French Fintech Qonto says Teamwork, Prep and Focus Helped them Finalize €486M Series D Round
HQ: FR
Founded: 2016
Series D
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: EUR 486M €
EUR 3.9B
Valuation
Investors: Alkeon Capital (https://www.alkeoncapital.com/) Alven (https://alven.co/) Ashley Flucas (https://www.linkedin.com/in/asflucas) DST Global (https://dst-global.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) European Investment Bank (https://www.eib.org/de/index.htm)
Thought Machine closes $200 million round, now at a unicorn valuation
HQ: UK
Founded: 2014
Series C
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 200M €
USD +1 Billion
Valuation
Investors: Nyca Partners (https://www.nyca.com/) with participation from ING Ventures JPMorgan Chase (https://www.jpmorganchase.com/) Standard Chartered Ventures Lloyds Banking Group (https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/) British Patient Capital (https://www.britishpatientcapital.co.uk/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) SEB (https://sebgroup.com/) Molten Ventures (https://www.moltenventures.com/) Backed (https://www.backed.vc/) IQ Capital (https://iqcapital.vc/)
Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, raises USD 100M on a USD 540M pre-money valuation
HQ: DE
Founded: 2016
Series C
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 100M €
USD 540M
Valuation
Investors: Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/) Klarna (https://www.klarna.com/at/) GR Capital (https://gr.capital/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/)
Fintech firm N26 is now worth more than Germany’s second-largest bank
HQ: DE
Founded: 2013
Series E
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 900M €
USD 7B
Valuation
Investors: Third Point Ventures (https://www.thirdpointventures.com/) Dragoneer Investment Group (https://dragoneer.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/)
Elliptic raises USD 60M to accelerate safe adoption of cryptoassets by mainstream financial markets
HQ: UK
Founded: 2013
Series C
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 60M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Wells Fargo Strategic Capital (https://www.wellsfargo.com/com/financing/strategic-capital/) Softbank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) SignalFire (https://signalfire.com/) SBI Group (https://www.sbigroup.co.jp/english/) Paladin Capital Group (https://www.paladincapgroup.com/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Evolution Equity Partners (https://evolutionequity.com/) Digital Currency Group (https://dcg.co/) Albion VC (https://www.albion.vc/)
‘Thin file’ loans startup Koyo closes USD 50M Series A led by Force Over Mass
HQ: UK
Founded: 2018
Series A
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 50M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Seedcamp (https://www.seedcamp.at/) Matt Robinson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrobinson/) Frontline Ventures (https://www.frontline.vc/) Forward Partners (https://forwardpartners.com/) Force Over Mass Capital (https://www.fomcap.com/)
Austria’s Blockpit raises €8.4M to bring the necessary transparency to a blockchain-based financial market
HQ: AT
Founded: 2017
Series A
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: EUR 8,4M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: MiddleGame Ventures (http://www.middlegamevc.com/) Fabric Ventures (https://www.fabric.vc/) Force over Mass Capital (https://www.fomcap.com/) Tioga Capital (https://tioga.capital/) Avaloq Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/avaloq-ventures) European Super Angels Club
