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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 – […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]