Tag: Germany

Digital banking company Fidor has appointed a new global CFO ahead of its international expansion plans. Brad Whittfield will take on the newly-created role based in Fidor’s Dubai global expansion hub.

Bitcoin peer-to-peer lending platform for SMEs Bitbond has closed €5m in debt financing to fund loans on its platform.

The Naga Group, the company behind social trading app SwipeStox, has picked up €12.5m in a Series A round from Chinese investment fund Fosun.

German InsurTech startup Getsurance has picked up ?2m in a Seed round of funding. The investment comes from Rocket Internet founder Alexander Samwer Picus Capital, Postfinance Bank and IBB.

Japanese web giant Rakuten is making another European investment through its $100m FinTech fund backing insurance e-commerce startup Simplesurance.

German banking platform solarisBank has raised €26.3m in a Series A funding round after just a year in business. Arvato Financial Solutions and Japanese banking firm SBI Group led the round.

Digital asset management firm LIQID has secured €4.5m in a new round of growth capital from Berliner Volksbank Ventures and existing backers.

Entrepreneurs with no financial services background still build superior FinTech startups to those from traditional finance or banking businesses, according to venture capital firm Earlybird's Christian Nagel.

Berlin-based credit scoring startup bonify has picked up €5.5m in a Series A round led by London-based Mosaic Ventures and Silicon Valley firm Ribbit Capital.

Tax return filing management platform Taxfix has received a €2m seed investment round from Redalpine and Creandum.