7th FinTech Forum (21st April 2016): first set of selected startups announced Selected startups include a British and Dutch trio connecting the $1 trillion credit union market (Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken), a PayPal-meets-Whatsapp money transfer and chat platform from Munich, a Finnish startup using blockchain tech for cross-border banking for businesses. Check out the „Startups in a Tweet“ and their founders, and register here: […]
Auxmoney Raises Series D from Seven Ventures Auxmoney, one of the oldest German p2p lending marketplaces, has completed a Series D round with Seven Ventures as lead investor. The specifics were not disclosed, only that Seven Ventures along with Index Ventures, Union Square Ventures und Foundation Capital invested a double digit million Euro amount. Read […]
The bank that fintech built: Number26 and TransferWise team up to re-invent banking Two European fintech startups are teaming up to give a glimpse of what the bank of tomorrow could look like. Number26, a Peter Thiel-backed German startup that’s setting out to create the bank account of the future, has announced a tie-up with London-based peer-to–peer money-transfer firm TransferWise. Read more… Deutsche […]
SumUp + payleven = nearly €100 Mn VC Investment In SumUp flossen bisher 50 Millionen Euro. payleven, das aus dem Hause Rocket Internet stammt, sammelte bisher umgerechnet rund 46 Millionen Euro ein. Knapp vier Jahre nach dem Start sind payleven und SumUp somit gut aufgestellt. Ein Überflieger sind beide Unternehmen aber nicht. Read More… The […]
Mobile Payments Startup Payleven Raises Another $10M … Payleven, a mobile payments startup originally incubated in 2012 at Berlin’s Rocket Internet, says it has raised a $10 million growth round from a selection of existing investors — Holtzbrinck Ventures, ru-Net, B Cinque, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and MePay — as well as new backer Seventure Partners. […]
Online lending platform Spotcap raises EUR 31.5M in funding Online lending platform Spotcap successfully closes its third financing round. The Berlin-based financial technology company raises EUR 31.5 million in new funding led by international private equity firm, Finstar Financial Group, with participation from previous investor Holtzbrinck Ventures. Spotcap intends to use the funds to expand its operations […]
Nanopayments Software Developer SatoshiPay Seals €360K Seed Round Bitcoin nanopayment platform SatoshiPay has announced the completion of its seeding round that raised a total capital investment of €360,000, with blockchain-startup investor Coinsilium bringing in €150,000 to the round. https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/nanopayments-software-developer-satoshipay-seals-e360k-seed-round/ WeltN24 invests in Clark WeltN24 investiert mittels Medialeistung in den Versicherungsmakler Clark. “Das Investment von WeltN24 ermöglicht es uns […]
Deutsche Börse takes a stake in US FinTech Digital Asset Die Deutsche Börse drückt bei ihren Investitionen in Start-ups aus der Finanztechnologie-Branche aufs Tempo. Das Unternehmen habe sich im Rahmen einer gut 50 Mio. Dollar (46 Mio. Euro) schweren Finanzierungsrunde am New Yorker FinTech Digital Asset beteiligt, erklärte Deutschlands größter Börsenbetreiber. http://www.digitalasset.com/press/digital-asset-closes-funding-exceeding-50-million.html Applications open for […]
Mambu, The SaaS Banking Platform, Picks Up €8 Million Funding Mambu, the SaaS banking platform, has raised a further €8 million in funding. The round was led by Acton Capital Partners and CommerzVentures, with participation from existing investors. http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/11/another-8-million-banked/ FinanceFox raises $5.5 million Berlin-, Zurich- and Barcelona-based FinanceFox was founded in Switzerland lets users manage […]
Season’s Greetings from Team FinTech Forum There was plenty going on this year – here is a quick wrap-up of the highlights. Our newsletter will be back after a short break in the second week of January. The FinTech Forum team wishes you and your family a great holiday season, and an excellent start into the new year! bonify: […]