Blockchain Startup Everledger Joins Allianz Backed FinTech Accelerator Blockchain startup Everledger has joined a startup accelerator owned by insurance and financial services company Allianz France…London-based Everledger uses a blockchain implementation as a diamond verification registry, which, as described by CEO Leanne Kemp in an August interview with CoinDesk, is akin to „putting bling on the blockchain“. http://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-startup-joins-allianz-backed-fintech-accelerator/ These Fintechs are moving into […]

Star-Manager Rolf Elgeti invests in Fintech Startup Creditshelf Der ehemalige Immobilienmanager Elgeti beteiligt sich an Creditshelf. Das Fintech-Startup vermittelt Kredite an Mittelständler. http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/elgeti-creditshelf?ref=nl_b Rocket Internet invests in Smacc Berlin-based bookkeeping software Smacc raised a seed round last month. While the amount is unclear, the investors are not: Rocket Internet’s Fonds Global Founders Capital, Horizon Ventures and Cherry Ventures as […]

€1.5 million for peer-to-peer money transfer startup Cookies Former Number26 employees launched the peer-to-peer money transfer startup Cookies earlier this year. Today, the fintech startup announces a €1.5 million investment. The seed round comes from  StudiVZ founder Ehssan Dariani, Holtzbrinck Ventures and business angels such as Auxmoney’s CEO Ra­ffael Johnen, StudiVZ founder Dennis Bemmann, Chad Fowler, Benedikt Lehnert  and Stef­fen Kiedel. http://venturevillage.eu/20151201-mila Interhyp-founders invest […]

FinTech Start-up Novofina raises €1m Ungenannte Investoren pumpen in der zweiten Finanzierungsrunde 1 Million Euro in das Wiener FinTech-Start-up Novofina. http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/11/24/fintech-start-novofina-sammelt-millionensumme-ein/ Loyalty card startup 10stamps now belongs to Wirecard Das Münchner Start-up 10stamps, das die Stempelkarte aufs Handy gebracht hat, gehört nun zu Wirecard, einem Unternehmen rund um White-Label-Lösungen für den elektronischen Zahlungsverkehr. http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/11/24/fintech-start-novofina-sammelt-millionensumme-ein/ Money20/20 Europe: […]

6th FinTech Forum in Tweets: Blockchain, InsurTech & InvestTech Startups on Stage The event – marking two years since the first event in Nov. 2013 – included highlights from the Bankathon 2015. Presenting startups included „no limits capacity“ hardware for blockchain, a digital copyright solution, a „connected insurance analytics platform“ and several approaches to automating investment […]

FinTecSystems gets Seed Round from Heilemann Ventures, MenschDanke Capital and Business Angels Die FinTecSystems GmbH will das eigene Unternehmenswachstum vorantreiben und wirbt dafür im Rahmen einer Seed-Finanzierung frische Mittel ein. Das Wagniskapital wird durch Heilemann Ventures GmbH (www.heilemann-ventures.com), MenschDanke Capital GmbH und Business Angels bereitgestellt. Zur Höhe wurden keine Angaben gemacht. http://www.vc-magazin.de/news/deals/item/3483-fintecsystems-erh%C3%A4lt-kapital-von-heilemann-ventures-menschdanke-capital-und-business-angels MKS and Alex […]

Compeon raises €2.5 million Emsdetten-based fintech startup Compeon also announces an investment: €2.5 million round. Besides already existing investor Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures, B-to-v and Tengelmann Ventures invested. The investment will be used to hire new staff, increase marketing activities, and extend IT functionality. http://venturevillage.eu/20151104-compeon?utm_date=2015-11-05 FinTech API startup Figo raises seven-digit amount Hamburg-based Fintech startup Figo announces a seven-digit […]

Swiss Mobile-First Insurance Broker Knip Picks Up $15.7M Series B The digitisation of legacy industries shows no signs of slowing and nor does the enthusiasm of VCs for startups doing just that. Knip, the Swiss ‘mobile-first’ digital insurance broker, has closed a $15.7 million Series B round led by U.S.-based Route 66 Ventures. http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/26/knip/ Germany’s […]

Aegon expands investment in Germany’s leading consumer loan platform (auxmoney) Germany’s leading online peer-to-peer loan marketplace, auxmoney, has entered a partnership with Aegon Bank….In addition to the equity stake Transamerica Ventures owns in the company, Aegon Bank has committed to provide €150 million funding for loans on the auxmoney platform. http://www.aegon.com/en/Home/Investors/News/News/Archive/Aegon-expands-investment-in-Germanys-leading-consumer-loan-platform/ (Congratulations to Auxmoney, which […]

Germany’s Finpoint Makes Move to UK, Joins Forces with PwC and Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership The newly announced partnership between Finpoint, Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and PwC allows for the expansion of Pinpoint’s service into the UK. Finpoint has already been supported by 70 lenders across the UK, including among others Loyds Bank, […]