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 […]
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 to […]
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… […]
FinTech Forum alumni Scalable Capital, Quantoz win awards as Frankfurt opens Tech Quartier …In der Kategorie Seed/Early Stage gewann der digitale Vermögensverwalter Scalable aus München. Sieger in der Kategorie Growth Stage wurde der Anbieter von Online-Identifikationsverfahren WebID Solutions aus Berlin. Im Bereich Late Stage lag CRX Markets aus München vorn, die gerade den Factoring-Markt aufmischen und bereits die Lufthansa und Nestlé als […]
8th FinTech Forum: the event in tweets Couldn’t make it to the 8th FTF, also our 3rd anniversary edition? Check out the event in tweets to discover startups tackling “risk & compliance as a service”, physical metal trading, media-driven investment etc. For our market update and some interesting numbers about the over 200 startups that have participated since the inaugural […]
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) […]
Countdown to 8th FinTech Forum – the third anniversary edition! With just 10 days to go, it is time to check out the (almost final) line-up of startups selected to present at the 8th FinTech Forum. Given that this our „3rd anniversary edition“, we also did some quick stock taking: Of the ~200 startups that have […]
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 […]