estimated 84% sits in real estate and gold, only 15% in bank deposits, and a mere 1% in actual investments. It’s a gap that co-founders Mazen El Kerdany and Ahmed Ashour set out to close when they launched […]
There’s a particular kind of momentum that builds when an industry stops asking “what’s possible” and starts asking “what’s next” — and this week’s edition sits right at that inflection point. We open with a conversation that gets to the heart of it: Nils Feigenwinter of Bling on what it actually takes to make financial […]
Nils Feigenwinter was still a teenager when he started asking a question most adults never think to ask: why does financial education look almost exactly the same as it did a generation ago, while everything else about growing up has gone digital? At just 20, he co-founded Bling with Leon Stephan to close that gap […]
Welcome to this week’s edition, where we explore the bold ideas and transformative infrastructure shaping the future of global finance. In this issue, Samarth Shekhar breaks down how B2B fintech powerhouses—including Benivo, Vertical Insure, and Yellow Card—are unlocking entirely new customer segments and rethinking cross-border value chains. Alongside these insights, Frank Schwab challenges traditional digital […]
Every founder story has an origin point, but few are as personal as Emmanuel Umoh‘s. As an immigrant balancing two financial systems, he watched sending money home get easier over the years — yet noticed his own family still had no real access to modern banking. That gap between “easier remittances” and “true financial inclusion” […]
Welcome to this week’s edition, where we explore the bold ideas redefining the boundaries of global finance. From turning streaming royalties into an institutional asset class to rebuilding legacy banking from the ground up, the momentum across our industry has never been more electric. In this issue, we sit down with Dr. Linda Portnoff (Founder […]
In the quiet transformation of streaming, music has become something far more powerful than entertainment: a predictable, global cash-flow engine generating roughly $45 billion in annual royalties. Yet for years, this asset class remained fragmented, illiquid, and largely inaccessible to institutional capital. Enter Linda Portnoff, Founder & CEO of Tangy Market. With a PhD in […]
This week, the future of finance is being built in parallel — by founders solving old problems with new infrastructure, and by the institutions smart enough to partner with them early. Samarth Shekhar zooms in on two companies rewiring who gets to hold money and who bears the risk when AI starts spending it. Frank […]
Construction has always run on trust — and on cash that moves, sometimes unpredictably, through a long chain of hands. Jarvey Moss and Dr Tim Whitehill met at UKREiiF and, within months, decided that trust needed an upgrade. Jarvey had already built and exited Amigo Technology; Tim had spent years inside construction finance and later […]
Welcome to this edition of our newsletter, where we dive into the bold innovations and structural shifts redefining global finance. This week, we kick off with an exclusive Q&A with Kentaro Sohara, founder of Piece, who is breaking down barriers in real estate by bringing BaFin-regulated asset tokenization to retail investors for as little as […]
Long before “tokenization” became a fintech buzzword, Kentaro Sohara was already betting on the idea that real estate didn’t need to stay illiquid, opaque, or reserved for those with deep pockets. After a successful exit in Japan’s edtech space and stints at McKinsey and Bain Capital, Sohara moved to Europe and, together with co-founder Riccardo […]
This week, we’re tracking the quiet infrastructure shifts that will define who wins the next decade of financial services. In our Q&A, OneAM’s Ksusha McCormick makes the case for reinventing SMB working capital — turning decades of fixed-income pricing discipline into a sharper, fairer way to underwrite the businesses banks have long overlooked. Samarth Shekhar […]
Innovation in financial services rarely comes from a single breakthrough. It emerges when visionary founders, institutional expertise, and enabling technologies converge to reshape the industry’s foundations. In this week’s edition of B2B FinTech @Scale, we meet André Dibé, Founder & CEO of Talwex, whose second entrepreneurial journey is redefining how institutional bond markets can operate […]
After leading his first venture from regulatory approval to multimillion-euro fundraising, an unexpected co-founder dispute brought that chapter to an abrupt end. Rather than stepping away from innovation, André Dibé returned with a more ambitious vision: Talwex, a regulated blockchain infrastructure designed to modernize one of finance’s oldest and least digitized markets—the global bond market. […]
This week, we’re tracing the infrastructure quietly being built beneath the financial system everyone else is racing to disrupt. In our headline Q&A, Tomasz Sowa, Founder & CEO of SDRB, makes the case that reserve infrastructure — not faster payments or flashier products — is the next great frontier in digital finance. Samarth Shekhar then […]
While the digital finance industry has spent the past few years racing to build faster payments, smarter stablecoins and seamless tokenization, one foundational question has gone strangely unanswered: who is actually safeguarding the reserves behind it all? Tomasz Sowa, Founder & CEO of Strategic Digital Reserve Bank (SDRB), believes the answer lies in a category […]
Welcome to this week’s edition. The financial landscape is undergoing a profound paradigm shift—one where legacy constraints are being aggressively dismantled by intelligent automation, tokenized infrastructure, and cross-border agility. In this issue, we dive into the deep currents driving this evolution. Our expert analyst Samarth Shekhar breaks down four pioneering B2B fintech startups that are […]
The traditional mechanics of capital formation have long been guarded by legacy gatekeepers, leaving solo managers and emerging token issuers to navigate a slow, relationship-gated, and prohibitively expensive landscape. Enter Legion, a groundbreaking infrastructure bridging the gap between crypto-native innovation and traditional private markets. Founded by Fabrizio Giabardo and Matt O’Connor, Legion combines deep algorithmic expertise […]
Every week, the future of finance reveals itself in fragments — a founder’s conviction, an analyst’s sharp read, a fresh round of capital betting on what’s next. This edition brings those fragments together. We open with Samarth Shekhar’s take on three startups quietly rewiring how financial services scale — from corporate bond issuance to private […]
How do you bring transparency, efficiency, and absolute trust to a €33 billion market that has been deeply underserved and analogue for decades? You look to the visionaries who have already revolutionized how we live and travel. In this edition, we sit down with Jeroen Merchiers (former EMEA leader who helped scale Airbnb to its […]
The future of finance is not a single breakthrough — it is a hundred quiet decisions made by founders who refused to accept the world as it was. This week, we bring you a conversation with Portal 26’s Neil Cohen, a company that saw the governance crisis of agentic AI coming years before it became […]
The infrastructure of the future is being built right now — in lending workflows, living rooms, and on-chain protocols. This edition of B2B FinTech @Scale follows the capital and the conviction: Samarth spotlights three companies redefining how financial institutions scale — Otomato, CasaPerks, and Saris — each tackling a distinct layer of the modern financial […]
What do the Karakoram mountains and a Bitcoin space heater have in common? More than you’d think — at least if you ask Lukas Waldner. At just 25, the Innsbruck native has already led a first ascent on a 6,653-metre peak in Pakistan, managed the largest German-speaking Bitcoin conference, and co-founded a company that is […]
There’s a quiet revolution underway in financial services — and this week’s edition puts you right at the center of it. From the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies grappling with rogue AI tools, to the settlement rails being laid for a world where autonomous agents transact on your behalf, the pace of change has never […]
In the fast-moving world of enterprise technology, true visionaries are those who recognize shifting tides long before the crowd does. Founded in 2019 as pioneers in advanced data security, Arti Raman (CEO), Pakshi Rajan (Chief Product/AI Officer), and Karthick Mariappan (VP of Engineering) executed a decisive, visionary pivot in 2022—well before GenAI became a global […]
Welcome to this week’s edition. In a financial landscape moving at breakneck speed, true leadership is no longer just about accelerating technology—it is about mastering the infrastructure that supports it. As artificial intelligence and ecosystem banking redraw the boundaries of our industry, the standard for success has shifted from reactive compliance to proactive, embedded trust. […]
This edition arrives at a particularly charged moment. Artificial intelligence is no longer a promise on the horizon; it is actively reshaping how institutions process claims, open accounts, move money, and manage compliance. Meanwhile, stablecoins are quietly becoming the yield infrastructure of a new financial order, and prediction markets are attracting institutional gravity at a […]
Welcome to this week’s edition. Finance is being rewritten — not in boardrooms, but in code, in capital flows, and in the quiet conviction of founders who see the gaps everyone else has learned to live with. This week, we bring you three companies that have earned a closer look from our analyst Samarth Shekhar: […]
The future of finance doesn’t announce itself—it arrives quietly, embedded in the tools builders choose, the platforms founders trust, and the questions practitioners dare to ask. This edition of B2B FinTech @Scale brings together three forces shaping that future. First, our analyst Samarth Shekhar turns a sharp eye on the deals that matter—three companies redefining […]
Every week, the signal gets clearer. The financial world is being rebuilt — not with press releases, but with code, compliance rails, AI agents, and a new generation of founders who refuse to accept that complexity is inevitable. This edition is a case in point. Inside, you’ll find our Q&A with Gabriel Ferraz, co-founder and […]
There’s a particular kind of founder who builds not because they spotted a market gap on a slide deck, but because they lived the problem themselves — and couldn’t stop thinking about it. Gabriel Ferraz and Alec Erasmus, co-founders of CREEM, are exactly that kind of builder. Gabriel’s path to Tallinn, Estonia reads like a […]
Welcome to this week’s edition, where we explore the infrastructures defining the next decade of finance and technology. We begin with an exclusive Q&A with Simon Ritterband, founder of Moonrock Insurance, who is rewriting the rules of risk for the burgeoning drone and eVTOL sectors. In our analysis section, Samarth Shekhar breaks down the latest […]
In the rapidly evolving world of Advanced Air Mobility, innovation often moves faster than the systems designed to protect it. While the horizon is filled with autonomous drones and eVTOL aircraft, traditional insurance has frequently remained grounded by legacy models. Enter Simon Ritterband and the team at Moonrock Insurance. Founded on the realization that emerging […]
Welcome to this edition of our newsletter — a curated space dedicated to the ideas, founders, and capital flows shaping the future of money. We begin with a compelling Q&A with Omer Rimoch of Advance, exploring how insurance intermediaries can finally turn idle premium float into strategic yield while streamlining operations. Samarth Shekhar’s sharp Deal […]
The Architecture of Ambition Welcome to this week’s edition, where we look beyond the surface of financial transactions to the systems quietly rewriting the rules of the game. In this issue, we dive deep into the “Liquidity Revolution” with Frank Schwab, exploring how a $100 trillion opportunity in tokenized real-world assets is finally moving from […]
In an era where financial infrastructure is being quietly rewritten by bold builders and visionary capital, true progress emerges not from hype, but from those who solve foundational problems with clarity, resilience, and foresight. Welcome to this week’s edition, where we shine a light on the standout companies featured in Samarth’s Deal Highlights—innovators tackling everything […]
There is a particular kind of energy that moves through the financial world right now — quiet, precise, and deliberate. It is the energy of builders. This week, we bring you a curated window into where serious capital is meeting serious conviction. We open with Samarth Shekhar’s Deal Highlights, where three companies — Kayna, Loxa, […]
In the high-stakes world of small business protection, where nearly half of UK SMBs remain underinsured and traditional brokers leave critical gaps, two serial entrepreneurs decided enough was enough. Paul Prendergast (CEO & Co-Founder) and Peter Bermingham (CTO & Co-Founder) — a powerhouse duo with over two decades of insurtech experience, Lloyd’s Lab alumni, and […]
In a world where finance moves faster than regulation can catch up, the real winners are those who turn complexity into clarity and risk into rocket fuel. This week we celebrate the boldest builders pushing the industry forward. Samarth Shekhar spotlights two standout deals in our Deal Highlights: Pluvo’s $5M seed that’s redefining the CFO’s […]
In the fast-evolving world of AI adoption, where innovation races ahead but regulation struggles to keep pace, true leaders don’t just build technology—they embed trust from the very first line of code. That’s the vision behind Qala AG, founded by David Scott Turner, Carl Strempel, and Bruno Soares, a team with a strong track record […]
The Architecture of Trust: Navigating the New Frontiers of Finance In an era where the boundary between human judgment and algorithmic precision continues to blur, the true north for any financial pioneer remains the same: Trust. Whether it is building the invisible pipes of B2B infrastructure or opening the gates of private equity to the […]
In the heart of Copenhagen, where curiosity first sparked a bold pan-European vision, Bastian Larsen founded BlackWood Ventures in 2021—not with a fund, but with a mission to back the most serious founders across Europe. Today, with a freshly closed $25M Fund I and a powerhouse network of over 1,000 angels backed by proven builders […]
Welcome to this week’s edition – where infrastructure meets imagination. In a world racing toward tokenized economies and AI-augmented finance, the real game-changers aren’t always the flashiest headlines. They’re the quiet builders: the teams solving the plumbing so the future can actually flow. This week, we spotlight two such builders in Samarth’s sharp Deal Highlights […]
In the shifting landscape where Traditional Finance (TradFi) and Web3 converge, few voices carry the weight of thirty years of institutional expertise. Enter Tony McLaughlin, a veteran of payments and treasury, who recognized a pivotal “uncanny feeling” following the 2024 US election: the world was ready for public blockchains, but the infrastructure to support them […]
Welcome to this week’s edition, where we navigate the fine line between legacy and the next frontier. Today, the fintech ecosystem is being reshaped by those who refuse to accept friction as a permanent state of affairs. In our featured Q&A, we sit down with Cale Johnston of Onsetto to explore the “moment of the […]
In the dynamic landscape of fintech, where the battle for primary banking relationships hinges on seamless transitions, few innovators have mastered the art of frictionless change like Cale Johnston. As the Founder and CEO of Onsetto—a Minneapolis-based startup founded in 2025 and already backed by a $2.2 million seed round led by EJF Ventures—Cale brings […]
This week’s edition brings together the signals shaping what’s next in finance — from founders building category-defining infrastructure to investors backing platforms designed for a more specialized, focused, and intelligent financial future. We open with our weekly Q&A and extend our congratulations to Omer Rimoch and the Advance team, following the recent announcement bringing the […]
In the fast-evolving world of fintech, where innovation meets the intricacies of insurance finance, few stories capture the entrepreneurial spirit quite like that of Omer Rimoch and Gal Dreiman, co-founders of Advance. Omer, serial entrepreneur and former co-founder of PayEm (acquired after rapid scaling), and Gal, seasoned software engineer and AI specialist, have built a […]
Welcome to this week’s edition—where the future of finance isn’t just arriving; it’s already rewriting the rules. We’re thrilled to spotlight ChainComply’s Pavlina Pavlova in our flagship Q&A, as she shares how her platform is turning crypto compliance from a headache into a superpower for banks and institutions—bridging the old world and the new with […]
In the ever-evolving intersection of cryptocurrency and traditional finance, where innovation meets regulation, ChainComply emerges as a beacon for seamless compliance. Founded by Pavlina Pavlova, a globetrotting blockchain enthusiast with deep roots in banking, fintech, and crypto across six continents and twenty countries, alongside co-founder Łukasz Łukaszewski, an entrepreneurial force who previously launched the first […]
This edition brings together the forces shaping the next chapter of financial services — from the infrastructure quietly redefining global money movement to the systems that will determine whether AI can truly scale inside regulated institutions. In this issue, Samarth Shekhar breaks down the companies building the rails behind cross-border payments and embedded finance, while […]
In a landscape where generative AI is reshaping the pillars of finance, Rasmus Risager Lindegaard, Alexander Bach Schmidt, and Lasse Hyldahl Jensen are redefining the intersection of innovation and control. As co-founders of Avido, they bring a unique ‘operator-first’ perspective, having navigated the high-stakes reality of production-scale GenAI. Rather than chasing the latest hype, they are […]
This week’s edition dives into the forces quietly reshaping the future of fintech — from tokenised money and AI-led dealmaking to new models of wealth creation designed for a changing generation. We open with Samarth Shekhar’s Deal Highlights, where he unpacks three signals worth watching closely: Ubyx, building interoperable stablecoin settlement inside the regulatory perimeter; […]
At a time when traditional wealth-building models are failing a new generation, Belong is rethinking what it means to invest — and who investing is really for. Founded at the intersection of behavioural science, fintech innovation, and human-centred design, the company is tackling one of the UK’s most urgent financial challenges: turning passive cash savers […]
Fintech innovation continues to concentrate around a clear set of priorities: faster payments, smarter infrastructure, and financial systems built for real operational needs. This week’s edition explores how these shifts are taking shape across payments, insurance, and private markets. In his analysis, Samarth highlights three companies addressing structural gaps in the ecosystem. Coinbax is bringing […]
Corporate payments are no longer just a back-office function — they sit at the heart of how companies operate, scale, and make decisions. Yet behind most B2B transactions, the infrastructure remains fragmented, manual, and largely invisible. 1-Click Procurement is part of a new wave of fintechs challenging that invisibility. By rethinking how data, payments, and […]
We start the year with a focused look at where capital, conviction, and infrastructure are aligning across financial services. In this week’s Deal Highlights, Samarth Shekhar analyses a set of companies tackling large, structurally underserved markets — from private credit and fixed income to capital markets infrastructure. These raises point to a clear trend: institutions […]
In a landscape where artificial intelligence is rapidly redefining how financial institutions interact with their customers, few founders combine deep academic rigor with real-world fintech execution as convincingly as Michael Dowling.In this Q&A, the CEO and Founder of Narrative Banking shares how his team is rebuilding the guidance relationship between banks and small businesses — […]
As the year comes to a close, this final edition of B2B FinTech @Scale brings together some of the most telling signals shaping the future of financial services. From AI-backed tax infrastructure and deepfake defense to autonomous consumer agents and AI-native private banking, the themes are clear: trust, efficiency, and scale are being redefined. This […]
In this edition of B2B FinTech @Scale, we speak with the team behind Deduction, a US-based tax platform redefining how individuals and sole proprietors access professional tax services. Founded by Sai Dhanak and Jonathan Kieliszak, Deduction combines AI-driven efficiency with CPA-backed expertise to deliver a white-glove tax experience—without the traditional price tag or friction. In […]
This week’s edition brings a sharp look at the signals shaping the future of finance. We open with Samarth Shekhar’s analysis of the companies redefining how capital flows through construction, asset-backed lending and SME finance. We also spotlight Frank Schwab’s reflection on why the quiet news often reveals the most about where the industry is […]
This week, we sit down with Salim Benabbes, Co-Founder and CEO of Yieldy, a fast-growing GenAI platform reshaping how wealth managers connect with clients online. With a founding team rooted in deep financial, technical, and AI expertise, Yieldy tackles one of the sector’s most persistent challenges: turning digital visitors into engaged, long-term clients. From hyper-personalized […]
This week’s edition brings together the sharper edges of financial innovation: Samarth Shekhar’s expert analysis of the companies reshaping underwriting, enterprise security, AR automation, and mortgage operations — and a conversation with Doni Hoti, co-founder and CEO of Adclear, on building AI that keeps creative ambition in step with regulatory trust. From vertical AI in […]
In a sector where innovation often collides with regulation, few founders embody the balancing act as sharply as Doni Hoti. Raised in the fast-paced reality of a family business and later shaped by a career in finance, he has channelled both worlds into Adclear — a platform redefining how regulated brands create and approve marketing […]
This week, we highlight the fintech innovators shaping the future of finance. @Samarth Shekhar takes us through Deal Highlights, featuring startups making bold moves: Deduction, Asseta AI, and Deblock, each raising substantial funds to tackle pressing challenges—from AI-powered tax solutions to next-generation crypto banking. In a fresh perspective, @Frank Schwab examines why traditional banks are […]
This week’s edition brings together the founders shaping the quiet but consequential infrastructure behind financial trust. From Vigilant AI, embedding compliant AI “teammates” directly into the workflows of regulated industries, to FALKIN, tackling payment scams where it matters most — inside the banking apps people already rely on — and Adclear, streamlining the compliance burden […]
In a landscape where small and midsize businesses move faster than the financial infrastructure meant to support them, OneAM is betting on a smarter, more transparent approach to working capital. Co-founders Ksusha McCormick and Charlotte Ng bring a unlikely blend of quantitative finance, payments innovation, and product strategy — a combination that feels tailor-made for […]
From construction finance to digital identity and AI adoption, innovation continues to reshape the infrastructure that powers modern business. This week’s deal highlights showcase founders not just creating products, but building the systems and platforms that enable trust, liquidity, and efficiency across industries. Billd is unlocking new financial solutions for commercial subcontractors, providing early-pay programs […]
From capital markets to code and cybersecurity, AI is steadily reshaping the financial infrastructure that keeps global business running. This week’s deal highlights show how founders are moving beyond front-end innovation to rebuild the systems that power liquidity, intelligence, and trust. OneAM is unlocking the $4 trillion early-pay market for small and midsize suppliers, turning […]
From automated advisors to agentic AI, this week’s lineup sketches a finance sector learning to act — and to anticipate. Piere builds and executes personalised plans for consumers; Saturn equips human advisors to focus on judgment, not paperwork; Brico removes licensing as a bottleneck. And at the other end of the risk spectrum, Previsico is […]
As AI and automation reshape financial services, trust is becoming the ultimate competitive advantage. Yet, for many banks and insurers, word-of-mouth — the most authentic growth driver — remains a black box. Enter hypt, a Swiss startup redefining how financial institutions measure and manage customer advocacy. Co-founded by Pascal Sollberger and Tobias Wegmüller, hypt is […]
AI meets financial management — from the mass affluent to micro-SMEs This week’s stories trace how AI is reshaping the financial backbone — from wealth management for the mass affluent to real-time decision-making for small businesses. As younger, digitally savvy users and a shifting economic climate drive demand for smarter financial tools, human expertise and […]
AI meets asset management — from advisor productivity to Bitcoin insurance This week’s highlights trace how AI and automation are reshaping the financial core — from advisor productivity and digital-asset risk ratings to Bitcoin-denominated life insurance. Focal, Agio Ratings, and Meanwhile each push the boundaries of how data, compliance, and savings interact in a tech-driven […]
The palm-powered checkout revolution and a pivotal week for AI-driven finance This week, we turn our attention to the next frontier of payments innovation. In our Q&A, Oskars Lakšēvics, CRO of Handwave, explains how the Latvian fintech is pioneering palm-based payments that merge identity, age verification and loyalty into a single gesture — a vision […]
Handwave: the future of wallet-free, phone-free, PIN-free payments In Riga, Latvia, a new generation of biometric payments is taking shape. Handwave, the fintech founded by Jānis Stirna and Sandis Osmanis-Usmanis, aims to make the in-store shopping experience as seamless as possible: paying, verifying age, and activating loyalty programs with a single hand gesture. In-store checkout […]
This Week in Fintech: Redefining Wealth, Payments, and Growth This week’s deals spotlight the fintech revolution in full swing. From digital wealth platforms empowering millennials and Gen Z to navigate a €13.9T low-yield landscape, to AI agents breaking barriers in commerce by sidestepping pesky captchas, innovation is reshaping how money moves and grows. Embedded lending […]
Giuseppe Ettorre is the Co-Founder and CEO of Alomana, a startup transforming how financial institutions adopt artificial intelligence. With experience in data and statistics teams at Bloomberg and the European Central Bank, Giuseppe has dedicated his career to solving complex problems with innovative solutions. Alomana was born from a clear idea: banks, asset managers, and […]
This week, we sat down with Sinah Truffat and Jonas Torland of 7Analytics, specialists in flood risk modeling, to get their take on the latest trends and challenges in the field. In our Q&A, they share insights on how advanced analytics is reshaping risk assessment and what financial firms should watch next. After the interview, […]
Flooding is not only the most common natural disaster—it’s also the most costly, with economic losses soaring into the hundreds of billions every year. While the risk grows due to urbanization and climate change, insurance coverage remains low and risk modelling often lacks the precision needed to close the gap. That’s where 7Analytics comes in. […]
This week in fintech: big moves across payments, lending, and DeFi. Rainforest doubles down on marketplace payment infrastructure, Mazlo expands financial access for Latino communities in the U.S., Aven raises a mega round to scale its “machine banking” vision, and Kamino strengthens the DeFi ecosystem on Solana. Plus, don’t miss our Q&A with Irene Hernandez, […]
In an increasingly digital world, trust is the most valuable currency. Verifying someone’s identity online remains costly, cumbersome, and vulnerable to fraud. Gataca was born to change that. From her early days at MIT to becoming a leader in digital identity solutions, Irene shares how her passion for technology turned into a mission: building the […]
From custody and private markets to credit data, last week saw Tangany, Allocate, and Spinwheel making moves. This edition also features Dylan Dryden (Intanify) on turning invisible assets—IP, data, code—into real financial value. Deal highlights Germany / Europe has been ahead on regulating digital assets (with MiCA), and it is good to see Tangany getting […]
When we talk about company value today, most people think of offices, machinery, or cash in the bank. But what if we told you that 90% of many companies’ value is completely invisible to traditional financial systems? Dylan, co-founder of Intanify, experienced this disconnect firsthand during his career in investment banking and as a CFO. […]
We are back with last week’s deal highlights, and a Q&A with Henri Kasurinnen of Nomain, tackling the challenge of mainframe modernization. Deal Highlights If the VC money is headed to AI-first startups, payment, back-office and data monetization solutions can’t be far behind! We believe there is a new, sophisticated buyer and mindset that these […]
We are finally all caught up with the backlog from the slow summer weeks, and last week’s news round-up is particularly light. “The ICO days are back”, but with serious institutional backing. VanEck and Brevan Howard Digital are leading a relatively small round into Legion, a startup with pretty large ambitions. According to an announcement on […]
Here are the deal highlights from the last two weeks: Tracelight provides an AI engine for complex financial modelling in Excel, purpose-built to fit precisely into professional analyst workflows…Early users are already reporting >90% time savings on laborious modelling tasks like building common analyses, formatting, and finding errors. An add-on to and GTM via the […]
As AI continues to reshape the financial and enterprise landscape, some of the most persistent challenges lie deep within the infrastructure of legacy systems. Few founders understand that space as intimately as Henri Kasurinen, CEO and Co-Founder of Nomain, a Finnish startup tackling the formidable task of mainframe modernization. With a background rooted in AI […]
This week we feature a Q&A with Andrew Alex, CEO of Spendbase, a startup combining corporate spend management (esp. SaaS and Cloud spend) with digital banking, cash-backs etc. “The idea came to us when a friend casually mentioned he still had access to a company-paid license worth $3,000 for two years after leaving his job! […]
1. Congratulations on Spendbase’s launch of the digital banking and virtual cards. How has the response been? Thank you! So far, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Launching online banking and virtual cards was a natural next step in our mission to help companies take full control of their spending. And it clearly struck a […]
VIENNA, Austria – JUNE 19, 2025 – Valutico, a global leader in valuation and financial analysis software, today announced its strategic acquisition of Paraloq Analytics, a Vienna-based artificial intelligence (AI) specialist. This acquisition will integrate Paraloq Analytics’ advanced AI capabilities into Valutico’s renowned platform, empowering financial professionals with unprecedented data-driven insights and efficiency. The two Vienna-headquartered […]
This week’s deal highlights include: Ontik, a vertical fintech solution for offline businesses, automating trade credit for B2B wholesalers, has raised a $3.7 million Seed round led by @FirstMinute Capital. The company is starting with the UK building materials sector – a £100 billion market – where tight margins, high transaction volumes, and fragmented operations […]
“£197bn of retail sales, or almost half of the UK’s annual retail sales in goods and services, are insurable. Amazon alone makes almost £1bn in insurance revenue, and most UK SMEs have never been offered the opportunity to distribute insurance. Bolt Cover exists to help retailer make incremental revenue and customer LTV through embedded insurance, […]
“The market for investment management platforms presents a significant opportunity, driven by increased AuM, regulatory requirements, a rising focus on ESG, and the ongoing digital transformation of the financial industry. 90% of operational processes in European investment firms are expected to be automated by 2028 due to a report of PwC.” This week we feature […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself / your co-founder(s) I’m Lukas, CEO of Layest and I’m a serial tech founder with +10 years of experience in the fintech sector (previously at Rendity and LIQIMO, among others). My co-founders and I have been working together for many years and we bring a unique combination of […]
1. Tell us about yourself / your co-founder(s) I am Ajit Barik, the founder of Wyzr. I spent 15 years in financial services, including 11 years as a trader at Deutsche Bank. I studied computer science at one of India’s top engineering schools and started my career as a developer. Before Wyzr, I built a […]
“Most of the insurance brokers are in their harvesting phase, so they have to reduce their liability risk and work on their portfolios to have a high automation rate in place. Insurers/MGAs have a lack of talent, especially when it comes to sales & underwriting capacities, so it requires an efficient & standardized process to […]
“£197bn of retail sales, or almost half of the UK’s annual retail sales in goods and services, are insurable. Amazon alone makes almost £1bn in insurance revenue, and most UK SMEs have never been offered the opportunity to distribute insurance. Bolt Cover exists to help retailer make incremental revenue and customer LTV through embedded insurance, […]
Tell us a bit about yourself. Max has a strong technical and business background with a degree in business administration. He worked in the last decade for consulting firms and multinationals, mostly in the field of insurance within EMEA. Furthermore, Max got elected to be part of an insurance association (BiPRO) to standardize APIs within […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself With 25 years of experience as a financial technologist at leading investment banks, I’ve developed a keen eye for innovative solutions to complex business problems. My extensive work in Prime Brokerage, which provides comprehensive services to hedge funds, gave me unique insights into the power of integrated financial […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself / your co-founder(s) I am a commercial entrepreneur with a significant exit (React News, now Europe’s largest paid commercial real estate news service). Tori Hutchinson worked with me there as an operational lead, and Richie Smith came onboard as a tech supplier who chose to invest into the […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself / your co-founder: Riccardo Conti (CEO): Riccardo has a strong technical and business background with a degree in Computer Science and a master’s in Management, Finance & Entrepreneurship from EPFL. He has experience in entrepreneurship, having previously founded a move-to-earn startup, raised capital, managed a team, and launched […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself / your co-founder Hi, we are Brian from Ireland and Zbi from Poland, both living in London. Together we have worked for 20 years in banking and in building technology solutions for enterprise. Brian was a director for UBS in Treasury in Zürich and New York in liquidity […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself / your co-founder Alex Lu – 9yr trading Fixed Income derivatives with Barclays Capital & JP Morgan; 6yr private market investing with a Private Family office. Engineering & Math background. Tom Whale – ex-head of engineering at a large listed company, scaled a platform from 0 to 8 […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself I am Assel Arif Mahfouz Hannen, the sole founder and CEO of Flash Digital Bank. With seven years of administrative and technical experience, I specialize in investment, business management, and development. My focus is on building significant new economies in my country, particularly in technology and finance, through […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself / your co-founder Seasoned financial engineer, with 10+ experience in financial markets and banking as a structurer and quant for Tier 1 institutions (HSBC, BNP, Lloyds…). Expertise in designing derivatives and structured products, models, and transactions. Live by Mandelbrot’s motto: “I find order in chaos and chaos in […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself / your co-founder I’m Mark Whitcroft, the Co-founder and CEO of PlannerPal, an AI assistant transforming financial planning. With over 20 years in finance, I’ve funded and helped scale more than 50 fintech and data management startups, including early investments in wealthtech leaders like Nutmeg. I was also […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself / your co-founder(s) Tom: I come from a technology and insurance background, with experience in both building and delivering innovative insurance propositions across the globe. Today, I am the CEO of Bind, leading our business along with Daniel, delivering on our strategic priorities as a business and focused […]
In the run-up to the WatchIT Forum on 17th Oct. 2023 at the DHBW Mosbach, we are excited to feature Prof. Wolf Wössner‘s Q&A with Frank Schwab on the digital transformation of banks. If you are a FinTech founder or investor, this is a quick journey through nearly 3 decades of European banking and FinTech. Q: Frank Schwab, the […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am the founder of Curiosity, a new community-driven VC firm that invests in AI software companies that aim for a positive impact on businesses ánd society. I’ve always been intrigued by new technology and aim to support entrepreneurship, education, sustainability and […]
1. The Big Idea / your startup “in a Tweet”: We believe that everyone deserves access to reliable investment opportunities that can help them build a brighter future. This is how we came up with Nectaro – an online investment platform that offers an easy, safe, and reliable way for savvy investors to back their […]
After that, we created the company and we opened our seed fundraising, focusing our effort on the product development. We closed the round in November 2022, and now we are working hard toward the release of the beta version of our API. 5. Any key lessons from your scaling and fundraising journey? I would highlight […]
The Big Idea / your startup “in a Tweet”: Valutico provides the financial services industry with groundbreaking data-driven tools so that they can conduct their analysis more efficiently and in a methodological fashion. Valuation advisory is complex, however Valutico’s integrated valuation solution reduces the time it takes to do a valuation from days to merely […]
Early stage European FinTech deals: Devego “Only 11% of payments in the SEPA regions are instant. In Spain, this number goes up to 46,89%, way above the European average.”; Eoliann “Extreme weather events have increased by 345% in the last 50 years because of urbanization and climate change, creating an aggregated economic loss of $ 5,2 trillion.”; Atoa “merchants then receive […]
Startups are expected to “always be raising”- but when reaching out to potential investors, it is less about the quantity and more about the quality of the pitch, as well as the fit to the investor’s criteria or thesis. So how do you get to know the investors investing in (early stage) FinTech & InsurTech deals in Europe? FinTech Forum’s Venture News includes […]
We are back after a break- or rather a few hectic weeks on the road and at events across Europe. Early stage FinTech deals this week include Klink Finance (gamified digital assets platform), YourCampus (personal benefits platform), All Gravy (staff financial wellbeing) etc. If you are an early stage startup building the next big thing in European FinTech (or know somebody who […]
European FinTech deals this week include Ark Capital, Candis, Monese and Topi We feature Q&As with Sheila Kagan of Paykey and Enrique Lizaso Olmos of Multiverse Computing If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Check out the […]
European FinTech deals this week include CapitalFlow, Muse Finance and Capital on Tap We feature Q&As with Gabriel Levie of Wequity and Hans de Back, Finch Capital If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Check out the […]
European FinTech deal this week include Unstoppable Finance, Griffin, Super Payments and Ageras Group We feature Q&As with Stefan Klauser of Aisot and Max Lautenschläger of Iconic Holding If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Check out […]
European FinTech deal this week include auxmoney We feature Q&As with Allindex and Margaris Ventures If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Check out the B2B FinTech Radar, our microsite focused on SaaS / Enterprise FinTech founders […]
European FinTech deal this week include Bunch, Wallife, Element We feature Q&As with Weavr.io and Swisscom Ventures If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Check out the B2B FinTech Radar, our microsite focused on SaaS / Enterprise […]
European FinTech deal this week include Asset Class, Griffin, Oxbury Bank, Zilch, Cleo, YuLife, ArK Kapital, WeFox We feature Q&As with Brian Nolan and Zbi Czapran of Finteum and Christian Knott, Capnamic Ventures If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab […]
European FinTech deal this week include Flowdesk, Hokodo, SumUp We feature Q&As with Christian Knott of Capnamic Ventures and Shane Riedel of Elucidate If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Check out the B2B FinTech Radar, our […]
European FinTech deal this week include Urban Jungle, Mosdex, Upvest, Instanda, Cleo We feature Q&As with Sheila Kagan of Paykey and May Wang of Fin VC If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Check out the B2B […]
European FinTech deal this week include Factris, Defacto, Bud, Juni We feature Q&As with Nigel Verdon of Railsbank and Maximilian Schausberger of Elevator Ventures. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Check out the B2B FinTech Radar, […]
European FinTech deal this week include Getquin, Urban Jungle, Mondu, Trade Republic We feature Q&As with Terrie Smith of DIGISEQ and Cynthia Nadal of SeedX Liechtenstein If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Check out the B2B […]
European FinTech deal this week include TransferMate, Elwood Technologies, in3, MarketFinance, Modulr and Thought Machine We feature Q&As with Dmitry Tsymber of MultiPass and Karim Rabbani of RGAX If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. I’m Dmitry Tsymber, a Co-Founder of Dyninno Group and a founder of the group’s latest venture in the neo-banking space – MultiPass. I can describe myself as a seasoned CEO with 25 years of experience in retail banking and consumer finance. My expertise and interests […]
European FinTech deal this week includes Stanhope, Scalapay, Argent, Kevin, Starling Bank, Paddle We feature Q&As with Enrique Lizaso Olmos of Multiverse Computing and Hala Zahran of AB Accelerator If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 […]
European FinTech deals this week include Pillar and Seon We feature Q&As with Javier Correa of PostFinance AG and Hussam EL-Sheikh of 9fin If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech with Javier Correa of […]
European FinTech deals this week include Leatherback, Zevoy, Stenn,Wagestream and Capital on Tap We feature Q&As with Paul Christensen of Previse and Spiros Margaris of Margaris Ventures If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: […]
European FinTech deals this week include Express Group, Carmoola, Fidel API and RITMO We feature Q&As with Viktor Stensson of Bokio and Daniel Andemeskel of Universal-Investment If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: with […]
European FinTech deals this week include Lemon Markets, Yonder, Budget Insight and Money Box We feature Q&As with Virginia Bassano of Eight Roads and Maximilian Schausberger of Elevator Ventures If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling […]
European FinTech deals this week include Moonfare and ArK Kapital We feature Q&As with Miriam Wohlfarth of Banxware and Daragh Hanratty of IDA Ireland If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions – Interview video with […]
European FinTech deals this week include in3, Insurely, Encompass, Xempus, Lunar, +Simple, ClearBank and Lendable We feature Q&As with Harald Axelius of Billender and Cynthia Nadal of SeedX Liechtenstein If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 […]
European FinTech deals this week include HUBUC, Ageras group, Weavr, Atom, PayHawk and Scalapay We feature Q&As with Stefan Klauser of Aisot and May Wang of Fin VC If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions […]
European FinTech deals this week include HUBUC, Ageras group, Weavr, Atom, PayHawk and Scalapay We feature Q&As with Stefan Klauser of Aisot and May Wang of Fin VC If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions […]
I am Italian, I studied in a French Business School and I live in London since 2017. I was previously working in Investment Banking at Citi covering the FinTech sector. I co-founded an HR tech startup named DailyInternship, a talent recruiting platform with over 100k students subscribed. That experience led me very close to the […]
European FinTech deals this week include Billhop, Vivid, Silvr and Selina Finance We feature Q&As with Matti Rönkkö of Cooler Future and Semih Kacan of Swisscom Ventures If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions with […]
European FinTech deals this week include Laka, Circula, Tumm, PennyLane, Moss, Descartes Underwriting and Wayflyer We feature Q&As with Philipp Buschmann of AAZZUR and Hala Zahran of Arab Bank If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 […]
1.Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am an early stage investor focusing on FinTech primarily B2C in MENA and B2B globally. I also spend a lot of time thinking and reading about the future of finance and ways technology can close the wealth gap across the globe and […]
European FinTech deals this week include Banxware and Global Processing Service We feature Q&As with Hussam EL-Sheikh of 9fin and Karim Rabbani of RGAX If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions with Hussam EL-Sheikh, 9fin […]
European FinTech deals this week include Sygnum and PrimaryBid We feature Q&As with Daniel Andemeskel of Universal-Investment and Kristoffer Borg Petersen of Hufsy If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions with Daniel Andemeskel of Universal-Investment […]
European FinTech deals this week include Ibancar We feature Q&As with Spiros Margaris of Margaris Ventures and Dirk Soehnholz of Soehnholz ESG GmbH If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar 7 Questions with Spiros Margaris, Margaris Ventures […]
European FinTech deals this week include Numeral, Silverflow, Pliant, Re:cap and Modifi We feature Q&As with Enrique Lizaso Olmos of Multiverse Computing and Paula Blazquez Solano of InnoCells (Banco Sabadell) If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar FinTech Rising Stars 2021 – nicht verpassen Der […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. Multiverse Computing. Largest European Quantum Software Company. Backed by the European Investment Council and large VC. Third largest in the world after two American not-so-much-larger competitors. Delivering solutions to financial problems in optimization, machine-learning and pricing that are not correctly answered (or even not answered) […]
European FinTech deals this week include SPG We feature Q&As with Matti Rönkkö of Cooler Future and Cynthia Nadal of SeedX Liechtenstein If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions with Matti Rönkkö of Cooler Future […]
Der jährliche Online-Report der Szene. Junge FinTech- & InsurTech-Startups aus Deutschland und Österreich, die aktuell den Markt erobern. Rising Stars kommt 2021 das erste Mal heraus. Und ab sofort jährlich im Herbst. Jedes Jahr die neuesten FinTechs/InsurTechs zu entdecken, die im aktuellen Jahr auf den Markt kamen. Und die Trends und Entwicklungen der anderen jungen […]
European FinTech deals this week include Enfuce We feature Q&As with Gabriel Levie of Wequity and Gerrit Sindermann of F10 Global. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to us: Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions with Gabriel Levie of Wequity 1.Please tell […]
European FinTech deals this week include Timeless, Pomelo and Thought Machine. We feature Q&As with Korbinian Spann of Insaas.ai and Semih Kacan of Swisscom Ventures. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar 7 Questions with Korbinian Spann of Insaas.ai 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, […]
Early stage European FinTech deals this week include Payhawk We feature Q&As with May Wang of Fin VC and Stefan Klauser of Aisot. Check out the 2nd edition of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with Money20/20 and SixThirty Ventures is out: http://www.fintechforum.de/sef/ If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank […]
Early stage European FinTech deals this week include Zilch We feature Q&As with Daragh Hanratty of IDA Ireland and Philipp Buschmann of AAZZUR Check out the 2nd edition of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with Money20/20 and SixThirty Ventures is out: http://www.fintechforum.de/sef/ If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank […]
Kicking off with a networking lunch, the event – streamed digitally to participants who could not make it in person – started with Samarth Shekhar, Co-Founder of FinTech Forum, summarising the European FinTech scene’s record funding volumes and deals of note this year. This was followed by the first round of startup presentations (Aazzur, aisot, […]
Meet and hear from the startups, investors and financial institutions behind “what’s next in European FinTech” – on 18th November, FinTech Forum returns to the Airport Club, Frankfurt. Check out the line-up and register here. Early stage European FinTech deals this week include Moralis and Viceversa We feature Q&As with Karim Rabbani of RGAX and […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Hey I’m Huss, CTO & Co-founder of 9fin. I think I’d describe myself as an engineer in every sense of the word. So, via a degree in Aerospace Engineering, taking apart my siblings’ toys as a child, learning programming at school from […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I’m a Senior Analyst in the Ventures & Acquisitions team of RGAX, based out of Amsterdam. RGAX is the transformation engine of RGA, promoting and accelerating innovation within the Life and Health insurance sectors by means of organic and inorganic initiatives. RGA […]
Meet and hear from the startups, investors and financial institutions behind “what’s next in European FinTech” – on 18th November, FinTech Forum returns to the Airport Club, Frankfurt. Check out the line-up and register here. Early stage European FinTech deals this week include Yokoy and Moonfare. We feature Q&As with Cynthia Nadal of SeedX Liechtenstein and Christian Kronseder […]
ALLINDEX is among the startups selected to present at the FinTech Forum event on 18th Nov. 2021 at the Airport Club, Frankfurt: check out the line-up and register here. 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Work: Before starting ALLINDEX, I was global COO of STOXX and Head of Markets at Royal […]
Meet and hear from the startups, investors and financial institutions behind “what’s next in European FinTech” – on 18th November, FinTech Forum returns to the Airport Club, Frankfurt. Check out the line-up and register Early stage European FinTech deals this week include Kevin., Multiverse Computing, Resistant AI, Primer,Billie. We feature Q&As with Cynthia Nadal of SeedX […]
AAZZUR is among the startups selected to present at the FinTech Forum event on 18th Nov. 2021 at the Airport Club, Frankfurt: check out the line-up and register here. 1.Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am an entrepreneur, a husband and passionate about fintech. At my first job at […]
Cynthia is among the investors on stage at the FinTech Forum event on 18th Nov. 2021 at the Airport Club, Frankfurt: check out the line-up and register here. 1.Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. My name is Cynthia, I am a Partner at Seed X Liechtenstein. I am an operator […]
Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. Billender is the first buy now-pay later solution for paying bills. You simply snap a pic, you can pay any bill in seconds with a variety of flexible payment options. Billender simplifies payment of bills while giving the user a better overview of their personal finance. […]
Reconnect with and hear from the startups, investors and financial institutions behind “what’s next in European FinTech” – on 18th November, FinTech Forum returns to the Airport Club, Frankfurt here. Early stage European FinTech deals this week include ilumoni, Weecover, 9fin, Humn, N26, Zopa and Juni. We feature Q&As with Daragh Hanratty of IDA Ireland and David Putts of Billon. Seen the 2nd […]
Apply / register for the FinTech Forum 2021 on 18th Nov. at the Airport Club, Frankfurt) here. The 2nd edition of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook in partnership with Money20/20 and SixThirty Ventures is out: http://www.fintechforum.de/sef/ Check out our Q&As with Teo Blidarus of FintechOS and Virginia Bassano of Eight Roads. Early stage European FinTech deals this week include CoinShares International Limited (Flow Bank) and Abacon Capital (Getsafe). If you are an […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am Italian, I studied in a French Business School and I live in London since 2017. I was previously working in Investment Banking at Citi covering […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. I am Teo Blidarus, CEO and co-founder of FintechOS. We allow banks and insurers to create customer-centric digital financial products and services using our digital on top and lean core […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Family man and proud member of the venture building team at FIS to create new compelling businesses that improve our customers way to transact, pay and invest […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am leading the Swiss business for F10 Global, a Fintech and Insurtech-focused open accelerator, headquartered in Zurich with further hubs in Singapore and Spain. I am also in the board of our investment company, which invests in F10 startups. Besides that, […]
The first set of startups and investors at FinTech Forum 2021 on 18th Nov. at the Airport Club, Frankfurt) have been announced- check them out here. We feature Q&As with Gerrit Sindermann of F10 Global and Alex Mifsud of Weavr.io. Early stage European FinTech deals this week include Zilliqa Capital (Coinrule), Charles Delingpole (Comply Advantage), Illuminate Financial (Profian). If you are an early […]
The first set of startups and investors at FinTech Forum 2021 on 18th Nov. at the Airport Club, Frankfurt) have been announced- check them out here. We feature Q&As with our new event partner, Daragh Hanratty of IDA Ireland, and with Korbinian Spann of Insaas.ai, one of the startups selected to present at the event. Early stage European FinTech deals this week include Ace […]
We are proud to welcome Daragh and IDA Ireland as a partner of FinTech Forum 2021, taking place on 18th Nov. 2021 at the Airport Club, Frankfurt Airport / digital (depending on COVID restrictions). 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am VP for financial Services with IDA Ireland, […]
Early stage European FinTech deals this week include Octopus Ventures (Integrated Finance), SIX FinTech Ventures (RegTech), Mosaic Ventures (Lightyear) etc. We feature Q&As with Viktor Stensson, CEO of Bokio and May Wang of Fin VC (who is among the investors on stage at the FinTech Forum 2021 on 18th Nov. in Frankfurt). If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. In 2015 me, Mikael Eliasson, Emma Rozada and Joel Rozada founded Bokio. Since then, our AI-powered bookkeeping and accounting software has grown rapidly. We’ve expanded to the UK and our […]
Early stage European FinTech deals this week include Cysero (4Securitas), Volta Ventures (Sprinque), Haerlem Capital (Peaks) etc. We feature Q&As with Gabriel Levie of Wequity, David Putts of Billon and Semih Kacan of Swisscom Ventures (who is among the investors on stage at the FinTech Forum 2021 on 18th Nov. in Frankfurt). If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. I am the Chief Growth Officer of Billon – the fintech scaleup which created the Unified Enterprise DLT System. What makes Billon special is that it saw weaknesses in the […]
Wequity is among the startups selected to present at the FinTech Forum 2021 – 18th Nov. 2021 at the Airport Club, Frankfurt Airport/ hybrid. Check out the agenda and apply / register here: http://ftf2021.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I was born and raised in Belgium and was lucky […]
Early stage European FinTech deals this week include Praetura Ventures (BankiFi), Nauta Capital (trustshare), Anthemis Group (Balance Re) etc. We feature Q&As with Korbinian Spann of Insaas.ai and Semih Kacan of Swisscom Ventures (who is among the investors on stage at the FinTech Forum 2021 on 18th Nov. in Frankfurt). If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in […]
Early stage European FinTech deals this week include Index Ventures (Taktile), Requr, Benson Capital Partners (Prepaid2Cash). We feature Q&As with Stefan Klauser of Aisot and May Wang of Fin VC (who is among the investors on stage at the FinTech Forum 2021 on 18th Nov. in Frankfurt) and Oliver Werneyer of Imburse Payments (who is among the scale-up founders featured in our upcoming publication: Scaling […]
May is among the investors on stage at the FinTech Forum event on 18th Nov. 2021 at the Airport Club, Frankfurt: check out the line-up and register here. 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I’m an investor at Fin VC, a B2B Fintech/Insurtech focused global venture capital, based out of […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. I was born and grew up in South Africa to a German household. I started my first company when I was 16, selling computer hardware, and went on to study […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. My name is Korbinian, I’m the founder and managing director of Insaas.ai. Our company and I are based in Munich, Germany. I have one son, live in the countryside and love sports like cycling, sailing, running and hiking. As Insaas.ai is a remote-first team, […]
Semih is among the investors who will be sharing his insights on “what’s next in European FinTech” at the FinTech Forum 2021 – 18th Nov. 2021 at the Airport Club, Frankfurt Airport /hybrid. Check out the agenda and register here: http://ftf2021.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure My name […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I’m an entrepreneur, so no surprise that I’m intensely curious about why things are the way they are, and what would happen if we can change how they are. That’s true for me in business and everything else I do – it […]
Investors in early stage European FinTech deals this week include Global Brain (Xayn), CommerzVentures(Afilio), Karlani Capital (Kroo) etc. We feature Q&As with with Marcus Börner of OptioPay and Daniel Andres and Dr. Teddy Amberg of Spicehouse Partners. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: […]
Investors in early stage European FinTech deals this week include Manuel Neuer (Votebase), LocalGlobe (Vira Health), Pinorena Capital (Darwinex).etc. We feature Q&As with Samuel Falmagne of Akur8 and Matilde Limbert of BiG Start Ventures. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: […]
Investors in early stage European FinTech deals this week include Adevinta Ventures (Lovys.fr), Cavalry and Stride (WhenThen), Felix Capital (Peppy) etc. We feature Q&As with Artur Banach of Movens Venture Capital and Dr. Christopher Oster of Clark. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise […]
Investors in early stage European FinTech deals this week include Nordic venture capital firm Industrifonden (Limina), NFX (Collective Benefits), Frog Capital (Caspar Health).etc. We feature Q&As with Nico Blanchard of Apiax and Mark Whitcroft of Illuminate Financial. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling […]
Investors in early stage European FinTech deals this week include TriplePoint Ventures (StepEx), Atlantic Labs (Helu), MiddleGame Ventures (Blockpit) etc. We feature Q&As with Christian Macht of Element Insurance AG and Stefan Lemper of Maschmeyer Group. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include StepEx, Foros, Dyme etc. We feature Q&As with Nigel Verdon of Railsbank and Maximilian Schausberger of Elevator Ventures. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: with Nigel Verdon of Railsbank 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Aveni Detect, Emma, Relai etc. We feature Q&As with Sheila Kagan of Paykey and Maximilian Schausberger of Elevator Ventures. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: with Sheila Kagan of Paykey 1.Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include ShareVision, Threatray, Airbank etc. We feature Q&As with Paul Christensen of Previse and Javier Correa of PostFinance AG. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: with Paul Christensen of Previse 1. Tell us a bit about yourself […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company I have a bit of an unusual background, having been born on a piece of tin in the jungle of Papua New Guinea. Respect to my mother, who is an […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include LemonEdge, Cyber Guru, wajve etc. We feature Q&As with Michael Mueller of Form3 Financial Cloud and Stefan Lemper of Maschmeyer Group. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: Stefan Lemper of Maschmeyer Group 1. A year since the […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. I grew up in Germany and started working for Deutsche Bank after finishing school in 1988. Soon after I joined banking, I developed an interest in transaction banking and payments […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Stableton, Lightyear, Clim8 etc. We feature Q&As with Matilde Limbert of BiG Start Ventures and Mark Watters and Dinos Daborn of AxeTrading. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: with Matilde Limbert of BiG Start Ventures 1. A year […]
Mark Watters, CCO & Co-Founder (LEFT) Dinos Daborn, COO & Co-Founder (RIGHT) This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. We, Mark and Dinos, met when we worked together at Bloomberg in London. Later we got in contact […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include re:cap, Asset Class, FQX etc. We feature Q&As with Miriam Wohlfarth of Banxware, Artur Banach of Movens Venture Capital and Sandipan Chakraborty of SONECT. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions – Interview video with Miriam Wohlfarth of Banxware https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgqTSVGOY8 Banxware’s […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. Sandipan is the founder and CEO of SONECT that introduces sharing economy in cash logistics. After spending 12 years at Credit Suisse as a Senior Program Manager and delivering some […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgqTSVGOY8 Banxware’s Embedded Financial Service platform bridges the gap between traditional banks and digital platforms, marketplaces or payment providers. Interviewed by FinTech Forum Co Founder Frank Schwab.
Early stage European FinTech deals include CoinBurp, StudentFinance, Pento etc. We feature Q&As with Stefan Lemper of Maschmeyer Group, Christoph Bourguignat of Zelros and Maximilian Schausberger of Elevator Ventures. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: Stefan Lemper of Maschmeyer Group 1. A year […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. Zelros is a software editor specialized in artificial intelligence for the insurance industry. After working at AXA Data Innovation Lab and Datarobot I cofounded Zelros together with Damien Philippon and […]
Interviewed by FinTech Forum Co Founder Frank Schwab. Elevator Ventures is the Corporate Venture Capital Entity of Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI). Its primary focus is on early stage and growth investments in fintechs and related enabling technologies in Central and Eastern Europe.
Early stage European FinTech deals include ScaleXP, Finary, Wrisk etc. We feature Q&As with Marcus Börner of OptioPay and Daniel Andres and Dr. Teddy Amberg of Spicehouse Partners. Congratulations to OptioPay, who contributed to our recent publication Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, sharing their journey to scale, lessons learnt etc. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: with Marcus Börner of OptioPay […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. A year since the first lockdowns- is this is a good time to be building or scaling an Enterprise FinTech (/ InsurTech) firm in Europe? Yes. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digitalization throughout industries by a couple of years. This […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. At the age of 17 I founded my first company – reBuy.com. Today, Germany ́s leading re-commerce platform employing over 500 great people and exceeding $ 200 million in annual […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Oneplanetcrowd, Upvest, CrowdSec etc. We feature Q&As with Samuel Falmagne of Akur8 and Matilde Limbert of BiG Start Ventures. Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook is out! Launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures and Finovate Europe, The Handbook includes proprietary research on ca. 65 Enterprise FinTech scaleups in #Europe, Q&As with 16 founders who have “been there and done […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. A year since the first lockdowns- is this is a good time to be building or scaling an Enterprise FinTech (/ InsurTech) firm in Europe? As a preamble, let me point out that it’s never a one-line straight answer. […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. I’m Samuel, CEO of Akur8. I started my career at IBM, where I spent 15 years in various international sales and sales management positions before joining Insurtech Shift Technology as […]
Interviewed by FinTech Forum Co Founder Frank Schwab. NumberX is an app-based Mastercard that enables users to combine the security of their house bank with the advantages of new financial technologies.
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. My name is Christopher Oster and I am the founder and CEO of CLARK, a leading digital insurance manager. Our CLARK app makes it easier, simpler, and faster for consumers […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. A year since the first lockdowns- is this is a good time to be building or scaling an Enterprise FinTech (/ InsurTech) firm in Europe? In the first stage of the fight against COVID-19, the most pressing problem was […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Spoko, Abacum, Clim8 etc. We feature Q&As with Mark Whitcroft of Illuminate Financial and Nico Blanchard of Apiax. Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook is out! Launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures and Finovate Europe, The Handbook includes proprietary research on ca. 65 Enterprise FinTech scaleups in #Europe, Q&As with 16 founders who have “been there and done […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. A year since the first lockdown – is this is a good time to be building or scaling an Enterprise FinTech firm in Europe? Good but with challenges! Digitization has had the shot in the arm and an acceleration […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. I’m Nicolas Blanchard, co-founder of Apiax which is a tech compliance solution that makes it radically simple for companies to comply with global regulations. Apiax’s technology is designed to embed compliance […]
Oversupply of payment options Paying is not a problem these days – one would think. Often you have the choice of more than five payment methods when checking out an online shop, often more than ten (PayPal, paydirekt, instant transfer, on account, direct debit, Visa or Mastercard, …). A wide range of payment options have […]
Überangebot von Bezahlmöglichkeiten Bezahlen ist heutzutage kein Problem – sollte man meinen. Oft hat man die Wahl von mehr als fünf Bezahlarten beim Checkout eines Onlineshops, nicht selten mehr als zehn (PayPal, paydirekt, Sofortüberweisung, auf Rechnung, Lastschrift, Visa- oder Mastercard, …). Und auch an der Kasse im Supermarkt sind vielfältige Möglichkeiten der Bezahlung inzwischen die […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Monavate, Butter. We feature Q&As with Stefan Lemper of Maschmeyer Group, Christian Macht of Element Insurance AG and Simone Mancini and Matthias Trusheim of Scalapay. Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook is out! Launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures and Finovate Europe, The Handbook includes proprietary research on ca. 65 Enterprise FinTech scaleups in #Europe, Q&As with 16 […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. A year since the first lockdowns- is this is a good time to be building or scaling an Enterprise FinTech (/ InsurTech) firm in Europe? Big economic shocks usually open the way for new chances and extremely successful starts […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. ELEMENT Insurance AG is a white-label product supplier for insurance solutions and a leader in insurance digitalisation. We are licensed as a direct insurer for non-life insurance, which enables us […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Osu, Finway, Vega. We feature Q&As with Richard Olsen from Lykke, Nigel Verdon of Railsbank and Maximilian Schausberger of Elevator Ventures. Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook is out! Launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures and Finovate Europe, The Handbook includes proprietary research on ca. 65 Enterprise FinTech scaleups in #Europe, Q&As with 16 founders who […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. A year since the first lockdowns- is this is a good time to be building or scaling an Enterprise FinTech (/InsurTech) firm in Europe? Despite all the difficulties that 2020 has brought for entrepreneurs, some sectors have also benefited. […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. Railsbank is the leading global Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. It enables banks, businesses and brands to define the future of consumer and SME finance. Marketers, product managers, developers, CEOs and founders […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_aLZ_rtkhs&t=1s About Lykke: Lykke bridges the gap between traditional finance and Blockchain.
Simone Mancini and Matthias Trusheim 1. Please give us some background on your story – where do you originally come from, and what inspired you founding Scalapay? Simone Mancini, CEO & Co-Founder, Scalapay: Before founding Scalapay, Johnny Mitrevski (now CTO of Scalapay) and I worked for a payment company in Australia. We learned first-hand the challenges […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include STOKR, Zaver, Enfuce etc. We feature Q&As with Henri de Jong of Quantoz, Sheila Kagan of Paykey and Javier Correa of PostFinance AG. Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook is out! Launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures and Finovate Europe, The Handbook includes proprietary research on ca. 65 Enterprise FinTech scaleups in #Europe, Q&As with 16 founders who have “been there and […]
About Quantoz: Quantoz shares a passion for transformative innovation and rapidly changing markets due to de-centralisation and technological developments. Their multi-award winning financial gateways NEXUS and QUASAR harness the power of blockchain technology and cryptography. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlhHLMMXzdI
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. A year since the first lockdowns- is this is a good time to be building or scaling an Enterprise FinTech (/ InsurTech) firm in Europe? Yes, generally it always is, as long as there is a strong value proposition […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. I joined PayKey in March 2020 after years of working as a chief executive at a variety of public and private tech companies in the advertising and gaming industries. Throughout my […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include TerminusDB, DIEM, Concordium etc. We feature Q&As with Stefan Klauser of Aisot and Max Lautenschläger of Iconic Holding. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions with Max Lautenschläger of Iconic Holding 1. Please tell us a bit about […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Hi, I am Stefan, Co-Founder & CEO at Aisot Technologies. We are a leading provider of real-time insights for trading and asset management. I always had a passion for both entrepreneurial work and predictive tools. The Oracle of Delphi was by far the […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Monite, Unslashed Finance, Elucidate etc. We feature Q&As with Andrea Girasole of Billte and Matthias Klein of Opportunity Network. FinTech Forum On Tour | US X EMEA on 18th Mar. 2021 (15:00 – 16:30 CET): hear from leading US- & EMEA-based investors and financial institutions on their changing investment and innovation priorities – and the opportunities […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Zelf, Maslife, TreeCard etc. We feature Q&As with Alex Schlicher of My Football Space and Marcus Polke of signals Venture Capital. FinTech Forum goes on tour across the Atlantic: check out FTF On Tour | US X EMEA on 18th Mar. 2021. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Insurely, AccountsIQ, Katana etc. We feature Q&As with Matti Rönkkö of Cooler Future and Daniel Andemeskel of Universal-Investment. FinTech Forum goes on tour across the Atlantic: check out FTF On Tour | US X EMEA on 18th Mar. 2021. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Playter Pay, Ubamarket, Billhop etc. We feature Q&As with Alex Schlicher of My Football Space and Paula Blazquez Solano of InnoCells (Banco Sabadell). If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions with Alex Schlicher of My Football Space Interviewed by FinTech […]
Interviewed by FinTech Forum Co Founder Frank Schwab. About My Football Space: My Football Space wants fans all over the world to be able to support and digitally connect to the clubs they believe in. Now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXB5cerfv00
Early stage European FinTech deals include Retraced, Wombat, Tickr etc. We feature Q&As with Andrea Girasole of Billte and Matthias Klein of Opportunity Network. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions with Andrea Girasole of Billte 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Hi everyone, I am Andrea CEO & Co-Founder of Billte. I was born in Rimini 34 years ago from an entrepreneurial family active in the entertainment and gastronomic field. I learn from an early age what it means to be an entrepreneur […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include INZMO, We.trade, CybSafe etc. We feature Q&As with Matti Rönkkö of Cooler Future and Max Lautenschläger of Iconic Holding. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions with Matti Rönkkö of Cooler Future 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I’m a born and raised Finn but have done most of my career outside of Finland. I am not good at anything, so I have big hopes that soon generalists will be in demand. I am a nature lover; the thicker the […]
Innovative core banking platform now live with Britain’s new dedicated agriculture lender, Oxbury Bank Agile, low-code platform offers seamless and secure operating environment designed to let banks focus on proposition development Cutting-edge cloud-based platform designed to offer bank clients unparalleled systems development capabilities Naqoda development platform the brainchild of leading software engineer Erik Bogaerts – […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Quirk, Datavillage, Nayms etc. We feature Q&As with Ralf Heim of Fincite & Fincite Ventures and Morgan Deane, Board Member & Strategic Advisor at Spherium Labs. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions with Morgan Deane, Board Member & Strategic Advisor […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Quendoo, Perenna, Leocare etc. We feature Q&As with Terrie Smith of DIGISEQ and Christian Knott of Capnamic Ventures. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 Questions with Terrie Smith of DIGISEQ 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include DRUID, Filestage, Pennylane etc. We feature Q&As with Eugene Danilkis of Mambu (whose latest $135m financing round makes them Europe’s newest unicorn – congratulations!) and Daniel Andemeskel of Universal-Investment. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech with Eugene Danilkis, Co-Founder and CEO of […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Barbara IoT, Coinrule, InvestSuite etc. We feature Q&As with Hans de Back of Finch Capital and Steve Toland of TransFICC. The 12th FinTech Forum is a wrap- check out the event in tweets. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include limbiq, Minima, SMEO, Urbantz etc. We feature Q&As with Marcus Polke of signals Venture Capital and Konstantin Stiskin of Finom. The 12th FinTech Forum is a wrap- check out the event in tweets. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Salv, eXate, Valuedesk, Cledara etc. We feature Q&As with Christian Nentwich of Duco and Daniel Andemeskel of Universal-Investment. The 12th FinTech Forum is a wrap- check out the event in tweets. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling Enterprise FinTech: with […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include ReceiptHero, Payout, Asistensi etc. We feature Q&As with Marcus Polke of signals Venture Capital, Nicolas Christiaen of Cashforce and Konstantin Stiskin of Finom. The 12th FinTech Forum is a wrap- check out the event in tweets. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Vauban, Pomelo Pay, Guuru etc. We feature Q&As with Marcus Polke of signals Venture Capital, Nicolas Christiaen of Cashforce and Konstantin Stiskin of Finom. The 12th FinTech Forum is a wrap- check out the event in tweets. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. Scaling […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. Samarth: Hi Marcus, before we get started with the questions, it would be great to share a bit about yourself- both at work and at leisure. Marcus. Sure. I’m a tech industry guy who became VC 13 years ago, so […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Give us the backstory- what were you up to before starting up, how did you get the founding idea? In 2012 Nicolas Christiaen & Bart Claes sank their teeth into a mutual project dealing with Working Capital management at […]
7 Questions with Konstantin Stiskin of Finom 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. My name is Konstantin Stiskin, I have spent most of my career in the VC space in every available form – as an analyst, associate, as a director, partner, as an angel investor, advisor […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Deine Studienfinanzierung, Juni, Smart Protection etc. We feature Q&As with Matthias Klein of Opportunity Network and Christian Nentwich of Duco. The 12th FinTech Forum is a wrap- check out the event in tweets. If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. 7 […]
Like every year, here is our “event in Tweets”- tweets and pictures counting down to the 12th FinTech Forum, as well as selected tweets of the day. Hope you enjoy the recap. If you would like to stay in touch with “what’s next in European FinTech” through the year, register here for our weekly newsletter covering FinTech […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Quantev, Incuto, Objective Platform etc. We feature Q&As with Steve Toland of TransFICC, Daniel Andemeskel of Universal-Investment and Christian Rokitta of QUIN. The 12th FinTech Forum is a wrap- watch this space for a summary of the event in tweets next week! If you are an early stage startup in Europe building the next big thing in FinTech, reach […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Give us the backstory – what were you up to before starting up, how did you get the founding idea? The idea behind TransFICC came from my two prior job roles. I was leading sales at LMAX, an FX […]
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Early stage European FinTech deals include Cooler Future, Purple Dot, Cado Security etc. We feature Q&As and Christian Rokitta of QUIN and Christian Nentwich of Duco, as well as the investors who will be sharing their insights at the 12th FinTech Forum’s digital edition on 19th Nov. 2020. Check out the near-final line-up and agenda, and register here: http://ftf12.eventbrite.com. If you have any questions, reach […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Throughout my professional career I have always been focussed on simplifying complicated processes. As an investment banker I have helped medium sized corporates using standardized derivative solutions in their hedging programs. And I have also helped many startups, especially Fintechs, especially in […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. During my studies I realised quite early that ETFs would become a big trend in the financial sector. As my professional career has been mainly focused on personal finance and software development, my main focus at QUIN today is on product management. […]
This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. 1. Give us the backstory- what were you up to before starting up, how did you get the founding idea? I had personally been around data in financial services since I finished my PhD in Computer Science – on complex […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include vlot, SugarCap, Automata, Keyrock etc. We feature Q&As with Morgan Deane of Spherium Labs, Daniel Andemeskel of Universal-Investment and other investors who will be sharing their insights at the 12th FinTech Forum’s digital edition on 19th Nov. 2020. Check out the near-final line-up and agenda, and register here: http://ftf12.eventbrite.com. If you have any questions, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Insha, MindLabs, RaiseNow etc. We feature Q&As with Morgan Deane of Spherium Labs as well as with four investors who will be sharing their insights at the 12th FinTech Forum’s digital edition on 19th Nov. 2020. Check out the near-final line-up and agenda, and register here: http://ftf12.eventbrite.com. If you have any questions, reach out to Frank Schwab or Samarth Shekhar. As […]
7 Questions with Morgan Deane, Board Member & Strategic Advisor at Spherium Labs 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I’m a lawyer by profession but have spent my career working in investment banking across Europe, Asia and the US. Currently I am the CEO of a Swiss based international […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include B-North, Lightyear, Crux, FTF alumnus Trality etc. We feature Q&As with Daniel Andemeskel of Universal-Investment and Martin Kreitmair of Tangany, both of whom will be “on stage” at the 12th FinTech Forum’s digital edition on 19th Nov. 2020. Check out the line-up of selected startups, investors and guest speakers: http://ftf12.eventbrite.com. If you have any questions, reach out […]
7 Questions with Daniel of Universal-Investment 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Hello, I am Daniel Andemeskel, Director and Head of Innovation Management at Universal-Investment. I am currently responsible for the Group’s innovation agenda while at the same time developing the next generation investment platform for digital assets, leveraging […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include Sparq, ID-Pal, QUIN, Riskbook etc. We feature Q&As with Martin Kreitmair of Tangany, and Manuel Silva Martinez of Mouro Capital (earlier Santander InnoVentures). As media partners of Money2020 Europe we are proud to announce MoneyFest (26-29 Oct.): 100+ of money’s greatest minds delivering razor-sharp insights on navigating tomorrow’s digital-first future. Register your free place now: https://bit.ly/33cOsAe Also […]
Early stage European FinTech deals include KodyPay, Nemuru, Exabel etc. We feature Q&As with Gustas Germanavicius of EVOESTATE and Balakrishna Dubey of Nagarro. As media partners of Money2020 Europe we are proud to announce MoneyFest (26-29 Oct.): 100+ of money’s greatest minds delivering razor-sharp insights on navigating tomorrow’s digital-first future. Register your free place now: https://bit.ly/33cOsAe Check out the updated set of startups and investors who will be […]
1 FTF: Wer seid ihr? Bitte stellt Euch kurz vor … André M. Bajorat, 48 Jahre verheiratet 2 Kinder. Ich bin seit fast 25 Jahren in der deutschen Digitalwirtschaft zu Hause. Über die Stationen SK Online, Star Finanz, giropay und Number Four kam ich 2012 als Business Angel zu figo. Das Unternehmen führte ich von […]
1 Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure.Hi, my name is Gustas, I’m a co-founder of EvoEstate. I could say I’ve started my entrepreneurship journey relatively young when I raised my first VC funding at the age of 18 for an AI company, which I’ve exited a few years later. I […]
European FinTech deals this week include i2invest, neon, Monidor etc. We feature Q&As with Gustas Germanavicius of EVOESTATE and with André M. Bajorat, Harald Brock und Simon Oberle, the editors of the newly published book „Köpfe der digitalen Finanzwelt: Persönliches, Meinungen, Utopien“. Check out the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum, on 19th Nov. […]
European FinTech deals this week include Offr, Open Payments, Cobalt etc. We feature an interview with Hans de Back of Finch Capital as part of our new series Scaling Enterprise FinTech, as well as Q&As with Balkrishna Dubey of Nagarro Germany and Simon Dingle of Lettuce. Check out the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th […]
The early stage European FinTech deals this week include EvoState, Movewise, Nude etc. We feature an interview with Hans de Back of Finch Capital as part of our new series Scaling Enterprise FinTech, as well as Q&As with Balkrishna Dubey of Nagarro Germany and Martin Kreitmair of Tangany. Check out the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Empathy and trust have played a pivotal role in shaping my worldview, and the way I engage with my business partners, colleagues, friends and family. I grew up in India and moved to Germany 17 years ago that essentially means that I […]
London, 18 August 2020. Form3, the leading cloud-native payment technology provider for banks and regulated fintechs is moving into its next phase of growth and development with the completion of a strategic equity investment round of $33m. Following its Series B funding round in November 2018, Form3 has trebled in size and increased its annual […]
The early stage European FinTech deals this week include Log my Care, Keyless, Nude etc. We feature an interview with Hans de Back of Finch Capital as part of our new series Scaling Enterprise FinTech, as well as Q&As with Martin Kreitmair of Tangany. Check out the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum, […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Hi, my name is Martin, living in Munich, and I am one of the founders of Tangany GmbH. Together with my co-founders Christopher and Alexey we have started Tangany in 2017. At Tangany, I am responsible for the administration – namely finance, […]
Hans de Back, Managing Partner of Finch Capital | Photo by Gina Bullwinkel. This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. — Samarth Shekhar Hi Hans, good to meet you. About a year and a half since we last met. Let’s get right on with the interview. Tell […]
The early stage European FinTech deals this week include Fido, Voices of Wealth, Tax Scout etc. We feature check out our Q&As with Eugene Danilkis of Mambu as part of our new series Scaling Enterprise FinTech, as well as with Simon Dingle of Lettuce and Ben Shaw of InsurTech Hub Munich. Check out the first set of startups and investors who will be on […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am a fintech entrepreneur and worked on the founding teams at 22seven, Luno, and Curve. My obsessions with broadcasting, computers and network science led me through a career in journalism and into the intersection of money and technology. I authored a […]
The early stage European FinTech deals this week include Payflow, Plum, Metaco etc. We are excited to announce a new interview series, Scaling Enterprise FinTech- in Europe & Beyond, in the countdown to Money2020 Europe, 22-24 Sep. 2020 in Amsterdam. Offering insights on nailing sales, go-to-market and fund-raising from the founders, investors and financial institutions behind Europe’s leading B2B FinTech scale-ups, our first interview features Eugene […]
With our first Q&A dating back to 2013, we are excited to launch a new interview series: Scaling Enterprise FinTech- in Europe & Beyond. Why do we need another interview series, and why now? Over the last few years, several “disruptive” B2C FinTech players are moving to (or adding) a B2B or B2B2C model. SaaS offerings inspired by or […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I founded DirectID in 2011 with a mission to create convenience, offering new products and services for business and consumers alike using the identity and data that we have with our bank accounts to make our lives, in a digital context, easier. […]
Eugene Danilkis, Co-Founder & CEO of Mambu | Photo by Gina Bullwinkel. This interview is part of Scaling Enterprise FinTech | The Handbook, launched in partnership with SixThirty Ventures. — Samarth: Hi Eugene, good to see you – about a half a year since we last met I think, although we do keep in touch often via email or […]
The early stage players raising funding this week include Sherpany, Lifted, Radix DLT etc. We also feature Q&As with Paula Blazquez Solano of InnoCells (Banco Sabadell) and Bernadette Wijnings of Blanco Services Meet the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum, on 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt- click on their names to […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am Til Klein, founder of Berlin-based retirement saving start-up Vantik (www.vantik.com). Before I became an entrepreneur I was a partner at BCG and a banker with UBS. After 15 years working for traditional banks, I was frustrated by their inability to […]
The early stage players raising funding this week include Oper, Payout, KlickOwn AG, Willa etc. We also feature Q&As with Florian Heinemann of Project A and Til Klein of Vantik. Meet the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum, on 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt- click on their names to read […]
The early stage players raising funding this week include Handcash, Barion, StrategyBox, Friendsurance etc. We also feature Q&As with Christian Knott of Capnamic Ventures, and Shane Riedel of Elucidate. Meet the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum, on 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt- click on their names to read our Q&A […]
The early stage players raising funding this week include Peppy, Planet24, Likvido, Doctorly etc. We also feature a Q&A with Ben Shaw, Director of Programs at the InsurTech Hub Munich and Shane Riedel of Elucidate. Meet the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum, on 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt- click […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I spent most of my career in diplomacy with the United Nations and in finance (spread between London, Zurich and Singapore) and, as such, the shift to a FinTech start up has been both challenging and liberating. The cultural and operational contrast […]
The early stage players raising funding this week include EstateGuru, Taimer, Iiwari, Ambler etc. We also feature a Q&A with Paula Blazquez Solano of InnoCells (Banco Sabadell) and Bernadette Wijnings of Blanco Services. Meet the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum, on 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt: (Click on the […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. My name is Bernadette Wijnings and I am co-founder of Blanco Services. My background is in strategy consulting, but I’m an entrepreneur at heart, having started multiple companies. At Blanco I am responsible for finance & investors, HR & culture and strategic […]
The early stage players raising funding this week include Ondato, SatoshiPay, Xenon, Sympatient etc. We also feature a Q&A with Astrid Freier of Vidici Ventures and Terrie Smith of DIGISEQ. Meet the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum, on 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt: (Click on the hyperlinked names to read […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Hello! I am Terrie Smith. I’m going to start by talking about myself and how I got here When I was 17, I worked at an insurance firm and experienced gender inequality first-hand. Being a tenacious young lady (or maybe just glutton […]
The early stage players raising funding this week include Standard Cognition, Genesis, Creditgate24, Spaceti etc. We also feature a Q&A with Manuel Silva Martínez of Santander InnoVentures and Sandro Matter of vlot. Meet the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum, on 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt: (Click on the hyperlinked names […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Having lived the first childhood years in Nigeria (my father in that time was heading up the marketing activities of the pharmaceutical company Roche for the African and Middle East region), I spent my entire school time in the area of Basle […]
The early stage players raising funding this week include Omocom, Slimmer AI, Pennylane, Hello Customer etc. We also feature a Q&A with Manuel Silva Martínez of Santander InnoVentures and Nitesh Srivastava of Datawok. Meet the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum, on 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt: (Click on the […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. My name is Nitesh Srivastava and I’m the Co-Founder of Datawok. Datawok is my first venture but I’ve worked in FinTech for most of my career. Before then, I was a management consultant at KPMG in Banking and Finance and I’ve worked […]
Manuel Silva Martinez is among the investors who will be on stage sharing insights and investment trends in European FinTech at the 12th FinTech Forum, 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt: https://ftf12.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am Manuel Silva Martínez and run the Investments team at Santander InnoVentures. At […]
The early stage players raising funding this week include FLEEP, Figopara, askRobin, Banked etc. We also feature a Q&A with Brain Nolan and Zbi Czapran of Finteum and Astrid Freier of Vidici Ventures. Meet the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum, on 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt: (Click on […]
Proud to announce the first set of startups and investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum on 19th Nov. 2020 at The Airport Club, Frankfurt. Presenting Startups “in a Tweet” (Click on the company name to read our Q&A with the respective founders) KlickOwn: blockchain-enabled platform offering a superior real estate […]
Photo: Brian Nolan (left) and Zbi Czapran Finteum is among the first set of startups selected to present to leading investors like InnoCells (Banco Sabadell), Santander InnoVentures, Universal Investments and Vidici Ventures at the 12th FinTech Forum, 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt: https://ftf12.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. […]
Astrid Freier is among the investors who will be on stage sharing insights and investment trends in European FinTech at the 12th FinTech Forum, 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt: https://ftf12.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am passionate about fintech for most of my business life. I started my […]
We are pleased to announce the first set of investors who will be on stage at the 12th FinTech Forum, on 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt: – Paula Blazquez Solano: Head of Investments at InnoCells (Banco Sabadell) – also featured in our Q&A this week (see below) – Daniel Andemeskel: Head of Innovation/ Investments at […]
Paula Blazquez Solano is among the investors who will be on stage sharing insights and investment trends in European FinTech at the 12th FinTech Forum, 19th Nov. 2020 in Frankfurt: https://ftf12.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. My name is Paula Blazquez, I lead the Corporate Investment Vehicle of Banco […]
If you read through this week’s newsletter, things don’t seem that bad – startup funding rounds seem to continue trickling in, new funds still getting announced, and there is some hope that parts of Europe will reopen in the coming weeks. If you are in the midst of a funding round, or would like to understand […]
In the past 7 years we at FinTech Forum have evaluated over 3,500 pitches and given a lot of feedback. More than 350 FinTech startups have presented their business models in 7 minutes each.From this we developed a template. We recommend that all founders cover at least the following eight themes in their presentation.1. Elevator pitch: the […]
After over a month of lockdowns – no matter where you are based in Europe – we are heading into May with some hope as some countries plan a phased reopening. In our conversations with startups, we continue to hear about delays or a complete stop to fundraising discussions (especially where the sub-sector is negatively impacted by […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Born in Munich and raised near Frankfurt, I did my high school diploma in a boarding school close to Bonn. After graduating, I decided to absolve a two-year reserve officer training with the mountain troops in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria and then to start […]
We are back after a short hiatus, talking to several startups in our network as they figure their way around the current crisis. Market sentiments range from a complete lockup of money, to the impact varying based on FinTech sub-sectors or business models, as well as whether the investors have long-term, institutional capital at their disposal. Last week’s webinars by […]
As most European countries moved to enforce lockdowns, close schools, businesses and borders, startups braced for an uphill battle in the months ahead. Startups who have raised and closed their round recently are revisiting their budgets and spending, while those in the middle of a round (or planning one) are getting prepared for turbulence. We are talking to some […]
We’ve been on the road- perhaps for the last week of travel here in Europe as Coronavirus threatens events and (physical) meetings. FinTech funding and deal activity however, seems to be unaffected. Catching up on a couple of weeks of news took the better part of a train ride from Munich to Frankfurt, with Seed […]
Laka’s latest funding from Creandum and LocalGlobe is a great confirmation of its “back to the roots”, community-based model for bicycle insurance: we will be watching this space! The round raising eyebrows is Saudi Aramco’s bet on blockchain-based oil-trading platform Vakt. Rimilia and SteelEye both represent bets on serious enterprise-grade solutions, automating and reducing complexity in the payments and compliance space […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. My name is Wladimir Huber. I am a Tech-Entrepreneur with focus on FinTech, Real Estate, Blockchain and data driven companies with an extensive knowledge in founding and scaling companies. I have a M.A. in finance & information technology from Leuphana University. I’m […]
User numbers and investments in cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects are increasing. In the Swiss Crypto Valley, 800 companies with 4000 employees are working on the digitalization of assets. The regulators are also taking up the issue. In the digital age, cryptocurrencies are the next logical stage in the development of money. 1. Users, volumes, transactions […]
For the second week in a row, our panel discussion topic at the 11th FinTech Forum “When Finance becomes an Add-on/ the Era of Backstage Banking“ gets some more validation: Estonia’s Pocosys, an alumnus of our “FinTech meets Telecom” event in Mar. 2017, announced its exit to Opera (the Norwegian browser company), while Belgium’s Settlemint […]
7 Questions with Max Lautenschläger of Iconic, Funding for Secfi, Grover, Qonto etc., 12th FinTech Forum announced… Get ready with a glass of wine- or smelling salts- as this week’s going to be a long read with some jaw-dropping funding rounds, acquisitions and expansions. European FinTech has been on the prowl, with a seemingly pent-up barrage […]
The biggest news in the FinTech space- the acquisition of Plaid by Visa for $5.3 billion- comes from the US this week, but it should be music to the ears of several European FinTechs in the area of APIs, Open Banking and PSD2, and to the sector in general. French payment app Lydia’s $45m Series […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. At the moment, I am the co-founder and CEO of Coinrule — a smart assistant designed exclusively for cryptocurrency traders. I’dsay lucky, because finding the right people to start a business is probably the most difficult think in life, even harder thanfinding love. After […]
Happy New Year! While we hope you had a quiet time during the holidays, we can assure you there was plenty going on in the European FinTech scene, so this will be a longish newsletter- including an interview with blockchain and crypto investor Max Lautenschläger of Iconic Holdings, a wrap-up of key FinTech M&A deals in 2019, tips on raising […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Born and raised in Heidelberg I started my professional career in consulting and after a few years, I transitioned more towards finance. In particular, the alternative investment space has always been very attractive to me. This is why I decided to do […]
The FinTech Forum newsletter – covering the latest thinking from European FinTech founders, investors and financial institutions, as well as key funding rounds and M&A – turns six years old next month. For a glimpse of FinTech history, check out our year-end newsletter from Dec. 2014. Last month we wrapped up our 11th FinTech Forum event, and – while we can’t promise to keep our eyes off the European FinTech […]
Whether PayPal, Adyen, stripe, transferwise, PayU, Wirecard or PAYONE – years ago the first startups of the still young FinTech industry, they have now developed into serious financial services companies. The development of the payment industry is already showing where the journey of the retail banking industry is going. It is surprising that while payment is one […]
11th FinTech Forum is a wrap With twelve startups pitches, a “journey to exit” by our alumnus Fairr.de, insights from leading VCs and a panel discussion if finance will become an add-on- here is the 11th FinTech Forum in tweets. http://www.fintechforum.de/11th-fintech-forum-in-tweets/ 7 Questions with Ben Shaw of InsurTech Hub Munich This week we posted […]
Ob PayPal, Adyen, stripe, transferwise, PayU, Wirecard oder PAYONE – vor Jahren die ersten Startups der noch jungen FinTech Industrie haben sie sich inzwischen zu ernstzunehmende Finanzdienstleistungsunternehmen entwickelt. Die Entwicklung der Payment Industrie zeigt bereits heute wohin die Reise der Retail Banking Industrie geht. Es ist erstaunlich, Zahlungsverkehr ist eine der wesentlichen Aufgaben […]
“Be wary of technologies that are looking for use cases” This week we posted our 7 Questions to Ben Shaw, Director of Programs at the InsurTech Hub Munich. 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Difficult to separate the two: For work my team and I connect all dots […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Difficult to separate the two: For work my team and I connect all dots needed to accelerate the insurance industry. We bring structure through proven frameworks to companies attempting to reach product/market fit, help insurers open up to outside talent and work […]
11th FinTech Forum in tweets With 12 startups pitches, a “journey to exit” by our alumnus, insights from leading investors and a panel discussing if finance will become an add-on- here is the 11th FinTech Forum in tweets. http://www.fintechforum.de/11th-fintech-forum-in-tweets/ Copenhagen-based fintech startup Cardlay raises €9 million and announces breakthrough deal with Eurocard Through its […]
@FinTechForum_DE ·24 Oct Check out the line-up at 11th FinTech Forum – https://lnkd.in/eETx4P4 – four weeks to go! Meet Moritz Putzhammer of @trality_bots “While studies show that up to 90% of Wall Street trading is done by algorithms, such algorithmic tr…https://lnkd.in/dPa3Ymi https://lnkd.in/dbke6Qc https://t.co/2ChFHSP2Qo?amp=1 @FinTechForum_DE ·31 Oct Countdown to the 11th FinTech Forum, in […]
Final Agenda & Line-Up: 11th FinTech Forum Check out the final line-up of startups and register here for the last few places: http://ftf11.eventbrite.com. Apart from the startup pitches, we are also looking forward to the sessions from our guest speakers: Assaf Shamia (G+D Ventures) on trends in digital currencies (Libra & Co.), M2M payments and […]
Two days to go for the 11th FinTech Forum this Thursday- check out the final line-up of startups and register here for the last few places: http://ftf11.eventbrite.com Looking forward to the sessions from our guest speakers: Assaf Shamia (G+D Ventures) on trends in digital currencies (Libra & Co.), M2M payments and tokenisation Jens Jennissen (Fairr.de’) […]
Check out the line-up for the 11th FinTech Forum next week If you are an investor or financial institution looking to connect to early stage FinTech startups and understand investment trends in European FinTech, check out the 11th FinTech Forum on 21st November at The Airport Club, Frankfurt Airport. Further information and registration here: http://ftf11.eventbrite.com […]
Quotes to countdown to 11th FinTech Forum | 21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt With the near-final line-up and agenda in place, and just 16 days to go to the 11th FinTech Forum, here are some quotes from the startups and investors who will be on stage. http://www.fintechforum.de/quotes-to-countdown-to-11th-fintech-forum/ If you are an investor or financial institution […]
With the near-final line-up and agenda in place, and just 17 days to go to the 11th FinTech Forum, here are some quotes from the startups and investors who will be on stage. If you are an investor or financial institution looking to connect to the European FinTech scene, you know where you need to […]
Time for “backstage banking”? Find out at the 11th FinTech Forum, 21st Nov. As FinTechs make it easy to embed financial services into the customer workflow of other sectors, are incumbents prepared for an era of „backstage banking” (or insurance) a la Goldman Sachs / Apple Card? That is the topic for the panel discussion […]
“When finance becomes an add-on” – announcing the panel at 11th FinTech Forum As FinTechs make it easy to embed financial services into the customer workflow of other sectors, are incumbents prepared for an era of „backstage banking” (or insurance)? That is the topic for the panel discussion at the 11th FinTech Forum on 21st […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am currently an initiator, co-founder and business developer of the fintech startup Coinmat with a great team and more great business idea. With Coinmat we are in the seed phase with a MVP+. Since 2011 I am self employed and founder […]
“When finance becomes an add-on” – announcing the panel at 11th FinTech Forum As FinTechs make it easy to embed financial services into the customer workflow of other sectors, are incumbents prepared for an era of „backstage banking” (or insurance)? That is the topic for the panel discussion at the 11th FinTech Forum on 21st […]
Germany: Kreditech Gains €20 Million in Equity Financing, Plans Global Expansion Online lender Kreditech has raised €20 million in its latest funding round, according to a note from the company. Apparently, the additional capital will help the Fintech scale globally in its goal to provide credit to near-prime customers. The funding was co-led by Runa […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am Ralf, Co-Founder, and CEO of Fincite and Fincite Ventures. At Fincite, I have the privilege to run our Grow-Team. Our goal is to increase the company´s revenue with Marketing, Business Development, and Sales. At Fincite Ventures, we are […]
Our weekly round-up of European FinTech deals, alongwith insights from leading startups, investors and industry experts. Received this email in error? Unsubscribe from this list. Quo vadis European FinTech? Ask the investors at the 11th FinTech Forum! Apart from an awesome line-up of startups, we will have leading investors from Idinvest Partners, G+D Ventures, Capnamic […]
iCEIBA is among the startups selected to present to leading investors like SeedX Lichtenstein, Capnamic Ventures, G+D Ventures and Idinvest Partners at the 11th FinTech Forum, 21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt: https://ftf11.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. My background is combination of technology, marketing and business and working as a […]
Summary: In August 2013, Samarth Shekhar had the idea for the FinTech Forum, which we then implemented together within a few days. Since then, we have identified and analyzed more than 800 FinTechs from German-speaking countries. As part of 17 “FinTech Forum” and “FinTech Forum on Tour” events, we got to know 270 startups […]
Zusammenfassung: Im August 2013 hatte Samarth Shekhar die Idee zum FinTech Forum, die wir dann gemeinsam innerhalb weniger Tage umsetzten. Seitdem identifizierten und analysierten wir mehr als 800 FinTechs aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum. Im Rahmen von 17 „FinTech Forum“ und „FinTech Forum on Tour“ Events konnten wir 270 Startups und Gründer und über 100 […]
Check out the line-up of startups & investors at 11th FinTech Forum We are proud to announce that Jens Jenissen, founder of fairr.de and an alumnus of FinTech Forum, will be sharing his Journey to Exit (to Raisin) at the 11th FinTech Forum. We will also welcome leading investors from Idinvest Partners, G+D Ventures, Capnamic […]
Check out the line-up of startups & investors at 11th FinTech Forum We are proud to announce that Jens Jenissen, founder of fairr.de and an alumnus of FinTech Forum, will be sharing his Journey to Exit (to Raisin). Also joining us on stage: BizBot (Norway), iCEIBA (UK), Remipay (Germany), Trality and Nodeventure (both Austria), as […]
Emrah is among the leading early-stage investors covering European FinTech innovation areas and investment trends at the 11th FinTech Forum, 21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt: https://ftf11.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Originally Swiss, banking background, spent the last 2.5 yrs in Berlin doing early-stage investments at Axel Springer Passionate basketball player […]
Announcing the second set of startups & investors: 11th FinTech Forum (21st Nov. / Frankfurt) We are proud to announce that BizBot (Norway), iCEIBA (UK), Remipay (Germany), Trality and Nodeventure (both Austria) are joining the exciting line-up of startups and investors presenting at the 11th FinTech Forum (21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt). We are also […]
Jens is among the guest speakers on stage sharing his journey to exit at the 11th FinTech Forum, 21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt: https://ftf11.eventbrite.com We were pleased to talk to Jens Jennissen of fairr.de, who presented their plan to transform the European pensions market at the 4th FinTech Forum in Mar. 2015, and just announced their exit to Raisin. Also check out our 7 Questions […]
Announcing the second set of startups & investors: 11th FinTech Forum (21st Nov. / Frankfurt) We are proud to announce that BizBot (Norway), iCEIBA (UK), Remipay (Germany) and Trality(Austria) are joining the exciting line-up of startups and investors presenting at the 11th FinTech Forum (21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt). We are also pleased to have […]
Trality is among the startups selected to present to leading investors like SeedX Lichtenstein, Capnamic Ventures, G+D Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds at the 11th FinTech Forum, 21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt: https://ftf11.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Hi! I’m Moritz and I’m co-founder and CEO of Trality, a platform bringing together creators […]
Announcing the second set of startups & investors: 11th FinTech Forum (21st Nov. / Frankfurt) We are proud to announce that BizBot (Norway), iCEIBA (UK), Remipay (Germany) and Trality(Austria) are joining the exciting line-up of startups and investors presenting at the 11th FinTech Forum (21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt). We are also pleased to have […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am Dr Mark van Rijmenam and hold a Bachelor’s in hospitality management, a Master of Science in marketing management and a PhD in management from the University of Technology Sydney. My research was on how organizations should deal with big data […]
BizBot is among the startups selected to present to leading investors like SeedX Lichtenstein, Capnamic Ventures, G+D Ventures and Idinvest Partners at the 11th FinTech Forum, 21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt: https://ftf11.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am an entrepreneur, business developer and 100% digital. I am educated in social […]
Announcing the second set of startups & investors: 11th FinTech Forum (21st Nov. / Frankfurt) We are proud to announce that BizBot (Norway), iCEIBA (UK), Remipay (Germany) and Trality (Austria) are joining the exciting line-up of startups and investors presenting at the 11th FinTech Forum (21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt). We are also pleased to […]
We are proud to announce that BizBot (Norway), iCEIBA (UK), Remipay (Germany), Trality and Nodeventure (both Austria) are joining the exciting line-up of startups and investors presenting at the 11th FinTech Forum (21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt): Nodeventure (Austria): stores digital assets safely and profitably by reducing the entry barriers for blockchain systems. Trality (Austria): Making the tools of Wall […]
Berlin-based Brighter AI secures several million euros in funding to enable anonymised data processing in the cloud Brighter AI Technologies, a deep-tech startup working to overcome the limitations of human and machine vision with artificial intelligence, has just closed a round of financing. The investment from eCAPITAL and Giesecke + Devrient Ventures will be used to accelerate […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am the CEO of Kaiko, an enterprise-grade market data provider in the blockchainbased digital assets industry. Prior to joining Kaiko, I spent eight years at HSBC in London and Paris, structuring equity derivatives and equity-based financing solutions (first in Global Markets, […]
Norway’s BizBot selected to present at the 11th FinTech Forum (21st Nov. in Frankfurt) Digital cap table platform BizBot – which was selected to be part of the DNB NXT program – is among the startups selected to present at the 11th FinTech Forum, apart from Coindex (Germany), Ybanking (Poland) and Lingua Custodia (France). Also […]
Billie raises €30M for its B2B invoicing and payments platform Billie, the Berlin-based fintech startup that offers a B2B invoicing and payments platform, has raised €30 million in Series B funding. Leading the round is Creandum, alongside SpeedInvest, Rocket Internet’s GFC and Picus. https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/16/billie/ Mobile bank N26 is now the highest valued German startup […]
Lingua Custodia is among the first set of startups selected to present to leading investors like SeedX Lichtenstein, Capnamic Ventures and Giesecke+Devrient Ventures at the 11th FinTech Forum, 21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt: https://ftf11.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Hello! My name is Olivier and I am the founding CEO […]
Frankfurt-based fintech BITA raises €1.25 million for its index-based investment software One of Germany’s fastest growing fintech companies, BITA has raised €1.25 million from a group of local and international investors to accelerate sales and invest in R&D. The funding came from the newly founded German VC fund Futury Ventures, Dutch VC fund Volta Ventures, […]
Coindex is is among the first set of startups selected to present to leading investors like SeedX Lichtenstein, Capnamic Ventures and Giesecke+Devrient Ventures at the 11th FinTech Forum, 21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt: https://ftf11.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am 30 years old and I am born and raised […]
The first set of startups selected for the 11th FinTech Forum include: Ybanking (Poland)- a virtual bank offering multiple products via a Platform-as-a-Service Lingua Custodia (France)- AI for high-end translations in finance e.g. fund prospectus, equity research etc. BizBot (Norway)- helps entrepreneurs and investors manage their cap tables, via an easy-to-use use and connected platform We are also […]
Check out the first set of startups and investors at 11th FinTech Forum The first set of startups selected for the 11th FinTech Forum include: JustTRADE (Germany)- an online broker offering commission-free trading; Ybanking (Poland)- a virtual bank offering multiple products via a Platform-as-a-Service; and Lingua Custodia (France)- AI for high-end translations in finance e.g. […]
Photo: Michael Bußhaus (left) and Ralf Oetting justTRADE is among the first set of startups selected to present to leading investors like SeedX Lichtenstein, Capnamic Ventures and Giesecke+Devrient Ventures at the 11th FinTech Forum, 21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt: https://ftf11.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Hi, we are Ralf […]
Christian is among the leading early-stage investors covering European FinTech innovation areas and investment trends at the 11th FinTech Forum, 21st Nov. 2019 in Frankfurt: https://ftf11.eventbrite.com 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Well, I am the typical business student, did my bachelor in Cologne, Master in Leipzig. Worked briefly for the […]
Meet the investors on stage at 11th FinTech Forum, 21st Nov. in Frankfurt With our flagship annual event just over five months away, we are pleased to welcome Giesecke+Devrient Ventures, SeedX Lichtenstein and Capnamic Ventures as guest speakers covering European FinTech investments and trends at The Airport Club, Frankfurt on 21st Nov. 2019. Calling for […]
European FinTech Zeitgeist: FinTech Forum @Money2020 Europe Now in the fourth year of our media partnership, FinTech Forum was at Money2020 Europe, 3-5 June in Amsterdam and talked to some of the participants to get a pulse of European FinTech. Whether digital banking (Georg Ludviksson, Meniga), open banking (Dmitrii Barbasura, Salt Edge), developer portals (Steve […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Hi, I’m Julius. I live in Lithuania. Nowadays our country experiences Fintech boom and I am happy to be in the thick of things. I started my career as a salesperson in Ford dealership. My next position was a corporate buyer […]
FinTech Forum @Money2020 Europe | Amsterdam 2019 Now in the fourth year of our media partnership, FinTech Forum was at Money2020 Europe, 3-5 June in Amsterdam. Apart from bumping into friends and acquaintances on Day 2 we talked to some of the attendees to get a pulse of European FinTech and financial services. Happy watching […]
Now in the fourth year of our media partnership, FinTech Forum was at Money2020 Europe, 3-5 June in Amsterdam. Apart from bumping into friends and acquaintances, FinTech Forum Co-Founder Samarth Shekhar talked to some of the participants to get a pulse of European FinTech and financial services trends, as well as tips and learnings for other founders. Whether digital banking (Georg […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. My name is Andrey, I am the founder of MPT PAY digital bank for business. I have assembled a team of specialists with experience of more than 10 years in banks and intech companies to develop and implement such an ambitious project. Industry Sector: Payment […]
Industry transformation and meaningful innovation at the heart of this year’s Money20/20 Europe as it returns to Amsterdam. Over 350 speakers to take the stage at Europe’s leading FinTech event, with 70+ hours of fresh content themed around 5 must-know trends for companies. Networking opportunities include workshops, innovation labs and a Money20/20 Street Takeover. Rise […]
Industry transformation and meaningful innovation at the heart of this year’s Money20/20 Europe as it returns to Amsterdam Over 350 speakers to take the stage at Europe’s leading FinTech event 70+ hours of fresh content themed around 5 must-know trends for companies Networking opportunities include workshops, innovation labs and a Money20/20 Street Takeover Rise Up […]
Goldman Sachs invests in German fintech startup Elinvar Goldman Sachs has invested in Elinvar, a German startup founded by Deutsche Bank veterans that has built a digital platform that helps traditional lenders offer their services online. Goldman’s Principal Strategic Investments group led a funding round joined by existing investors Ampega Asset Management and Finleap which […]
Pleo, the multi-card business spending platform, closes $56M Series B Pleo, the Danish fintech that offers a “business spending platform” that lets companies easily issue employees with cards and manage expenditure, has raised a hefty $56 million in Series B funding. Leading the round is Stripes, the New York-based growth fund, with participation from existing […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Hi, I’m Steph, and I’m originally from Sydney, Australia and now I live in Vilnius, Lithuania, to bring commission free trading to Europe. I’m the founder and CEO of Evarvest, and I’m passionate about investing and changing the way the world invests. […]
Orange Digital Ventures invests in Raisin, the leading pan-European savings marketplace Orange Digital Ventures announces its latest investment with Raisin, an innovative Berlin-based fintech making strides in the European savings marketplace. Orange has joined the €100m Series D fundraising round of Raisin alongside existing investors Index Ventures, PayPal, Ribbit Capital and Thrive Capital. https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/78310/orange-digital-ventures-joins-raisin-series-d/retail […]
We are experiencing an unprecedented global shift in demographics. Our society is aging; we are living longer, healthier, and more productive lives. Life expectancy has improved significantly, and we have added decades of healthy living since the early 1900s. Along with longer lifespans, we are also staying employed longer than before. Soon, we will have […]
Japan’s SoftBank to invest €900m in Wirecard Japan’s SoftBank has agreed to invest €900m in Wirecard, the German digital payments company battling an accounting scandal. SoftBank, a technology conglomerate that has become one of the sector’s biggest and most high-profile investors, will buy five-year Wirecard bonds that can convert into an equity stake in the […]
The Money2020 Europe agenda is live! http://europe.money2020.com/agenda/ The journey from unbundling to rebundling and back has been a formidable one. Emerging technologies and the pace of innovation are driving changes throughout the banking industry at an unprecedented rate. From Asia to Europe, U.S. to Africa, and Australia to the Middle East, consumers are not only […]
Bankin’ raises $22.6 million for its financial coach French startup Bankin’ is raising a new $22.6 million funding round (€20 million). The company has managed to attract 2.9 million users in France and wants to become the only app you need to manage your money. Overall, Bankin’ has raised more than $32 million (€28.4 million). Investors include […]
Startup Moonfare Raises $28 Million to Help Wealthy Invest in Private Equity Funds Moonfare GmbH, the Berlin-based startup that allows wealthy clients to invest in private equity funds, has raised 25 million euros ($28 million) to fuel growth in Europe and Asia. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-12/moonfare-raises-28-million-to-help-wealthy-invest-in-pe-funds Klarna launches its own credit card Mit der Klarna-Card können die […]
27 million for Taxfix – Peter Thiel adds to the list Bereits wenige Monate nach der letzten Finanzierungsrunde steckt Valar Ventures nach Gründerszene-Informationen erneut eine Millionensumme in das Berliner Startup Taxfix. Der Fonds des umstrittenen Starinvestors Peter Thiel ist an dem Unternehmen mit einer Steuererklärungs-App bereits beteiligt. Auch die weiteren Altinvestoren Redalpine und Creandum sind bei der aktuellen […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I was born and raised in Berlin and I am currently the CEO of wevest Digital AG. I have spent my entire career in the banking and financial services industry – first at a large consultancy firm and afterwards as project manager […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. My name is Lucie Haß and I am the Managing Director of Helaba Digital. We founded Helaba Digital in 2018 as corporate venture capital vehicle for Helaba. Before I was working as Senior Project Manager at Commerzbank and was responsible for various projects […]
Amsterdam-based online pension bank Brand New Day raises €25 million from existing investors Amsterdam-based Brand New Day is an online pension bank that provides asset management, wealth management, and insurance brokerage services. Founded in 2009, Brand New Day has just raised an investment of €25 million from existing investors. https://www.eu-startups.com/2019/03/amsterdam-based-online-pension-bank-brand-new-day-raises-e25-million-from-existing-investors/ Berlin-based Donut raises €1.6 […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Initially, I planned on studying medicine after graduation. To earn money prior to getting accepted, I began to turn my hobby into a profession: Software Engineering. This was during the big internet hype and lead me to give up my curriculum and […]
Barcelona-based fintech Pagantis raises €65 million for its e-commerce financing platform Barcelona-based startup Pagantis, which offers financing for e-commerce customers, has raised €65 million Series B in one of the biggest fintech rounds in Spain to date. The investment came from Prime Ventures, SPF Investment Management, and Rinkelberg Capital Group, and will be used to […]
Berlin InsurTech Friday gets 114 million. Der InsurTech-Boom geht weiter. Kurz nachdem wefox eine 110-Millionenrunde verkündet, sorgt der Digitalversicherer Friday, der von der Baloise Group angeschoben wurde, für Schlagzeilen. Die Baloise Group, SevenVentures und German Media Pool investierten zusammen 114 Millionen Euro in das junge Berliner Unternehmen, das derzeit auf das Segment Autoversicherung setzt. https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2019/03/07/friday-114-millionen/ 2nd […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. After my business studies in Germany and the US, I started my career as a management consultant. In 1999, together with a German multi-family office, I started an alternative investment fund of funds advisor. From 2012 to 2015, I was executive board […]
Paris-based Shift Technology raises €53 million Series C for its AI solution to detect insurance fraud Paris-based Shift Technology provides AI-based fraud detection and claims automation solutions for the global insurance industry. The startup has just raised a €53 million in a Series C round, bringing total investment in the company to €88 million. The […]
6th Mar. 2019, Taylor Wessing, Nextower, Frankfurt am Main In partnership with the Department of International Trade, the British Embassy Berlin, Frankfurt Main Finance and Taylor Wessing, TechFluence organized the event FTF On Tour | UK FinTech meets Germany on 6th Mar. 2019 at the Nextower in Frankfurt am Main. The event brought together top-notch UK FinTech startups across addressing “real and present” challenges […]
Bafin Approves Bitbond to Issue Digital Securities “Tokenized Bonds” Bafin, Germany’s securities regulator, has given the green light to Bitbond to issue digital bonds. Bitbond is an online lending platform that operates globally. In business since 2013, Bitbond provides access to capital for small businesses…Since platform launch, Bitbond has funded over 3200 loans for more […]
We are pleased to announce the publication of the European FinTech Briefing 2018, in partnership with Invyo. The Briefing provides a crisp, data-driven overview including the European FinTech Funding Map, leading investors, funding trends and top rounds by business areas, notable M&A transactions etc. Download the report (complimentary) here: https://bit.ly/2UbkeHV Over the coming days, we will be publishing […]
30 Million Euro for Berlin Banking Startup Mambu Der US-Investor Bessemer Venture Partners und die Altinvestoren Acton Capital, CommerzVentures, Point Nine Capital und Runa Capital investieren 30 Millionen Euro in das FinTech Mambu, eine SaaS-Banking-Plattform. https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2019/02/18/dealmonitor-18-02-2019/ Zeitgold Raises €10M in Funding Zeitgold, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of an AI powered finance solution for SMEs, […]
We are back after a short skiing break (okay, just kidding!), so this week we catch up on two weeks of FinTech & InsurTech deals from Europe, as well as our recent “7 Questions…”- with Florian Heinemann of Project A, and Julian Mattes of Digital+ Partners. We have been on the road almost all […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I’ve been involved in digital startups for 19 years, for a long time as an entrepreneur, later at Rocket Internet for 4.5 years as managing director. In 2012, I founded Project A. We are an operational VC. This means that we invest […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your focus areas, overall and within FinTech I’m a Principal at Digital+ Partners, a USD 400mn growth equity fund. We invest in enterprise B2B technology companies with a particular focus on FinTech and IndustrialTech start-ups. We differentiate ourselves through our vertical domain expertise and deep corporate network, particularly […]
Meet us at Paris FinTech Forum! The 4th edition of the Paris FinTech Forum gathers the Fintech Familly in the very center of Paris on January 29 & 30, 2019. With 2600+ attendees, 220+ FinTechs on stage. Samarth Shekhar, co-founder of FinTech Forum, will be there on both the days – use the networking app […]
N26 Raises $300M in Series D Funding N26, a Berlin, Germany-based mobile bank, raised $300m in Series D funding. The round, which valued the company at $2.7bn, was led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, and several existing investors. To date, N26 has raised more than $500m from well […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself, your background and leisure. My name is Spiros Margaris, and I am a venture capitalist (VC) and the founder of Margaris Ventures. I have been in the investment business for quite some time, with more than 25 years of international experience in investment management/research and startups. In my role […]
Swiss fintech startup Monito scores $2.5 million to help you find the right money transfer service for you Monito, a Lausanne-based startup that helps people find, review and compare over 400 money transfer providers across more than 190 countries, has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding in a round led by Tamedia, Switzerland’s largest […]
Happy new year! For those who missed the 10th FinTech Forum event- including our attempt at wrapping up 5 years of European FinTech, the summary is required reading before you kick-off 2019: 10th FinTech Forum shows the next wave of FinTechs, investments, partnerships and M&A is here. This month marks five years (and 231 newsletters!) since we published […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself and Hufsy. I’m Kristoffer and I’m the CEO of Hufsy. I’m overall responsible for running the business both in our HQ in Copenhagen as well as our office in Berlin. Prior to working with Hufsy I spent many years in the digital media business. I have worked […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. As managing director of Loanboox GmbH, I am responsible for running operations in the German market. Previously I worked in the internal consulting department of Zurich Insurance Group. During this time, I had the opportunity to get experience in the areas of […]
Regtech startup Alyne raises €3 million to help organisations manage their data privacy and compliance Regtech startup Alyne has raised €3 million in a Series A financing round led by Alstin Capital, with participation from Hannover Digital Investments GmbH. Founded by Karl Viertel, Stefan Sulistyo, Manuel Reil, and Matthias Danner in 2015, Alyne is headquartered […]
10th FinTech Forum shows the next wave of FinTechs, investments, partnerships and M&A is here The 5th anniversary edition of the event saw a slew of startups taking on large, complex and regulation-intensive market opportunities in capital markets and corporate/ SME banking using blockchain and AI/ ML- a stark contrast to the payments- and lending-focused […]
Check out the 10th FinTech Forum in pictures, and save the date/ register for the 11th FinTech Forum on 21st Nov. 2019: https://ftf11.eventbrite.com! The 5th anniversary event at The Airport Club, Frankfurt, kicked off to a full house, with FinTech Forum co-founder Frank Schwab reflecting on the first event in 2013- and how the event series […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. Be Group enables leading financial services organizations across Europe to manage the complexity of business transformation. In the D-A-CH region, Be Think, Solve, Execute GmbH has a long-standing history as reliable partners for financial services organizations to analyse complex requirements, find solutions and implement them […]
Meet the Panelists at the 10th FinTech Forum/ 5th Anniversary Edition We talked to some of the panelists that are on stage this Thursday, 22nd Nov. 2018, discussing the topic “German FinTech, Outside Backers- Fast Forward 2023” which looks at the trend of non-banks and foreign investors dominating German FinTech investments and – potentially – […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your focus areas, overall and within FinTech I am one of the leading technology M&A bankers in Germany. Our advisory firm „Acxit“ has 5 offices and 70 M&A specialists in Germany and Switzerland. Technology deals and especially Fintechs are a very important focus of us. 2. What […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your focus areas, overall and within FinTech. I got excited by Fintech, P2P community banking and in particular alternative Cryptocurrencies as a result of the financial crisis and started working for Fidor Bank in 2011, the first FinTech Company back then. At this time, I also […]
Countdown to FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition, 22nd Nov. 2018 We are pleased to announce the panelists for the roundtable discussion German FinTech, Outside Backers- Fast Forward 2023, which looks at the trend of non-banks and foreign investors dominating German FinTech investments. Do check out the agenda, the final line-up of startups as well as […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your focus areas, overall and within FinTech I am an entrepreneur and passionate for more than 21 years. Fin-tech excites me since our investment into Interhyp in 1999. 2. What opportunities or challenges are FinTechs creating for European Financial Institutions? Internet and mobile have been the […]
Countdown to FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition, 22nd Nov. 2018 With less than three weeks to go to FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition, it’s time for a quick update! We are pleased to announce the panelists for the roundtable discussion German FinTech, Outside Backers- Fast Forward 2023 which looks at the trend of non-banks and […]
With just three weeks to go to FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition, it’s time for a quick update! Do check out the final line-up of startups, and feel free to share this email with contacts who may be interested in the last few remaining tickets: https://fintechforum10.eventbrite.com We are pleased to announce the panelists for the roundtable discussion German […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Hi, I am Julian and co-founder of Fractal Blockchain. We build ID and payment solutions for the decentralized web with a focus on usability and compliance. I have been interested in alternative and open financial systems after seeing the financial crisis first […]
Munich based Insurtech xbAV collects 21 Million Euro Der Wagniskapitalgeber Armada Investment, der Xing-Gründer Lars Hinrichs und 20 weitere Kapitalgeber aus der VC-, Technologie- und Versicherungsbranche investieren 21 Millionen Euro in das Insurtech xbAV. Das 2007 von Martin Bockelmann gegründete Münchner Unternehmen zur Digitalisierung der betrieblichen Altersversorgung will mit der frischen Finanzierung seine Plattform weiter […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am Robert, Founder and CEO. Before founding Forexfix I worked as a banker at KfW Bankengruppe and as a consultant. I founded by first company in 1996. I hold a diploma in Economics from Witten/Herdecke private university. In my spare time I enjoy climbing […]
German fintech startup Penta raises €7 million to accelerate the growth of its digital bank accounts for SMEs Business bank account Penta today announced a €7 million investment in a funding round led by Inception Capital. According to the Berlin-based startup, user numbers have increased over 900%, since the company’s last fundraise just eight months […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Before founding growney in 2014 I was responsible for developing financial products and trading across all asset classes at the Landesbank Berlin. We were around 200 people and active in all german speaking regions. Back then I was already thinking about starting […]
Startups at 10th FinTech Forum address bigger, more complicated opportunity areas With just over a month to go, we have been talking to some of the 15 startups selected to present at our 5th anniversary event: http://www.fintechforum.de/category/7-questions/ Startups are taking on areas ranging from alternative investment fund-raising, index and data for cryptocurrencies, “commodity” trading of […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I am the Co-Founder & CFO at CCEX Cloud Commodities Exchange GmbH headquartered in Frankfurt am Main / Germany. CCEX is a truly global project with partners in US, Asia and Europe and the goal to establish a new Asset Class, namely […]
LIQID announces €33 million financing round led by Toscafund The digital wealth manager LIQID announced a series C financing round about €33 million led by the London-based investor Toscafund Asset Management LLP. LIQID is one of the largest and fastest growing digital wealth managers in Europe that offers its clients access to investment strategies, asset […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Together with my co-founder Johannes Laub we are the managing directors of CrowdDesk. We’re a team of 15, creating the infrastructure for the future of capital markets with the vision to digitize how financial products are issued and brokered. Our HQ is […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I grew up internationally in Czech Republic, Germany, near the French border, spent time in the US and China. I started a smart-card company on my 18th birthday, the sale of the firm brought me natively closer to investment topics, initially as a […]
Announcing the final line-up of startups: FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition We are pleased to announce the 15 startups selected to present at FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition, taking place on 22nd Nov. 2018 at the Airport Club, Frankfurt. http://www.fintechforum.de/announcing-the-final-line-up-of-startups-fintech-forums-5th-anniversary-edition/ FinLab invests a seven-digit investment amount in the Frankfurt-based FinTech awamo GmbH FinLab AG […]
Announcing the final line-up of startups: FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition We are pleased to announce the 15 startups selected to present at FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition, taking place on 22nd Nov. 2018 at the Airport Club, Frankfurt. http://www.fintechforum.de/announcing-the-final-line-up-of-startups-fintech-forums-5th-anniversary-edition/ ABN Amro and solarisBank invest $14mn in loan securitisation startup CrossLend ABN Amro and […]
Announcing the final line-up of startups: FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition We are pleased to announce the 15 startups selected to present at FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition, taking place on 22nd Nov. 2018 at the Airport Club, Frankfurt. http://www.fintechforum.de/announcing-the-final-line-up-of-startups-fintech-forums-5th-anniversary-edition/ Munich Re buys IoT middleware startup, relayr, in deal worth $300M Berlin based Internet […]
After an application and selection process that started in May, we are pleased to announce the 15 startups selected to present at FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition, taking place on 22nd Nov. 2018 at the Airport Club, Frankfurt. Reading through the “startups in tweets” below, we are amazed to see how far the FinTech scene has come […]
Kreditech wants to grant private loans in India Per Knopfdruck wolle Kreditech Privatdarlehen von bis zu 500.000 Rupien – umgerechnet rund 6.000 Euro – verteilen. Mit dem neuen Angebot, das im September starten soll, weitet Kreditech sein Indien-Engagement in einem Segment aus, das auch bei anderen Technologiekonzernen gerade auf großes Interesse stößt. https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/start-up-kreditech-will-in-indien-privatdarlehen-per-knopfdruck-vergeben/22970782.html?nlayer=Newsticker_1985586&ticket=ST-1750632-fWlpXAtEFWfjUzHjxPOX-ap2 Innogy […]
FinLab investment AUTHADA secures well-known FinTech investor main incubator and finalizes seven-digit financing round AUTHADA GmbH, a portfolio company of FinLab AG, is a technology company based in Darmstadt that offers BSI certified products for secure and user-friendly identity verification…The technology underlying the software uses the features of the electronic identity card, as the data […]
Deposit Solutions seals new investment round of USD 100 million The Hamburg-based fintech Deposit Solutions, a pioneer of open banking and leading international platform for savings deposits, announced the closure of a new round of funding, according to a press release on August 15, 2018. The round was led by the private equity firm Vitruvian Partner […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. I am the Deputy Head of Fintech at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) www.InvestHK.gov.hk and lead on Fintech across Europe out of our UK Office in London. InvestHK is the Hong Kong Government department that promotes the many advantages of Hong Kong as a base to […]
We are pleased to announce the first set of startups selected to present at #5YFTF, FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition taking place on 22nd Nov. 2018 (scroll down for further info). We are proud to welcome InvestHK, HK FinTech, Börsen Zeitung (media partner), advinda Investor Cloud, LH Miles & More, Be Think, Solve, Execute and Innogy Innovation Hub to the FinTech Forum partner community! Here […]
advinda, Börsen Zeitung and Innogy Innovation Hub join FinTech Forum’s partner community We are proud to welcome Börsen Zeitung (media partner), advinda Investor Cloud and Innogy Innovation Hub to the FinTech Forum partner community! Congratulations to five new startups selected to present at the 10th FinTech Forum on 22nd Nov. 2018: XTECH, Fractal, RYSKEX, finbc […]
Tatjana will be presenting at the 10th FinTech Forum/ 5th Anniversary Edition on 22nd Nov. 2018 at The Airport Club, Frankfurt. Learn more/ register here: http://www.fintechforum.de/announcing-the-first-set-of-startups-partners-5yftf/ 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Tatjana is Chief Marketing Officer at RYSKEX, where she is responsible for the worldwide B2B marketing, further development […]
FinTech Forum’s 5th anniversary edition- announcing further startups and partners We are proud to welcome Börsen Zeitung (media partner), advinda Investor Cloud and Innogy Innovation Hub to the FinTech Forum partner community! Congratulations to five new startups selected to present at the 10th FinTech Forum on 22nd Nov. 2018: XTECH, Fractal, RYSKEX, finbc and […]
Growney, Aazzur and Innogy Innovation Hub set to join the 10th FinTech Forum We are pleased to announce that Growney and AAZZUR join the line-up of startups selected to present at #5YFTF, FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition taking place on 22nd Nov. 2018. We are also proud to welcome Innogy Innovation Hub to the FinTech […]
Scout24 AG acquires FINANZCHECK.de, one of the leading consumer finance platforms in Germany Scout24 AG , a leading operator of digital marketplaces specializing in the real estate and automotive sectors in Germany and other selected European countries signed an agreement yesterday evening to acquire all shares of FFG FINANZCHECK Finanzportale GmbH (“FINANZCHECK.de”), a German online comparison portal for consumer […]
kapilendo secures renowned investor Axel Springer The Berlin-based FinTech startup kapilendo (www.kapilendo.de) announces the successful conclusion to the Series B round of financing. Together with the existing shareholder, the Berlin Dental Association pension fund, the new investor, Axel Springer Media for Equity GmbH, is investing 6 million euros in the company. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kapilendo-secures-renowned-investor-axel-springer-veith-riebow/ Congratulations and […]
Bernd will be presenting at the 10th FinTech Forum/ 5th Anniversary Edition on 22nd Nov. 2018 at The Airport Club, Frankfurt. Learn more/ register here: http://www.fintechforum.de/announcing-the-first-set-of-startups-partners-5yftf/ 1. Tell us a bit about yourself. I am with the Miles & More longer than most Fintechs exist: More than seven years now. And it’s still far from being […]
Mobiles Bezahlen: Die ersten acht Sparkassen sind live Die ersten acht Sparkassen starten mit dem Mobile Payment – mit girocard mobile und Mastercard. Die Sparkassen Aachen, Baden-Baden Gaggenau, Hannover und Nürnberg, die Förde Sparkasse, die Nassauische Sparkasse sowie die Kreissparkassen Ludwigsburg und Rhein-Hunsrück bieten seit gestern die App „Mobiles Bezahlen“ für Android-Smartphones an. https://www.it-finanzmagazin.de/mobiles-bezahlen-acht-sparkassen-live-73035/ Earlybird closes €175 million fund to invest in early-stage European startups Berlin-headquartered VC firm Earlybird has closed its €175 million “Digital West” fund […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Jörg Sandrock, one of the four founders of neon. Started my career at Deutsche Bank (2 yrs. venture capital, 2 yrs. think thank), before I got into consulting, where I worked 12 years at Strategy& (PWC) Besides neon, I’m a father first, […]
Check out the startups and partners for FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition We are pleased to announce the first set of startups selected to present at #5YFTF, FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition taking place on 22nd Nov. 2018: ForexFix,BITA,CrowdDesk, Imburse Payments and Neon Banking. We are also proud to welcomeMiles & More to the FinTech Forum partner community. Read more about them and their […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. Imburse is a motivated team of 5 from Zurich, Switzerland. Apart from our HQ in Zurich, we have our development team out in London doing an amazing job of delivering on our vision and empowering our clients. We are a very close […]
Check out the startups and partners for FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition We are pleased to announce the first set of startups selected to present at #5YFTF, FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition taking place on 22nd Nov. 2018: ForexFix,BITA,CrowdDesk, Imburse Payments and Neon Banking. We are also proud to welcomeMiles & More to the FinTech Forum partner community. Read more about them and their […]
Check out the startups and partners for FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition We are pleased to announce the first set of startups selected to present at #5YFTF, FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition taking place on 22nd Nov. 2018: ForexFix,BITA,CrowdDesk, Imburse Payments and Neon Banking. We are also proud to welcomeMiles & More to the FinTech Forum partner community. Read more about them and their […]
Miles & More is Europe’s leading frequent flyer and awards programme. 25 years of experience and cooperations with 300 partners across the globe make Miles & More GmbH, the operator of the programme, an expert in approaching individual customers and ensuring their loyalty. Members have the opportunity to earn and redeem Miles & More award […]
Check out the line-up for FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition We are pleased to announce the first set of startups selected to present at #5YFTF,FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition taking place on 22nd Nov. 2018: ForexFix, BITA,CrowdDesk, Imburse Payments and Neon Banking. We are also proud to welcome LH Miles & More to the FinTech Forum partner community. http://www.fintechforum.de/announcing-the-first-set-of-startups-partners-5yftf/ FinCompare raises €10 Million during […]
Meet FinTech Forum at Money2020 Europe! Money20/20 Europe has landed in Amsterdam with AI, collaboration and open banking high on the agenda over the next three days. Interested to connect to the German / D-A-CH FinTech scene? Connect to FinTech Forum’s Samarth Shekhar (Day 1) and Michael Mellinghoff (Day 1-3): do reach out to us […]
Announcing the first set of startups & partners for #5YFTF FinTech Forum We are pleased to announce the first set of startups selected to present at #5YFTF, FinTech Forum’s 5th Anniversary Edition taking place on 22nd Nov. 2018: BITA, CrowdDesk, Imburse Payments and Neon Banking. We are also proud to welcome LH Miles & More […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your focus areas, overall and within FinTech BlackFin is the largest fintech focused independent VC investor in Europe with a 150M€ fund. We invest 1-10M€ in series A-B fintech, insurtech, regtechs headquartered in Europe. Funded by lots of strategic investors (banks and insurance cariers) we have a strong but […]
PayPal agrees $2.2 billion deal for iZettle PayPal has reached an agreement to acquire Stockholm-based iZettle in an all-cash deal valued at $2.2 billion, it’s biggest ever transaction in a dynamic and fluctuating payments environment. The timing of the agreement comes just weeks after iZettle announced plans to float on Nasdaq Stockholm in a bid […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. My name is Frank Ackermann. I am the co-founder of SDG INVESTMENTS GmbH and AHP Capital Management GmbH, a financial service provider based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. We are an experienced team with roots in investment banking, corporate finance and credit […]
Simplesurance raises $24 million in Series C funding Berlin-based startup simplesurance, a leader in the InsurTech industry developing an insurance service platform, receives 24 Million Dollars in the final Series-C Round. Rheingau Founders, Rakuten Capital, the investment arm of Rakuten, Inc., and Allianz X have announced further investment. Lead investor is Allianz, who has started a […]
Kreditech appoints David Chan as CEO Kreditech announced the appointment of David Chan as Chief Executive Officer. Alexander Graubner-Müller will stay with Kreditech in his role as founder and Deputy CEO. Alongside with Chan, Kreditech has also been appointing top talent across several other roles in its leadership ranks. Mariusz Dabrowski, former CFO and financial […]
BITA is one of the startups selected to present at the 5th Anniversary Edition of FinTech Forum on 22nd Nov. 2018- more information for startups is here. Registration for investors / financial institutions is here. 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. A Venezuelan native, I’m one of those perhaps “irrational […]
Clark collects 29 million dollars In its second round of financing of the Frankfurt Insurance Clark collects 29 million dollars – a record for a Series-B in Insurtech area in Europe! Investors include the Finnish investor Portage3Ventures and White Star Capital. Clark aims to help clients manage insurance contracts, identify insurance gaps, and close deals with mutually […]
Apply for the 10th FinTech Forum / 5th Anniversary Edition! Apply to pitch at the 5th Anniversary Edition of the event that kicked-off the FinTech scene in Germany / D-A-CH: exactly 5 years since the inaugural FinTech Forum held on 22nd Nov. 2013. http://www.fintechforum.de/apply-for-the-10th-fintech-forum/ Second largest German stock exchange brings its own app for crypto […]
The 5th Anniversary Edition of the event that kicked-off the FinTech scene in Germany / D-A-CH takes place at The Airport Club, Frankfurt on 22nd Nov. 2018, exactly 5 years since the inaugural FinTech Forum held on 22nd Nov. 2013. The event series puts the most promising startups from D-A-CH/ Continental Europe on stage, and has become a reflection of the region’s […]
Swiss fintech startup Contovista makes banking data driven – now also internationally Contovista is renowned in the Swiss banking industry. The startup’s solid reputation meanwhile reaches across borders with Raiffeisen Banking Group, Austria counting on Contovista technology when launching their finance portal Mein ELBA. Already for years the startup successfully collaborates with different banks helping […]
Event Summary: FTF On Tour | UK FinTech meets Germany In partnership with the Department of International Trade, the British Embassy Berlin and Frankfurt Main Finance, TechFluence organises the FTF On Tour | UK FinTech meets Germany, bringing together top-notch UK FinTech startups addressing “real and present” challenges and opportunities for German banks. Read the event report Employee benefits startup […]
Event Summary: FTF On Tour | UK FinTech meets Germany In partnership with the Department of International Trade, the British Embassy Berlin and Frankfurt Main Finance, TechFluence organises the FTF On Tour | UK FinTech meets Germany, bringing together top-notch UK FinTech startups addressing “real and present” challenges and opportunities for German banks. Read the event report Giroxx collects capital The Frankfurt […]
22nd March 2018, Haus Metzler, Frankfurt am Main In partnership with the Department of International Trade, the British Embassy Berlin and Frankfurt Main Finance, TechFluence organized the event FTF On Tour | UK FinTech meets Germany on 22nd March 2018 at Haus Metzler in Frankfurt am Main. The event brought together 10 top-notch UK FinTech startups addressing “real and present” challenges and opportunities […]
Building FinTech bridges between London and Frankfurt On March 22, 2018, promising entrepreneurs, investors, financial institutions and others interested in FinTech, gathered in Frankfurt for the FinTech Forum on Tour. The future cooperation between FinTechs and banks, as well as the UK and Germany were at the core of the event. Snowy weather and delicious earl grey tea created a […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I was born in Saint-Petersburg and hold a Master’s Degree in Sociology from Saint Petersburg State University. I have more than 10 years experience in management and marketing as well as 6 years in Digital Payments. I am a fan of Zenit […]
Kreditech and PayU launch instant cardless EMI with PayU Monedo in India Global online payment service provider PayU and Kreditech, the leading group for digital consumer lending using machine-learning based underwriting, launched the beta phase of PayU Monedo in India. PayU Monedo will provide cardless EMIs (equated monthly installments) to finance the online purchases of consumers in India. The new offering […]
Banking platform SolarisBank closes €56.6M Series B from BBVA, Visa, Lakestar, and others SolarisBank, the Berlin-based “banking platform” co-founded by fintech company builder Finleap, appears to be on quite a roll. The company, which now claims nearly 60 corporate clients who offer various financial services powered by solarisBank, has closed €56.6 million in Series B funding in […]
Billomat receives seven-digit investment The accounting start-up Billomat from Nuremberg receives a capital injection from Online News Business (ONB). The company intends to use the money to expand into Scandinavia and Spain, among others. http://gruender.wiwo.de/billomat-siebenstelliges-investment-fuer-nuernberger-fintech/ BNP Paribas launches fintech investment fund BNP Paribas has launched a new investment fund to take direct minority stakes in innovative startups that are […]
1. Please tell us a bit about yourself, both at work and leisure. I was born and raised in Belgrade. Went to school in Switzerland. I like to read books, take long walks and hang out with friends. I love wine tasting and visiting nice restaurants. Chess relaxes me. I also play the violin. I […]
Zuger Startup is collecting $ 25 million in two days The Zug startupProxeus has collected $ 25 million from 795 donors in just two days through an initial coin offering. The maximum amount per investor was limited to $ 80,000. Proxeus offers an extremely easy to use product, empowering anyone to create blockchain applications that are affordable and […]
SDK.finance supercedes Visa in terms of API endpoints SDK.finance, the European Core Payment Platform, supersedes Visa and other major players in terms of API endpoints. The company was established in 2013 in the Czech Republic. SDK.finance is the Core Payment Platform wrapped into 280+ APIs. It enables payment providers, FinTech entrepreneurs, and banks to launch […]
Blockchain Project Raises $61 Million from A16Z, Polychain Capital A blockchain project based in Switzerland has raised $61 million from a group of investors that includes venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz and token hedge fund Polychain Capital. DFINITY Stiftung said the funding would go toward development of its blockchain protocol, aimed to support a public decentralized […]
Scalable Capital to break through the one billion mark Digital asset management in Germany is about to break out of the niche. According to calculations by “Finanz-Szene.de”, the market leader Scalable Capital is approaching the € 750 million mark and is expected to break the billion mark in the spring. This is mainly due to […]
Lendix Receives €200M Debt Institutional Financing Lendix , a Paris, France-based loan marketplace for European SMEs, received a €200m institutional debt financing. Backers included The European Investment Bank Group (EIB) via the European Investment Fund (EIF), CNP Assurances, Eiffel IM, Groupama, Zencap AM, Matmut and Decaux Frères Investissements. http://www.finsmes.com/2018/01/lendix-receives-e200m-institutional-financing.html Paris-based cryptoassets security startup Ledger closes €61 million Series B […]
Two million euros for the InsurTech startup Covomo The Frankfurt-based FinTech Covomo focuses on the comparison of special and supplementary insurance for, for example, travel, pets, electronic devices and sports equipment. In a new round of financing, the startup has now taken more than two million euros. https://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/insurtech-covomo-finanzierung Millions in investment for Cologne Fintech startup Entrafin The fintech startup Entrafin gets […]
Best wishes from Team FinTech Forum for a successful 2018! FinTech deals were alive and kicking in the last few weeks in Continental Europe, so we are back from the break with a round up of the key news you may have missed. Also note: Money2020 Europe, Europe’s biggest #FinTech event is moving to #Amsterdam […]
Ngdata Raises $19M in Series C Funding Ngdata, a Gent, Belgium-based customer experience management solutions company, raised over $19m in Series C funding. Led by Luc Burgelman, CEO, and Michel Akkermans, chairman, Ngdata provides data-rich companies in financial services, telecom, utilities, hospitality, etc., with a customer data platform, called Lily™…The round was led by HPE Growth […]
Savedroid launches ICO to enable crypto savings for everyone The FinTech startup savedroid, which specializes in artificial intelligence,launches the first German ICO (Initial Coin Offering) for blockchain inclusion: in the future, savedroid users can easily exchange their savings amounts in Bitcoin or Ethereum and save them securely. In the future, savedroid will also allow Otto normal […]
FinTecSystems raises €4.5M, Deposit Solutions closes $20M, PikcioChain raises $6M, Credit Suisse takes stake in TradePlus24, Journey to Funding with FinTecSystems etc. FinTecSystems scores EUR4.5 million investment FinTecSystems, specialist for digital credit assessments and banking API provider, completed its series B financing round with a transaction volume of 4.5 million euros. The round is led […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself My name is Dirk Rudolf, Co-Founder and Managing Director of FinTecSystems. At FinTecSystems I ‘m responsible for Product, IT & Operations. Over the past 20 years, I have co-founded several companies and was previously part of the management team and CIO of SOFORT, one of Europes’ leading payment […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself. I joined Deutsche Börse Group in November 2015 to take up the newly-created role as Head of Venture Portfolio Management. Prior to joining the Deutsche Börse Group, I managed an investment portfolio for a family office and for a hedge fund in Asia. Previously I was a Managing […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself. My name is Stefan and I am MD at CommerzVentures which I helped kicking off in 2014. I have been investing in early-stage technology ventures for over 15 years now, having previously worked for Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures and Earlybird. I have invested in a number of tech, […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself. Investment Manager at btov Partners, the European venture capital firm, managing about EUR 330m in institutional funds, partners funds and direct investments of private investors. 2. What is your investment focus/thesis, and which FinTech firms are in your portfolio? Investment Focus: We have two investment teams. One is focusing on […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself. TAV: corporate venture fund of Global Aegon Group. We are active since 2014 and now have 19 investments of which are 16 direct investments. I am senior investment director for the fund responsible for the EU operations. 2. What is your investment focus/thesis, and which FinTech firms are […]
AIB invests €30mn in TransferMate, Scalable Capital worth over €150mn, WeChat Pay starts in Germany, last chance to avail WeWork Frankfurt’s -15% discount, AIB invests 30m Euros in TransferMate AIB has invested €30m in cross-border B2B payments player TransferMate, in a move aimed at reducing international payments costs for business customers. https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/aib-invests-30m-in-clune-payments-firm-transfermate-36332203.html Scalable Capital worth over […]
EclectIQ raises €14M, Treasury Intelligence Solutions raises $12M, Last chance to avail WeWork’s 15% discount, Interviews with FinCompare, Qumram etc. Amsterdam-based EclecticIQ secures €14 million EclecticIQ, the global provider of Cyber Threat Intelligence technology solutions and Fusion Center operator today announced a Series B investment of €14 million. The current investment makes EclecticIQ one of the best-funded cyber security scale-ups in Europe. […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself. I have over 25 years of experience in the financial industry in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Singapore. I’m co-founder and used to be CEO at the Swiss consultancy Synpulse (formerly known as Solution Providers) with over 350 employees mainly focusing on banking and insurance. I have expertise in […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself. I am an investor with Finch Capital (formerly Orange Growth Capital). Previously I’ve spent time at Facebook where I was involved with their audience network and distribution platforms. After that I ran product and a game studio for one of Europe’s largest mobile game developers. Previously I was […]
1. Who are you? I’m Stephan, Founder and CEO of FinCompare – a fintech platform for SMEs to find, compare and close financing options from over 200 lenders. This is my second startup. Previously I founded Watchmaster.com which is Europe’s largest online marketplace for luxury watches. I’m originally from Munich but didn’t live there in […]
Our new series “European FinTech Journeys” showcases European FinTechs’ journey to a funding, exit or closure – and the blood, sweat and tears in between! We are proud to launch this series with Qumram, a FinTech Forum alumnus which was acquired last week by Dynatrace. Qumram was selected to present at the FTF On Tour | InvestTech event in London (Sep. 2015), […]
FTF alumnus Qumram acquired by Dynatrace, Monzo raises $93M, N26 announces expansion to US and UK, WeWork Frankfurt exclusive offer etc. Check out the latest German FinTech Scorecard (status: 31st Oct. 2017) http://www.fintechforum.de/scorecard/ Digital performance firm Dynatrace acquires Qumram Digital performance management company Dynatrace has acquired Qumram, a digital interaction audit solutions provider, for an undisclosed […]
German FinTech scorecard Our Scorecard (BETA) has been tracking FinTech funding rounds and M&A deals across Europe since 2013. Below is the scorecard for Germany for 2017 YTD, based on disclosed deals only – we do not take any liability for incomplete or incorrect data. Your deal is missing? Email contact@fintechforum.de FinTech Forum alumni scorecard Alumni […]
TransferWise raises $280M, ING launches €300M fund, Natixis takes 50% in Dalenys, FinTech Forum alumni shine: BondIT raises $14.25M, LiqEase wins Slush Shanghai etc. TransferWise announces whopping $280M investment as early shareholders cash in TransferWise, the international money transfer company and one of Europe’s better-known unicorns, has announced $280 million in new investment today. The […]
Shift Technology raises another $28 million to prevent fraudulent insurance claims Shift Technology is raising a Series B round of $28 million from Accel and General Catalyst. Accel had already led the company’s previous round. Existing investors Elaia Partners and Iris Capital are also participating in today’s round. https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/23/shift-raises-another-28-million-to-prevent-fraudulent-insurance-claims/ App-driven trading startup BUX raises EUR10.6 million in Series C funding BUX […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your focus area(s) within FinTech? My name is Frank Seehaus and I’m Managing Partner at Acton Capital, a European late-stage venture capital firm. We back internet-startups with the potential to become market leaders…Within fintech, my focus areas are lending (Iwoca – SME lending, Finanzcheck – Consumer lending marketplace), […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your focus area(s) within FinTech? I am a late stage venture investor at Eight Roads Ventures (series B, C and +) and have been following the fintech sector for more than 6 years now (when it was not even called Fintech I find incredibly exciting to see how […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your focus area(s) within FinTech? I am a late stage venture investor at Eight Roads Ventures (series B, C and +) and have been following the fintech sector for more than 6 years now (when it was not even called Fintech I find incredibly exciting to see how […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your focus area(s) within FinTech? FinTech and InsurTech Investor with CommerzVentures, the €100m VC fund of Commerzbank Some of my focus areas include: FinTech for Small Business, Financial Inclusion, Data-driven innovation in Insurance 2. What are your key takeaways from the last 3 years in the European […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your focus area(s) within FinTech? Thematic early stage VC investor: focus on earls stage Two main themes: Replace players active in the financial services Sell to financial services and other industries 2. What are your 3 key takeaways from the last 3 years in the European FinTech […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your focus area(s) within FinTech? Partner at Balderton Capital, the leading early stage VC focussed on European startups. We are highly active in fintech and this is my focus area.Specifically I look a lot at insurance and retail financial services, but also increasingly at financial software. 2. […]
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and your focus area(s) within FinTech? Dutch, lived across Europe. Done academic research on blockchain and crowdfunding.DN investments in remittances, instalment loans, factoring. 2. What are your three key takeaways from the last 3 years in the European FinTech space? Things always go slower than you think 3. […]