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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Spotcap Raises €22M in Equity and Debt Funding Spotcap, a Berlin, Germany-based online lender, raised an additional €22m in equity and debt funding. Existing investors participated in the funding round which brought total capital raised to €100m. Read More… A British insurtech startup has raised £27 million in its mission to become the ‘Uber of […]

FinTech Forum’s 4th anniversary event recaps European FinTech’s successes and travails While we were wicked with the timer for all preceding sessions, nobody seemed to mind as the last two spellbinding guest presentations went past the allotted time: Our alumnus Cashboard’s seven year journey that included winning multiple awards, €3mn in VC funding (2016) to […]

FinTech Forum’s 4th anniversary edition- a reflection of European FinTech’s successes and travails After 5 startup pitches punctuated by a small accident, a networking lunch, 6 more startup pitches, a panel discussion with FinTech, VC and banking veterans, and some networking over coffee, most event-goers would call it a day. But who said our events […]

Announcing the line-up of startups for 9th FinTech Forum: 21st Sep. 2017 Check out the line-up of the startups selected so far to present at the 9th FinTech Forum on 21st Sep. 2017 in Frankfurt. The 4th anniversary edition since our inaugural event in Nov. 2013 kicks off with a scorecard of ca. 250 startups […]

Check out the line-up of startups for 9th FinTech Forum (21st Sep. 2017) Now in its fourth year, FinTech Forum brings together the most promising FinTech startups with investors and financial institutions on 21st Sep. 2017 in Frankfurt. Startups announced so far include  FinCompare, a digital marketplace for corporate finance solutions; Aigang, powering P2P insurance […]

First set of startups for the 9th FinTech Forum announced Now in its fourth year, FinTech Forum brings together the most promising FinTech startups with investors and financial institutions on 21st Sep. 2017 in Frankfurt. Startups announced so far include Nitrobox, a cloud platform for order-to-cash processes, Giromatch, an automated loan solution, AuroraX, a loans […]

Squirro Completes Financing Round of $10 Million Led by Orange Growth Capital Squirro, the advanced context intelligence & insights solution provider, has completed a $10m Series B funding round led by new investor, Orange Growth Capital. They are joined by another new investor, Salesforce Ventures, and existing investors. Read More… Ayondo opens for business in […]

Werthstein closes €10M funding round After a first “Business Angel” funding round in autumn 2016, Munich-based Werthstein GmbH has recently closed a second successful funding round. Around € 10 Million in growth capital available. Media partnership with German publishing house Finanzen Verlag. Full wealth manager’s license according to §32 KWG Read More… Congratulations to Werthstein, […]

BlackRock Takes Scalable Capital Stake in Europe ‘Robo-Advisor’ Push BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, made its first push into Europe’s “robo-advice” market on Tuesday after taking a stake in Anglo-German digital investment manager Scalable Capital. BlackRock, which manages $5.4 trillion across a range of actively managed and index-tracking funds, led a 30 million euro […]

FinCompare receives €2.5 million in seed financing FinCompare from Berlin has completed its seed financing, collecting a total of €2.5 million. Investors are two Austrian companies, VC Speedinvest and insurance company Uniqa as well as Business Angel André Bajorat, among others.  Read More… awamo raises EUR 2m in seed funding After awamo’s initial funding round in 2015, […]

Exporo raises 8 Million Euro e.ventures, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Sunstone und BPO Capital investieren weitere 8 Millionen Euro in Exporo, eine Plattform rund um das Thema Crowdinvesting in Immobilien. Gegründet wurde das Start-up von Simon Brunke, Björn Maronde, Tim Bütecke und Julian Oertzen. Read More… Evolute raises 6 million in series A financing round The Zug-based […]

Zelig Associates advises additiv on CHF21 million investment led by BZ Bank The investment round, led by Switzerland-based BZ Bank (acting on behalf of clients) and Patinex (Martin Ebner’s private investment vehicle) is the first external equity funding additiv has received since inception. Read More… N26 moves into savings market with Raisin API Mobile-only banking […]

Contiamo Receives Investment from Venture Capital Firm Capnamic Ventures  Contiamo, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of a data science platform, received an investment of undisclosed amount from tech venture capital firm Capnamic Ventures. Capnamic joined an existing network of investors, including hub:raum and Vogel Ventures. The company will use the funds to further expand its product […]

Kreditech raises €110M from Naspers’ PayU in strategic financing partnership Kreditech, the German startup backed by Peter Thiel, Rakuten and the IFC that creates credit ratings and provides finance to people who may not otherwise have credit histories, has raised another round of funding from one of its strategic partners. Read More… Lakestar is investing in Berlin’s […]

Crowdlending pioneer Cashare closes Series A funding Der Zuger Crowdlending Pionier Cashare hat die dritte Finanzierungsrunde abgeschlossen. Zudem unterstützen neu ein ausgewiesener Finanzrechts-Experte und eine Person mit grosser Erfahrung im Börsenwesen und Aufbau von innovativen Handelsplattformen das Unternehmen. Read More… Savedo supported by BNP Paribas und Plug and Play Accelerator Als eines von nur zehn […]

FinLab AG enters into million euro investment in Fintech-SaaS pioneer FastBill FinLab AG is set to make a seven-figure investment in FastBill, the leading German SaaS tool for small business financial management. Along with FinLab, coparion will also be participating in this investment. FastBill will invest these new financial resources in continued strong growth and […]

Raisin Fintech Startup raises $3.2 billion, one-third of which raised in the last four months The Raisin fintech startup attracted investors from around Europe and gained funds worth $3.2 billion approximately. Read More… Sparda-Banken cooperate with Barzahlen.de Die Sparda-Banken bieten gemeinsam mit Barzahlen.de, Deutschlands größter privater Zahlungsinfrastruktur, den Service „ SpardaBargeld “ an. Mitglieder der Genossenschaftsbanken haben […]

Lend Closes CHF3.5M Series A Funding Lend, a Zürich, Switzerland-based fintech startup, closed a CHF3.5m Series A funding. Backers included angel investors and Polytech Ecosystem Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Dr. Stefan Jaecklin, former Head Oliver Wyman Switzerland, the global financial services consulting company, and Dr. Luzius Anderegg, senior software developer at software company Ergon […]

New Funding for Savedroid Boosts Total Capital to More than $22 Million German startup had picked up funding from investment bank Rhineland-Palatinate and a group of angel investors including Debjit Chaudhuri, founder of Traxpay and former Infosys manager. The amount of the funding was not disclosed (Crunchbase reports €20 million) but savedroid says that the company’s total capital, which includes a million euro seed […]

ottonova raises 15 Million Euro Tengelmann Ventures, b-to-v und STS Ventures, also Onvista-Gründer Stephan Schubert, investieren neben Holtzbrinck Ventures und Vorwerk Ventures weitere 15 Millionen Euro in ottonova, Deutschlands ersten Online-Krankenvollversicherer – berichtet die “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. Read More… Bitcoin exchange ShapeShift Raises $10.4 Million in Series A ShapeShift is the world’s leading instant exchange for […]

figo Raises Funding from Berliner Volksbank Ventures figo, a Humburg, Germany-based banking service provider, raised a funding round of undisclosed amount. Berliner Volksbank Ventures made the investment joining a group of investors including angels and DB1 Ventures, the investment vehicle of Deutsche Börse. Read More… Accounting startup Billomat raises multi-million funding Online News Business, ein Tochterunternehmen […]

Japan’s Rakuten invests in Berlin ‘InsurTech’ company Simplesurance, taking funding to €30 million Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has invested in Berlin-based “InsurTech” — insurance technology — company Simplesurance, amid a flurry of interest in the sector. Read More… German fintech startup Solarisbank raises €26.3 million German fintech startup Solarisbank has just raised €26.3 million. Investors include the […]

MUUME collaborates with European payment service provider Ingenico Swiss fintech MUUME and Ingenico Payment Services team up to support retailers in digitizing the purchasing and ordering processes. Ingenico Group focused on integrated payment solutions across all payment methods is active in 170 countries and has almost 7’000 employees. Read More… Swiss FinTech Awards 2017 an […]

Berlin Fintech-Startup Liqid raises additional €4.5 Million Automatisierte Geldanlagen, etwa durch Robo-Adviser, sollen die Anlageform der Zukunft sein, heißt es immer wieder. Und zumindest auf dem Papier ist das schnell und schlüssig dargelegt: Weil Algorithmen Geld in Fonds investieren, die selbst auch nicht von echten Menschen gesteuert werden, fallen keine nennenswerten Kosten an – und […]

SolarisBank scores EUR30m in Series B funding round German Banking-as-a-Platform (BaaP) startup solarisBank has raised EUR30 million in a Series B funding round as it gears up to go live with a host of fintech firm partners, Finextra understands. Read More… German fintech software firm Bexio raises €7 million The German startup Bexio, a provider of […]

Cembra Money Bank acquires invoice financing provider SWISSBILLING SWISSBILLING is an invoice finance company founded in 2011 with operations mainly in Western Switzerland. The acquisition will enable Cembra to expand the product offering to retailers and merchants. Read More… Hamburg’s Varengold Bank AG supports the Berlin FinTech Startup Grover with a multi-million ABS loan  Das Berliner […]

Klarna to acquire German payments company BillPay for reported £60 million Swedish e-commerce payments company Klarna is acquiring Germany’s BillPay. Sky News is reporting the deal is worth £60 million.The UK’s Wonga had owned BillPay, another online payments company which operated in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Read More… Congratulations to BillPay, an alumnus of the 2nd FinTech Forum (May 2014), as […]

Aegon to Invest 1.5 Billion EUR in Auxmoney Loans; Leads €15M Series E Dutch insurance company Aegon, international provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management, intensifies relationship with leading German p2p lending marketplace Auxmoney. Aegon plans to invest 1.5 bilion (!) Euro into p2p consumer loans issued by Auxmoney within the next 3 years. This is […]

Raisin raises €30 million European financial deposit marketplace Raisin has closed a €30 million Series C financing with a goal of expanding into new markets and broadening its product based beyond savings accounts to encompass new investment opportunities. The round was led by US-based Thrive Capital …with participation of Raisin’s existing investors Palo-Alto-based Ribbit Capital […]

Fraugster, a startup that uses AI to detect payment fraud, raises $5M Fraugster, a German and Israeli startup that has developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to help eliminate payment fraud, has raised $5 million in funding. Read More… Neufund raises €2 million to bridge the gap between cryptocurrency and private equity Neufund has landed €2 million […]

Swiss fintech Advanon closes second funding round, raises 13.5M CHF Switzerland-based fintech company Advanon announced that it has closed the second round of funding and has raised 13.5 million CHF, Finextra reported. Read More… W&W acquires majority stake in treefin AG German insurer Wüstenrot & Württembergische or better yet W&W has acquired a majority stake in treefin AG; the mobile-first digital insurance […]

We hope you had an enjoyable holiday. 2016 marked three years of FinTech Forum, a journey summarized in our blog #3YFTF: 200+ Startups | ~$100M raised | 30+ Funding Rounds. None of this was possible without the startups, investors, financial institutions and partners that have been part of our events and our online community- thank you […]

The FinTech Forum Team wishes all our community members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We will be back after a short break on 9th Jan. 2017. BillFront raises € 33 million to help digital media companies manage invoicing BillFront is a London and Berlin-based FinTech startup which enables the digital media industry […]

London savings startup Abaka secures £520,000 investment  ABAKA, an intelligent savings platform powered by Artificial Intelligence, announced today that it has raised £520,000 in seed funding. Anthemis Exponential Ventures, the investment partnership powered by Anthemis Group, a leading venture investment and advisory firm, and Exponential Ventures, the disruptive venture capital arm of MMI Holdings, leads […]

Deutsche Börse partners Naga Group to build gaming marketplace Deutsche Börse is to create a new marketplace for trading virtual gaming products in partnership with local fintech incubation vehicle Naga. Read More… Partnerschaft erschliesst MUUME Millionen potenzieller Nutzer Das Schweizer Fintech-Unternehmen MUUME und die Deutsche Sportausweis GmbH  kooperieren. Ein Ziel ist es, den physischen Sportausweis […]

Cashboard closes international Series A round Cashboard (www.cashboard.io), Germany’s fastest growing online wealth management platform, has secured a series A funding of EUR 3m lead by Digital Space Ventures. The existing investors Redalpine, Earlybird, 500 Startups and renown private investors also participated in the round. Other existing investors include Makers, ProSiebenSat.1 and others. Read More… […]

Vienna’s Ixolit invests in FinTech-Startup b4payment Das IT-Unternehmen Ixolit investiert eine sechsstellige Summe in b4payment und eröffnet damit die neue Finanzierungsrunde des FinTech-Startups. Der Investor unterstützt das junge Unternehmen nicht nur monetär, sondern auch durch die Einbindung in sein eigenes Payment Gateway Ixopay. Read More… Congratulations to b4payment, which presented at the 5th FinTech Forum (Vienna, June 2015) […]

32nd Floor invests again in 123Makler.de 32nd Floor, die Beteiligungsgesellschaft der Skjerven Group, investiert erneut in den Maklervergleich 123Makler.de. Im Zuge der Pre-Serie- A-Finanzierung steigt auch der ProSiebenSat.1 Accelerator in das junge Unternehmen ein. Read More… main incubator invests again in Grover Die Commerzbank-Tochter main incubator investiert im Rahmen einer Asset-Finanzierung erneut in Grover, eine […]

Banking-App Kontist gets 2 mn euros more Kontist sammelt bereits vor dem Launch weitere Millionen ein. Die Idee des Berliner Startups: Ein N26 für Freelancer und Gründer zu entwickeln. Read More… Investment for Factoring Start-up FundFlow Der High-Tech Gründerfonds investiert in das Online-Factoring-Portal FundFlow. Das Berlier Fintech-Start-up kauft Forderungen von kleinen Unternehmen und Freelancern auf […]

Creathor Venture invests millions in iFunded real estate crowdfunding platform Creathor Venture, one of Europe’s leading venture capital firms, invests a seven digit amount in a pre-Series A round in iFunded.de, a German real estate crowdinvesting platform. Read More… Lendstar raises multi-million euros Nicht genannte Investoren und die Altgesellschafter – darunter DvH Ventures – investieren […]

German fintech firm Smava scores $34 million to bolster its credit comparison business German fintech pioneer Smava has raised $34 million in fresh funding. The Berlin-based company, which has been around for nearly a decade, has raised the round from Runa Capital, Verdane Capital, mojo.capital and prior backers such as Earlybird. Read More… IDnow Secures […]

Swiss fintech startup FinanceFox grabs $28 million investment for insurance business FinanceFox is consolidating insurance policies into one app, making the boring and stressful task of organizing your insurance far less of a headache Read More… ‘Robo advisor’ Scalable Capital is getting up to €4 million in new deposits each week Online wealth management startup […]

Transamerica Ventures and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft jointly invest in fairr.de  fairr.de raises Series A funding from Aegon-owned venture capital firm Transamerica Ventures and VC Fonds Technologie Berlin managed by IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft. Saving Global- founders Tamaz Georgadze and Frank Freund also participated in the round, along with other industry insiders and business angels. Read More… Congratulations to […]

Online-Finetrader (tradico) raises 2,5 Million Euro  Earlybird, DvH Ventures und der Frühphasen-Investor Speedinvest investieren 2,5 Millionen Euro in das Fintech-Startup Tradico. Das Unternehmen, das sich als Online-Finetrader für den gewerblichen Bereich positioniert, wurde 2014 von Mario Springer und Manuel Hehle in gegründet. Read More… Payworks receives ($4.5 M) funding  Payworks‘ gateway technology, Pulse, wants to […]

Ver­da­ne Ca­pi­tal investiert in smava und Searchmetrics Der schwedische Kapitalgeber Ver­da­ne Ca­pi­tal investiert in den Kreditvergleich smava und in die SEO-Dienstleister Searchmetrics. Die “Mit-Kon­trol­le” über Search­me­trics und der Er­werb von An­tei­len an sma­va wurden bereits beim Bundeskartellamt angemeldet. Read More… investiere.ch closes financing round: Zürcher Kantonalbank becomes a significant minority shareholder investiere.ch announced today that […]

Frankfurt-based fintech startup Ginmon closes financing round to expand internationally  The Frankfurt-based Robo Advisor Ginmon just closed a financing round in the 7-digit Euro range to pursue their international growth strategy. The four-times oversubscribed financing round was led by London based VC Passion Capital. Read More… BLKB takes a stake in Robo Advisor True Wealth  Die Basellandschaftliche […]

Peer-to-peer payment app Cookies launches in Germany If you’re reading this article and live in the U.S., you might not realize that Venmo, Square Cash,Facebook Messenger payments and other similar services only work in the U.S. In many countries, such as Germany, most people still have to rely on wire transfers and IBANs to send money to their […]

FinTecSystems closes Series A funding round and announces expansion in Europe FinTecSystems, the German startup that provides critical data and analysis to the financial services industry, announced that it has closed a Series A investment round. The round is in the seven-figure range and is led by VC’s Littlerock and Ventech. Previous investors MenschDanke Capital and […]

German insurance startup Clark closes €13.2M Series A Enter one of FinLeap’s existing portfolio companies, Clark, which operates in the insurance space with an app to help you stay on top of your various insurance products. Today the Berlin/Frankfurt startup is announcing it’s closed €13.2 million in Series A funding, made up of both equity and […]

France’s BPCE to buy fintech Fidor Bank The old and new worlds of banking came together on Thursday as Fidor Bank, the German online bank, said it had agreed to be acquired by Groupe BPCE, the large mutually owned French lender. Fidor is one of the best-known names in the German fintech scene. Founded by […]

Renowned Investor Peter Thiel Increases Investment in Leading European Fintech, Deposit Solutions Prominent venture capital firms today announce they have invested €15 million in European fintech company Deposit Solutions GmbH, a fast growing fintech innovator operating in the €9 trillion market for retail deposits in Europe. Read More… Decimo raises 500.000 Euro from IBB and […]

Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform Exporo Raises €8.2M in Series A Funding Exporo, a Hamburg, Germany-based real estate crowdfunding platform, raised €8.2m in Series A funding. Backers included e.ventures, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Sunstone and BPO Capital. The company intends to use the funds to expand its hiring, product development and marketing efforts. Read More… Swiss PostFinance and […]

Spotcap raises millions yet again, to finance Dutch companies They might not be swimming in it, but there certainly doesn’t seem to be a shortage for money at fintech scale-up Spotcap. For the second time this year they raised millions in an investment round. This week they announced they closed yet another funding round of […]

FinTech-Startup Smacc raises 3.5 Million Euro Cherry Ventures, Rocket Internet, DvH Ventures, Grazia Equity und einige Business Angels investieren 3,5 Millionen Euro in Smacc. Das Postdamer Start-up will die “Buchhaltung für immer verändern”. Read more… Digital Asset Management Company Liqid Raises Venture Capital Funding Liqid Investments GmbH, a Berlin, Germany-based digital asset management company, raised […]

Number26 raises $40m Berlin-based smartphone-only bank Number26 is set to expand its presence across Europe after closing a $40 million Series B funding round led by Horizons Ventures. Battery Ventures, R obert Gentz, David Schneider and Rubin Ritter also joined the round alongside existing investors Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Earlybird Ventures and Redalpine Ventures. Number26’s […]

German fintech company builder FinLeap raises €21M at €121M valuation Berlin-based FinLeap, which is a German-style company builder specialising in fintech, has raised €21 million in new funding. Backing is said to come from original investor HitFox Group along with institutional investors from the insurance industry, including Hannover Re, the third largest worldwide reinsurer. Read […]

Muume closes CHF 2.2 million Series A financing round Muume, a Cham based social mobile payment provider with enhanced loyalty, couponing and merchant point of sale, has received CHF 2.2 million in series A for growth financing. The company will use the funds to foster further market entry and international expansion. Read More…  FinTech Forum […]

JDC Group acquires ‘geld.de’ in way of an asset deal Acquires ‘geld.de’, one of the leading online comparison platforms in the German insurance market Read More… Raisin launches platform for France Today Raisin, the Pan-European online deposit marketplace, has launched www.raisin.fr for customers in France, in French language and with dedicated French customer support. Read More… European […]

The DAO bricht Crowdfunding-Rekorde und sammelt fast $160 Millionen ein Ein Unternehmen bricht gerade alle Crowdfunding-Rekorde: The DAO hat in den vergangenen drei Wochen fast 160 Millionen US-Dollar eingesammelt. Die Organisation ist in jeder Hinsicht ungewöhnlich. Read More… Ten times more funding for German Fintech Startups Jede Menge Geld für Deutschlands Fintech-Startups: Eine Gesamtsumme in einer Höhe von […]

New platforms drive strong growth in Swiss Crowdfunding market Im Jahr 2015 ist der Schweizer Crowdfunding-Markt erneut stark gewachsen. Dies zeigt das Crowdfunding Monitoring Schweiz 2016. Im Vergleich zum Vorjahr stieg das Volumen der vermittelten Gelder um 73 Prozent auf 27,3 Millionen Franken. Insbesondere Crowdlending für KMU und Real Estate Crowdfunding werden haben dazu beitragen, […]

iPad POS startup orderbird secures €20 million in Series C round Orderbird, an iPad point of sale system for the hospitality industry, has raised €20 million in a Series C round led by Digital+ Partners along with German retailer Metro Group and payment provider Concardis. Read More… Raphaels Bank partners Avuba for alternative payment account Demonstrating its growing reputation […]

7th FinTech Forum in Tweets For all those who missed the 7th FinTech Forum, here is a fast-forward through the day in tweets and pictures, including “Please mind the gap! Dr Alexander Kihm disrupts pensions, offering a flexible, customer-focused pension service @Fairrde #FTF7 #fintech “, @Moneycircles The first decentralised p2p lending marketplace” and of course “At #FTF7, […]

Savedo closes international funding round successfully Savedo, der erste internationale Online-Finanzmarktplatz für Sparanlagen im EU-Ausland, erhält in einer erneuten Finanzierungsrunde umgerechnet weitere 5,6 Millionen US-Dollar Wachstumskapital.  Gesamtfinanzierung nun bei über 10 Millionen USD. Kapital von neuen Investoren aus Deutschland, Frankreich und Großbritannien. Read more… Bitwala receives €800k in seed funding The Bitwala team is proud to announce that we […]

Startups with bold FinTech bets and a clued-in audience: an intense 7th FinTech Forum! With startups addressing robo-advisory and cool banking apps, but also “boring but big” pieces of European finance like pensions, credit unions, SEPA payments and financial risk modeling, FTF7 rocked. With “what exactly are you looking for” to very specific questions on […]

Countdown 7th FinTech Forum (21s April): Line-up shows bolder FinTech bets The line-up of startups – with players taking on business banking, pensions and credit unions – shows how far we have come from our first event back in Nov. 2013. With investments of over $1.3 bn in the region in 2015 second to none […]

Two reasons to be in Frankfurt on 20th & 21st April : TheFINTECHBook launch & 7th FinTech Forum Reason #1. TheFINTECHBook Launch in Germany:  Frankfurt on 20.4.16 at Deutsche Börse, Zuschauergalerie Reason #2. 7th FinTech Forum, Frankfurt  on 21.04.16. at The Airport Club, Frankfurt Airport. Read on for more…   TheFINTECHBook Launch in Germany:  Frankfurt […]

Countdown to the 7th FinTech Forum: 21st April 2016 in Frankfurt. The startups on stage will include an IBM Watson powered Cognitive Customer Engagement platform, the only startup in the world to offer a life long pension, and a WhatsApp-meets-PayPal remittance solution. The line-up of investors includes Xange, Ventegis, FinTech Group etc. and several leading […]

Hertha sammelt eine Million Euro in nur neun Minuten via kapilendo.de Eigentlich war die Aktion auf 60 Tage angelegt: Nun sammelt Hertha BSC via Kapilendo.de in Windeseile eine Million Euro bei Anlegern ein. Read more… Congratulations to Team Kapilendo, who are among the startups selected to present at the 7th FinTech Forum on 21st April […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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://derstandard.at/2000029577392/Deutsche-Boerse-beteiligt-sich-an-US-FinTech-Digital-Asset 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 their insurances […]

Happy New Year! Team FinTech Forum wishes our community a great new year ahead! We are back after a two week break, but things weren’t quiet in the European FinTech scene, with over $30 mn pouring in. Stay tuned for further updates and analysis on FinTech in 2015. Also check out: Money20/20 Europe – Hear […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 in Savedo […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Target Global invests in FinLeap InsureTech Startup Clark Target Global investiert gemeinsam mit dem ProSiebenSat.1 Accelerator sowie Karl-Heinz Flöther und Thomas Noth in den Versicherungsmakler Clark. Das Start-up, ein Ableger der Berliner FinTech-Fabrik Finleap, ist das erste Seed-Investment von Target Global in Deutschland. http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/10/06/joko-winterscheidt-investiert-von-jungfeld/ Rocket Internet’s Zencap: exit to British FinTech Unicorn Funding Circle? Die […]

Kreditech Nabs $92M To Build Financial Services For The ‘Underbanked’ Another startup out of Europe focused on finance has raised a hefty round of funding. Kreditech, a German company building a suite of credit and banking products for consumers who have little or no credit history, has raised €82.5 million ($92 million) to continue adding more products and geographies […]

kapilendo gewinnt neuen Investor Spiros Margaris, Geschäftsführer der Beratungsboutique Margaris Advisory, investiert in das Berliner Fintech-Startup kapilendo. “In meinen Augen ist kapilendo eines der vielversprechendsten deutschen Top-Fintech-Unternehmen. http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/09/21/htgf-investiert-skoove-und-isaac10/ HTGF investiert in Skoove und isaac10 Der High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) investiert in Skoove, eine Internetplattform mit interaktiven Klavier-Kurse, und in isaac10 (ehemals Liquid Payment), einen Paymentdienst. http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/09/21/htgf-investiert-skoove-und-isaac10/ […]

FUSION, Switzerland’s first fintech accelerator, selects its first intake Fusion, Switzerland’s first fintech accelerator, announces the selection of its 10 start-ups, drawn from all of the world, which will enter its 12-month acceleration programme starting on 5 October. http://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/september-2015/fusion-switzerland-s-first-fintech-accelerator-selects-its-first-intake Finpoint to help SMEs gain vital access to funding Finpoint will connect companies with a network […]

FinReach raises 700,000 Euro funding Im Rahmen des ProFIT-Programms der Investitionsbank Berlin fließen 700.000 Euro in FinReach, ein Start-up aus dem Hause FinLeap. FinReach ermöglicht Banken etwa einen digitalen Girokontowechsel-Service anzubieten. http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/09/03/wunderflats-pixx-io-decimo-und-co-sammeln-geld-ein/ Decimo raises 6-digit funding Startkapital: Ein “Intershop-Co-Founder”, den Namen will die Jungfirma nicht verraten, investiert einen sechsstelligen Betrag in Decimo. Das Berliner Start-up […]

Record Deal for German (FinTech) Startup: Zencap German online lender Zencap received a record $230-million cash injection from a U.S. investor, the most ever for a continental European startup. The CEO told Handelsblatt the money will propel Zencap into the big leagues. https://global.handelsblatt.com/edition/253/ressort/finance/article/breaking-out-of-obscurity SumUp Raises Another €10 Million to Boost Their mPOS Growth A provider […]

moneymeets raises €3.5mn in VC funding Cologne-based FinTech startup Moneymeets announces a €3.5 million round. It was led by Swiss Woodman Asset Management AG. DvH Ventures, John Werner Madaus and Thomas May also joined the round. Being founded in 2012, Moneymeets is a platform that lets its clients manage their accounts, insurances and depots, as well as […]

Fintech startup awamo raises $550k in funding for Uganda launch Fintech startup awamo, which offers tech solutions to microfinance institutions, has closed its first funding round, raising EUR500,000 (US$550,000) in order to launch its mobile and biometric all‐in‐one‐solution for lenders in Africa, with Uganda the first port of call. http://disrupt-africa.com/2015/08/fintech-startup-awamo-raises-550k-in-funding-for-uganda-launch (Congratulations to Team awamo (then […]

SavingsGlobal, an Amazon for EU savings, raises EUR20 million in funding SavingGlobal, a German startup that enables savers to access the best deposit rates across Europe, has closed €20 million Series B financing led by Palo Alto-based Ribbit Capital and Index Ventures with participation from Yuri Milner and Tom Stafford, bringing the total amount raised […]

Commerzbank venture fund invests in iwoca The venture capital arm of Germany’s CommerzBank has joined in a $20m funding round for UK-based SME lending platform iwoca. The $20m series B round,  which also included participation from Acton Capital Partners and Redline Capital, will support the fast-growing credit provider’s European growth. http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=27663 Visa investiert in Bezahldienst […]

Cashcloud announces additional financing commitment Cashcloud AG announces that it has received binding commitment from investor to provide company with new equity capital in amount of 1 million euros ($1 million) http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/10/idUSFWN0ZQ01720150710 The success story of 360T- Germany’s highest-valued FinTech Begonnen hat alles auf einer Bierkiste. Dort steht nach der Gründung im Jahr 2000 der […]

Rocket Internet invests into Australian Robo-Advisor Stockspot Fintech start-up Stockspot raises an additional $1.25 million to manage more Australians’ money smarter online. Stockspot, Australia’s first ever online, automated investment adviser and fund manager, has raised an additional $1.25 million to help it reach more Australians and enhance its product. http://anthillonline.com/stockspot-raises-an-additional-1-25-million-to-manage-more-australians-money-smarter-online/ Mobile payments startup Muume among […]

Rocket Internet’s GFC Backs Yet-To-Launch Real Estate Investment Platform BrickVest In a move that feels fairly unusual, Global Founders Capital (GFC), the venture capital arm of German startup factory and e-commerce behemoth Rocket Internet, has invested in a startup before it’s even launched. The company in question is BrickVest… http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/07/brickvest/ First funding round for Payever […]

Peter Thiel invests in Kreditech Der deutschstämmige Paypal-Gründer und Multimilliardär Peter Thiel investiert wieder in seinem Heimatland: Laut einem Bericht der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters beteiligt sich Thiel an der aktuell laufenden Serie-C-Finanzierungsrunde für das umstrittene Hamburger Scoring-Startup Kreditech mit einem zweistelligen Millionenbetrag. CEO Sebastian Diemer bestätigte das Investment auf Facebook mit den Worten: „Gut: Peter Thiel steigt bei Kreditech ein. Schlecht: Sollte […]

UBS and easySYS announce partnership in the Corporate Financial Management UBS und easySYS haben eine Zusammenarbeit im Bereich Corporate Financial Management (CFM) vereinbart. Buchhaltungsdaten werden bald automatisch mit Saldo- und Transaktionsdaten abgeglichen. http://www.startupticker.ch/en/news/june-2015/zusammenarbeit-zwischen-ubs-und-easysys 5th FinTech Forum, Vienna: what do telcos, tech and travel sectors think about FinTech? The 5th FinTech Forum kicked off with some […]

WealthArc Raises USD 300’000 The USD 300,000 seed funding from U.S.-based venture capital firm Novit LP will be used to continue research and development on artificial intelligence for portfolio management as well as cyber-security for cloud based financial services. WealthArc, Inc. is an early stage FinTech startup offering a cloud based platform for financial data […]

SafeCharge Invests €10 Mln in German Fintech Group …As part of the agreement between the companies, SafeCharge will acquire 5% equity of FinTech for roughly €10 million…The deal involves the banking subsidiary of FinTech. BIW Bank is a full service bank boasting over €1.3 billion of customer deposits…The platform which BIW Bank provides will be […]

Cashboard buys out crowd-investors Im November 2012 schaffte Refined Investment für seine Trading-Plattform den Europarekord im Crowdfunding: 100.000 Euro kamen in 53 Minuten zusammen…Um den Buy-out der Crowd zu stemmen, hat Cashboard Kapital von externen Investoren aufgenommen…die VCs Earlybird und Heilemann Ventures aus Berlin sowie Redalpine aus der Schweiz, Business Angel Heiko Hubertz – und nicht zuletzt der legendäre Silicon-Valley-Accelerator […]

Bitbond Raises €600,000 to Grow its Global Bitcoin Lending Platform Global bitcoin lending platform Bitbond today announced an angel funding round of €600,000. Led by Bitbond’s earlier seed investor Point Nine Capital, a number of business angels contributed significantly to the round. http://www.coindesk.com/press-releases/bitbond-raises-e600000-to-grow-its-global-bitcoin-lending-platform/ (Congratulations and best of luck to Bitbond, which presented at the 2nd […]

Check out the line-up of startups presenting at the 5th FinTech Forum, 22nd June, Vienna FinTech Forum goes on tour: check out the line-up of startups from D.A.CH, Central & Eastern Europe presenting at our 5th Event, this time in Vienna on 22nd June. Warsaw-based yBanking „cuts banks’ cost of sales, so they can pay […]

Londoner Hedgefonds Arrowgrass investiert in Berliner Kreditmarktplatz Lendico Nach einer Schrumpfkur und mit angepasstem Geschäftsmodell stockt Rockets Lendico nun finanziell auf. 20 Millionen Euro sollen das Wachstum ankurbeln. http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/lendico-arrowgrass Bitcoin-friendly Fidor Bank Expands to the United Kingdom Fidor Bank, the innovative German bank that is bringing Bitcoin and digital fintech to mainstream banking, is now […]

Social trading gets more investment – Ayondo raises CHF 6 million There is an interesting piece of news from ayondo group, the provider of social investment solutions, which illustrates the increased allure of social trading companies for investors. The company announced today that it has received extra CHF 6 million (USD 6.27 million) in funding […]

German Online Loans Platform Smava Raises $16M Here comes some more funding for a European financial tech company specialising in online loans. Germany’s Smava — a peer-to-peer lending platform where investors provide the funds to loan money to borrowers — has raised $16 million in funding led by Phenomen Ventures, along with existing investors Earlybird and Neuhaus Partners. http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/22/german-online-loans-platform-smava-raises-16m/ Peter […]

Number26 Grabs $10.6 Million To Bring Its Bank Of The Future To Everyone It feels like Number26 opened its doors yesterday, but the young startup just raised a $10.6 million Series A round (€10 million) from Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, with Daniel S. Aegerter and existing investors Earlybird and Redalpine also participating. http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/number26-peter-thiel?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily&utm_term=number26-peter-thiel&utm_date=2015-04-16 Die (bisher) […]

UBS makes blockchain move Swiss banking giant UBS is to open a technology lab in London to investigate how blockchain technology can be used in financial services. http://www.efinancialnews.com/story/2015-04-02/ubs-opens-london-technology-lab-blockchain-bitcoin Mapping fintech investments in Europe (and the Middle East) Financial News this week published a special issue of its fintech magazine, Fintech News, assessing the opportunities and […]

Kreos Capital injects €5m into Spotcap Kreos Capital has invested €5m in Berlin-based online credit platform Spotcap’s series-B funding round. The fresh capital will be used to finance the company’s lending activities in Spain and the Netherlands, and to expand its operations globally. http://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/artikel/samwer-start-up-spotcap-erhaelt-fuenf-millionen-euro-a-1024625.html FN Fintech Focus: Disruptors’ $4trn fortune How much do finance incumbents […]

FinLeap launches Online Pawnbroker Valendo / Online-Pfandleihhaus Valendo geht an den Start Der Fintech-Inkubator Finleap startet heute sein neues Startup Valendo: ein Online-Pfandleihhaus. Es soll schnelle Sachwertdarlehen ermöglichen, vor allem für kleinere Unternehmen und Selbstständige, aber auch Privatleute. Damit ist Valendo neben Savedo und Billfront das dritte gelaunchte Finleap-Startup seit dem Start des Inkubators im Dezember 2014. […]

Samwer slips up as banker / Samwer patzt als Banker Apparently it’s not so easy for Internet companies to attack the banks on their turf. Oliver Samwer, creative destroyer and CEO of Rocket Internet, has a setback now anyway. His lending platform Lendico withdraws from three countries. http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/internetunternehmen-samwer-patzt-als-banker-13469510.html VC firms zero-in on FinTechs / Wagniskapital […]

Lendstar wins funding from DVH Ventures / Lendstar gewinnt DvH Ventures als neuen Investor DvH Ventures, die Beteiligungsgesellschaft der DvH Medien (Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt, Tagesspiegel Gruppe und Die ZEIT Verlagsgruppe), investiert zusammen mit bestehenden Investoren in das Münchner Start-up Lendstar. Gemeinsam stellen sie dem jungen Unternehmen aus dem Bereich digitaler Finanzdienstleistungen Mittel in siebenstelliger Höhe zur […]

FinLab acquires crowdfunding platform Venturate / Finlab übernimmt Venturate FinLab AG is pleased to announce that it has acquired a majority stake of 60% of Munich-based crowdfunding platform Venturate AG. http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/02/20/finlab-uebernimmt-venturate-und-mehr-deals/ 4th FinTech Forum: line-up of presenting startups announced The startups presenting at the (sold out) 4th FinTech Forum event on 19th March in Frankfurt […]

Silicon Valley Bets on European Money-Transfer Companies / 100 Millionen US-Dollar für FinTech-Startup Worldremit Silicon Valley is making big bets on European currency-transfer companies. London-based WorldRemit plans to announce on Wednesday it has raised $100 million in funding from investors including Silicon Valley-based Technology Crossover Ventures. http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/fintech-startup-worldremit-bekommt-100-millionen-us-dollar Lendstar collaborates with comdirect bank / Lendstar kooperiert […]

German Startups Group invests in FinTech startups/ German Startups Group beteiligt sich an fünf weiteren Startups Mit fünf neuen Investments will die German Startups Group ihre aktive Rolle in der Startup-Szene unterstreichen. Diesmal im Fokus: FinTech. http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/german-startups-group-fintech?utm_source=newsletter Kreditech competitor Ferratum going for IPO / Kreditech-Konkurrent Ferratum geht an die Börse FinTech boomt in der Startup-Szene, […]

FinLeap incubates Billfront to enable quicker access to app developer revenues The international FinTech company builder Finleap today announces the launch of BillFront Inc, a company that accelerates growth for app developers and publishers by providing faster and easier access to their revenues. http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/01/30/billfront-bezahlt-app-developer-und-publisher-zeitnah/ Polytech Ventures teams up with Temenos to launch first Swiss fintech […]

Finanzcheck.de sammelt zweistelligen Millionenbetrag ein Highland Capital Partners Europe (HCPE) has invested more than €10m in credit comparison portal Finanzcheck.de. The capital injection will be used for further product development and marketing, as well as to finance a move to bigger offices in Q1 this year. http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2015/01/27/finanzcheck-de-sammelt-zweistelligen-millionenbetrag-ein/ Germany’s Traxpay, Kreditech, Fidor, Mambu and Guidants named […]

Kreditech Gets $200M Credit Line To Fuel Its Big-Data Based Consumer Lending Business The consumer finance startup that focuses on lending money to “unbanked” consumers with little or no credit rating…is getting a $200 million credit line from Victory Park Capital, one of the largest in the history of online lending services. http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/kreditech-200-millionen [ Congratulations […]

Kreditech acquires Kontomierz from Poland Kontomierz from Warsaw, founded in 2009 and employing 16 people, was acquired by Hamburg’s most known FinTech startup Kreditech for an undisclosed amount. With Kreditech’s help Konotmierz to expand to Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Russia. http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/kreditech-kontomierz SWIFT Innotribe opens its 2015 StartupChallenge for fintech startups Innotribe Startup Challenge introduces fintech […]

cashcloud wins millions in latest funding round “We started very successfully with our eWallet,” said Cashcloud Holdings AG chairman Sven Donhuysen, noting that his company’s eWallet offering won the Banking IT Innovation award this year in a category that included Yapital and PayPal. http://www.paymenteye.com/2014/12/18/cashcloud-wins-millions-in-latest-funding-round/ [Congratulations and best of luck to CashCloud, who presented at our 2nd event […]

7 Facts about the record ~$175 M fintech funding in Germany / D.A.CH in 2014 This was a landmark year for fintech, and for us here at FinTech Forum- see the highlights – thanks to all those who joined the FinTech Forum community through our events, newsletters, Q&As and studies. We will be back in […]

Wirecard AG übernimmt GFG Group Limited, Neuseeland …Die 1990 gegründete GFG Group ist ein führender Anbieter von innovativen Payment Lösungen und Dienstleistungen.  Die Lösungen der GFG sind derzeit in mehr als 20 Ländern bei über 100  Geschäftskunden, insbesondere aus dem Banken- und Telekommunikationsbereich, im Einsatz. http://www.wirecard.de/newsroom/pressemeldungen/newsdetail/wirecard-ag-uebernimmt-gfg-group-limited-neuseeland/ SIX Group mulls fintech incubator Swiss exchange operator SIX […]

HitFox Hatches FinLeap, A New Startup Factory Targeting Fintech …Dubbed FinLeap, the German-styled ‘startup factory’ will be targeting fintech and plans to hatch 4-6 startups per year with a focus on “new technologies and scalable business models” that provide cheaper, simpler and more transparent digital services to both businesses and consumers. http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2014/12/01/hitfox-startet-firmenschmiede-fuer-den-fintech%C2%ADmarkt/ Wirecard Partners With […]

Lending and payments startups in Germany / D.A.CH lead record $175 mn in funding Meantime FinTech startups in Germany, Austria and Switzerland raised over $175 mn in 2014 as per initial results of a study shared at the 3rd FinTech Forum event in Frankfurt last week. Lending and payments startups like Kreditech and Traxpay accounted for nearly 80% […]

FinTech investments in 2014 in Germany / D.A.CH cross $175M, Deutsche Bank plans “FinTech-Killer”,   Wirecard acquires Asian parts of Visa processing arm etc. FinTech investments in 2014 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland cross $175m FinTech startups in the German-speaking region raised over €140 mn in funding in 2014, nearly thrice the estimated investments between 2011-2013. […]

Maschmeyer und BTH investieren Millionen in Barzahlen “Mit seiner einzigartigen Lösung und dem hoch skalierbaren Business Model als solider Basis, glauben wir, dass Barzahlen weiterhin stark wächst“, sagt Joern-Carlos Kuntze, Geschäftsführer der BTH – Berlin Technologie Holding. Gemeinsam mit Altinvestor ALSTIN investiert BTH deswegen “mehrere Millionen” in das Start-up. http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2014/11/10/maschmeyer-und-bth-investieren-millionen-barzahlen/ “Das war die Belohnung, die […]

e.ventures und Co. investieren in Zinspilot e.ventures und namhafte Business Angels wie Stefan Wiskemann, Christoph Linkwitz und Stefan Glänzer investieren in Zinspilot, ein Fintech-Start-up aus Hamburg. „Zinspilot ist der Single-Account-Service, auf den viele Anleger gewartet haben: Bessere Zinsen ohne ständige Bankwechsel….“ http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2014/10/31/zinspilot-quandoo-locca-und-co-sammeln-geld-ein/ EN: e.ventures and prominent business angels invested in Zinspilot, which offers better interest […]

Fidor Bank AG und Payward/Kraken starten eine offene Initiative zur weltweit ersten Bankplattform mit Fokus auf virtuellen Währungen Zielsetzung der Initiative ist die Gründung einer eigenen Bank für virtuelle Währungen. Die Bank soll verschiedene Anbieter von virtuellen Währungsangeboten als eigenständiges Unternehmen aggregiere. Offene Initiative beabsichtigt die Integration mehrerer Partner. Interessierte Partner können sich unter www.cryptocurrency-bank.com […]

NetGuardians raises CHF 5 million in second round of financing NetGuardians, a Swiss company offering anti-fraud banking solutions, is heading into its second round of financing of CHF 5 million…This round of financing is supported by three solid investors: SBT Venture Capital, Orbium and Polytech Ventures, who also participated in round one financing. http://www.finextra.com/news/announcement.aspx?pressreleaseid=57309&topic=retail SBT […]

Frankfurter FinTech-Startup vaamo erhält 2,5 Millionen Euro Venture Capital und wächst aus Beta-Phase heraus Das Frankfurter Startup vaamo öffnete kürzlich seinen Online-Service für Sparbegeisterte – unabhängig von der Größe des Geldbeutels… [vaamo presented at our 2nd event in May 2014. Meet vaamo as well as their investor Route 66 Ventures at our 3rd event (sold […]

Insurance app Knip secures Series A funding The Zurich based Knip AG raised a Series A round led by the Dutch fintech fund Orange Growth Capital (OGC), with participation from Redalpine, a Swiss venture capitalist, and two business angels from Germany and Switzerland. http://startupticker.ch/en/news/october-2014/insurance-app-knip-secures-series-a-funding#.VDpJm_mSxqV (Meet OGC Founding Partner Reinier Musters at the 3rd FinTech Forum […]

SWIFT Innotribe announces the winners of the 2014 Startup Challenge Epiphyte and MatchMove won the title of “Top Startups” (including a $50,000 cash prize) and “Top Innovator” respectively. http://www.swift.com/about_swift/shownews?param_dcr=news.data/en/swift_com/2014/PR_sibos_innotribe_winners.xml (Startups from the D.A.CH region that pitched in the finals included Lendstar– which presented at our 1st event in Nov. 2013- and Mambu. Moneymeets (also from […]

TraxPay closes $15 million Series B Round to transform B2B payments and financial transactions Traxpay, the leader in B2B Dynamic Payments, today announced that it has closed $15 Million in series B funding. This oversubscribed round was led by main incubator, corporate incubator of Commerzbank and Software AG. Early investors, Earlybird Venture Capital and former […]

BBVA OpenTalent announces winners at Next Bank Europe We had a great couple of days at Next Bank Europe in Barcelona, which included the finals of the BBVA Open Talent 2014 Europe. Lendstar and Cashboard from the FTFD community were among the ten “new banking” startups, with ClauseMatch and TransferGo declared winners. Samarth Shekhar, Co-Founder […]

Meet us at NextBank Europe (18th-19th Sep.) and at Innotribe / Sibos (29th Sep. – 02nd Oct.) We are a judge of the BBVA Open Talent and will be on the panel discussion “Fintech startup ecosystems in Europe” on Day-2 of our partner event NextBankEurope this week (Barcelona, 18-19 Sep.)  We are a judge and […]

Lendstar, Mambu, Cashboard and milliPay take to the global FinTech Stage German startups Lendstar (which presented at the 1st FinTech Forum D.A.CH event in Nov. 2013), Mambu (featured on our 7 Questions series) and Cashboard are among the FinTech trailblazers selected to present at the BBVA Open Talent / Next Bank Europe (18-19 Sep. in […]

BBVA unveils European startup contest finalists Spanish bank BBVA has named the 20 finalists for the European leg of its startup competition, whittling down the chosen few from more than 400 entrants. http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=26365&topic=security Two of the ten ‘new banking’ finalists are from the D.A.CH. region: Cashboard.io (The whole investment world with tailored, diversified and automated […]

BBVA names Next Bank Europe startup finalists Spanish bank BBVA has named the 20 finalists for the European leg of its financial services startup challenge, BBVA Open Talent, which will feed into the Next Bank Europe conference in Barcelona next month. http://www.bankingtech.com/240641/bbva-names-next-bank-europe-startup-finalists/ FinTech Forum DACH is a judge at the BBVA Open Talent and will […]

Funding for FinTech Forum DACH alumni BitBond and moneymeets  moneymeets, which presented at our first event in Nov. 2013, and BitBond from our second event announced funding rounds this week. Moneymeets and BitBond were also among the 15 startups selected to present at the Innotribe Startup Challenge London showcase in May 2014. Congratulations and all […]

Hacking Finance @  Next Bank Europe, Barcelona 17. Sep. 2014 Hacking Finance Tech @  ist ein Fintech-Hackathon, der Programmierer, Designer und Geschäftsleute am 17. September in Barcelona versammelt, um Software-Ideen im Bereich Retail Banking, Kapitalmarkt, Payments und Big Data zu entwickeln. Hacking Finance Biz @  ist ein Business Innovationsworkshop, der sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat, […]

FinTech Forum D-A-CH turns one! Presenting the FTFD Class of 2013. We turned a year old in July, and decided to celebrate with our community of startups- this week we showcase the FTFD Class of 2013: with plenty of opportunities for partners, investors, banks, new hires etc. Drop us a line if you would like […]

London-based fintech accelerator: a place for milliPay Startupbootcamp has just announced the first cohort of 10 start-ups that will participate in the 2014 programme of its London-based fintech accelerator. The start-ups that have made the cut for the inaugural three-month mentoring program include teams from Europe, Africa and the US. From Switzerland, milliPay Systems will […]

Next Bank Europe bringt Finanzinstitutionen und Fintech Innovatoren zusammen, um die Zukunft der Finanzindustrie neu zu denken Next Bank Europe  findet vom 18-19 September in Barcelona statt und bringt Innovatoren der Finanzindustrie zusammen, um die digitale Transformation der Branche zu thematisieren. Im Rahmen der Konferenz findet auch das europäische Finale des Startup Wettbewerbs BBVA Open […]

7 Questions with Eugene Danilkis from Mambu Who are you? Mambu is a cloud banking platform provider. We enable innovative banking providers to rapidly create, launch and service loan and deposit products through our agile, flexible and affordable cloud banking platform. An alternative to legacy core banking software, our goal is to accelerate time to […]

Two FinTech Startups among the eleven biggest Financing Rounds in Germany in 2014 so far   Auxmoney ($16 mio.) and Kreditech ($40 mio.) appeared in Gründerszene’s article covering 8-digit financing rounds in Germany in the first half of 2014, joining the likes of SoundCloud and Delivery Hero. Das waren die größten Finanzierungsrunden im ersten Halbjahr. […]

FinTech Forum DACH Co-Founder Samarth Shekhar among Financial News / Wall Street Journal’s FinTech 40 “40 Leaders in FinTech”   Aimed to identify “the most important 40 people based in the broader European region who display influence or innovation in the emerging financial technology ecosystem”, the list includes “40 innovators shaping the future of finance” […]

FastBill erhält Internet Startup Award 2014 für erfolgreiches Bootstrapping   FastBill stellt ein für die deutsche Startup-Szene hervorragendes Beispiel innovativer und erfolgsorientierter Gründer dar, die sich trotz des Hypes um die allgemeinen Finanzeirungsstrategien erfolgreich im Markt durchgesetzt haben.   http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2014/06/19/fastbill-protonet-rifamo-startupsreeperbahn-funding-workshop/  

BBVA OpenTalent: Wettbewerb für FinTech Startups- bis 25.06. bewerben!   FinTech Forum DACH in Partnerschaft mit NextBank Europe lädt FinTech Startups in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz zum BBVA Open Talent Wettbewerb ein. Anmeldung bis spätestens 25. Juni auf http://goo.gl/TKmLXB. Bei Fragen melden Sie sich gerne unter: contact@fintechforum.de Bis zu zehn Bewerber haben die Chance […]

Wikifolio sichert sich sechs Millionen Euro – und wird zur AG  Das Wiener FinTech-Startup Wikifolio bekommt sechs Millionen Euro, um international zu expandieren – und wird in eine Aktiengesellschaft umgewandelt.   http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/wikifolio-finanzierung-expansion-ag?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily&utm_term=wikifolio-finanzierung-expansion-ag&utm_date=2014-06-06   Finanzchef24 raises €4M in funding   Finanzchef24 GmbH, a Munich, Germany-based provider of an independent small business insurance comparison portal and a […]

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