Funding

AEM raises £16 million to expand its rare-earth-free motor range

Portfolio company Advanced Electric Machines (AEM) has secured £16 million of new investment to accelerate the development of its rare-earth-free electric motor portfolio. The funds will be used to support the development of an extended range of rare-earth free motors with a focus on heavy commercial vehicle and industrial applications. evertiq Northstar Ventures invested alongside Barclays Climate Ventures, PXN Ventures and the Low Carbon Innovation [...]

2026-09-29T03:54:20+00:00August 4th, 2026|Categories: Funding, News, Press Release|Tags: , |
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Solaris Bank completes €96 million Series F

FinLeap portfolio company, Solaris SE today announced the signing of its Series F round led by SBI Group and other existing investors. Solaris is Europe's leading embedded finance platform. The current round consists of EUR 96 million in additional capital and a financial guarantee of up to EUR 100 million capital equivalent. Solaris will use the funds to onboard the ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club) credit card [...]

2024-05-08T11:27:01+00:00March 19th, 2024|Categories: Funding, News|Tags: , , |
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AEM secures £23m for its rare-earth free motors

Shackleton investee, Advanced Electric Machines (AEM), a leader in sustainable motor manufacturing primarily for the automotive industry, has secured £23 million of new investment. The funding will be used to scale up production capacity at its facility in the North East, deliver on ambitious growth plans to establish a global sales footprint, and bolster R&D capabilities.  AEM's motors are used by Adgero, another of our [...]

2024-01-08T17:18:37+00:00November 20th, 2023|Categories: Funding, News|Tags: , , |
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A new unicorn in the FinLeap stable….

We are pleased to report that Solarisbank AG, Europe’s leading Banking-as-a-Service platform, has raised EUR 190 million in an oversubscribed Series D funding round, valuing the company at EUR 1.4 billion.  Shackleton portfolio company, FinLeap is a founder shareholder of Solarisbank and retains a substantial shareholding.  This funding event marks FinLeap's first home-grown unicorn. The round was led by Decisive Capital Management, with support from [...]

2021-08-26T11:02:44+00:00July 26th, 2021|Categories: Funding, News|Tags: , , , |
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Investment Hat Trick

We are delighted to share this recent news from FinLeap's CEO Ramin Niroumand. The fintech sphere has been quite dynamic in recent weeks. The developments in the Wirecard case continue to dominate international news as the story gradually unfolds. However, there is also positive fintech news to share. Despite the summer break, many companies are working on their comebacks following the Corona crisis. The finleap [...]

2020-07-09T15:53:57+00:00July 8th, 2020|Categories: Funding, News|Tags: , , , , |
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PanIntelligence Funded for further Growth

We are delighted to announce that Shackleton investee, PanInsight (trading as Panintelligence) has secured fresh investment from YFM Equity Partners and Cohmar Capital.  The £4.5 million transaction will allow the company to pursue its next phase of growth and allows a partial cash exit for Shackleton and other founder investors.  This also represents Shackleton's 22nd profitable realisation. PanIntelligence is a rapidly scaling data visualisation, reporting [...]

2019-11-26T16:22:07+00:00November 26th, 2019|Categories: Exit, Funding, News, Press Release|Tags: , , , |
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Shackleton team backs cleantech Adgero

The Shackleton team is very pleased to have backed Adgero, the cleantech business that uses ultra-capacitors to recover kinetic energy from commercial vehicles. Adgero's immediate deployments are as a retro-fit solution for rigid trucks and trailers operating in urban and peri-urban settings.  Its broader targets include large road-trains in the mining industry, a range of other commercial vehicles, and cranes.  Adgero’s solution creates substantial cost [...]

2021-07-26T23:10:14+00:00October 1st, 2019|Categories: Funding, News|
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Elinvar secures backing from Goldman Sachs

FinLeap investee Elinvar announced today that it has secured Goldman Sachs as the lead investor for its latest funding.  This is yet another example of the quality of FinLeap's portfolio companies and ecosystem. Elinvar is a digital platform for asset and wealth managers. Its platform covers the complete value chain - from the client’s website to the consultation and the investor portal.  It provides an [...]

2019-05-15T13:26:13+00:00May 15th, 2019|Categories: Funding, News|Tags: , , |
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ELEMENT Secures €23 million

We are delighted to announce that ELEMENT, the digital insurance platform developed by Shackleton investee FinLeap has secured a further €23 million in funding. ELEMENT is a fully digital white-label insurance product factory, which is fully licensed by Germany's regulator BaFin to write P&C insurance business. ELEMENT's business partners can offer to their customers modern property and casualty insurance products and a digital customer experience [...]

2019-04-11T08:27:00+00:00November 29th, 2018|Categories: Funding, News|Tags: , , |
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FinLeap raises over €40 million in ground-breaking funding

Shackleton investee FinLeap, which is now Europe's largest fintech company builder, today announced that it has raised EUR 41.5 million in an investment round, led by Ping An‘s Global Voyager Fund. Ping An, a leading Chinese financial services firm, is the world‘s largest insurance company by market capitalization and a widely recognized fintech and healthtech innovator. "Since our launch four years ago, we have been [...]

2019-04-11T08:27:15+00:00November 19th, 2018|Categories: Funding, News|Tags: , , , |
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