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Women as a target group? Not worth it. Yes, it is!
Even in our oh-so-innovative fintech industry, as we hunt for untapped markets, products reach only one in five women (and one-third of men). Non-binary people as always invisible in these data collections.
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French investment app Shares relies on Berlin-based fintech Upvest
The current funding slump is a difficult situation for local fintechs. The reluctance of investors and financiers makes it difficult for them to drive innovation, growth and collaborations. The Berlin-based company Upvest is defying this trend and last year not only reported an investment of 42 million euros, but since the beginning of this year…
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Here comes the Grinch! The nagging review of the year 2022
2022 was simply not a good year for the banking and payments world – at least in my opinion. A year in review of the five issues that got me particularly excited and what happened to you. The payment and banking scene is undeniably never boring. Not a month goes by without new products, banks,…
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Berlin Finance Initiative builds transatlantic bridge for fintechs to the U.S.
Berlin is still better than its reputation and especially in the area of fintechs, the German capital remains unchallenged in the DACH region. But like all other fintechs, the Berlin-based companies must inevitably ask themselves after their first successful steps on the domestic market how they are to continue. Expansion into the U.S. is often…
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Former Tink employees launch fintech Atlar and raise five million euros
The Swedes are an innovative people and have often been ahead of the game when it comes to fintech. Now the new fintech startup Atlar, founded by three former Tink employees, Joel Nordström, Joel Wägmark and Johannes Elgh, is launching. With Atlar, companies can communicate directly with banks via a novel layer to seamlessly and…
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Expansion of the product range: Ginmon and Upvest announce cooperation
Low interest rates, rising inflation and an ever-widening pension gap are putting a strain on consumers, and in times of uncertainty it is becoming increasingly difficult to put money aside for emergencies or even for the future. Even participation in the capital market has long since ceased to guarantee high returns. At the same time,…
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Beyond Klarna and Tink: 5 Fintechs from Sweden
Two times three makes four, Widdewiddewitt, and three makes nine: With her math skills, Pipi Longstocking would certainly have had little chance in the financial market. But Sweden is more than vimmerby, Bullerbü or IKEA. Sweden is considered a key pioneer that has significantly shaped the fintech landscape in recent years through heavyweights such as…
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re:cap founder Becker: “Turbulence in the market is an opportunity”.
VC investments have declined significantly in recent weeks and months. New and established fintechs alike must now get creative and rethink their funding mix. Many are also looking for alternative growth capital in the process. Paul Becker founded the fintech re:cap in 2021. The Berlin-based company enables financing for digital companies with recurring revenues, for…
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Wind of change? Is the turnaround for fintechs imminent?
The world-famous song “Wind of Change” by the band Scorpions intoned the end of the Cold War in 1990 and gave us all the feeling of a “turn for the better” with our Russian neighbors. Since February 24, we have been abruptly taught otherwise, and since April 27, we have known officially through our Chancellor…
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Tax app Taxfix becomes a unicorn after completing Series D
Taxfix, Europe’s leading mobile tax app, today announced a new $220 million Series D funding round. This elevates the Berlin-based financial company, with a total valuation of over one billion dollars, to Unicorn status. This sum would make it the largest transaction in the German start-up market so far this year. The company’s valuation rises…
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inVenture gives private investors access to venture capital funds
Leaving money exclusively in the bank is no longer a good idea. There, “thanks” to negative interest rates, it becomes less, not more, the longer it sits. The solution is to invest in different asset classes in a diversified manner. Young fintechs in particular are establishing themselves on the market because they minimize the hurdles…
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N26 – NEINhorn Bank in the best sense of the word
This right in advance: This contribution is first of all personal and then also political. In 2013, I made a Angelinvest into a founding team that had a very cool product idea and which gave me the impression that it was deeply convinced of its idea. The product was called Papayer and was basically a Teenager Debitcard with an app that could also…
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Anleitung: In 5 Schritten zur NEO-Bank
Eine Neo-Bank zu bauen hört sich schwer an und gerade wenn man erst frisch begonnen hat sich mit Kundenbedürfnissen zu beschäftigen, kommt es einem vor, als stehe man vor einem unüberwindbaren Berg. Doch eigentlich ist das alles gar nicht so schwer. Man braucht nur jemanden, der Schritt für Schritt durch einen solchen Prozess führt. Und genau hierbei möchte…
