A Second Exit from the FinLeap Portfolio this year

Yesterday, FinLeap portfolio company PAIR Finance announced a majority investment from Pollen Street Capital. Founding investor finleap will retain a minority position in the company.  FinLeap is an investment in Shackleton's Victoria Fund. PAIR Finance is a high-growth, digital first collections platform offering unique collections technology based on artificial intelligence and behavioural research, aiming to create a more efficient payment process that prioritises customer experience [...]

2022-10-12T16:52:38+00:00October 12th, 2022|Categories: Exit, News|Tags: , , |

FinLeap News: Penta and Qonto merge

Today, Finleap portfolio company, Penta announced that it will be acquired by Qonto. Qonto is the market leader in digital financial management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), sole proprietors and freelancers in France and operates throughout Europe; Penta is the market leader in this segment in Germany. The transaction is expected to be finalised in the coming weeks. The merger of the two market [...]

2022-08-30T14:04:39+00:00July 22nd, 2022|Categories: Acquisition, News, Press Release|Tags: , |

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: , , , |

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: , , , , |

FinLeap launches Joonko

Shackleton investee, FinLeap today announced that it has created Joonko a new consumer finance portal.  Joonko has other prestige backers including Ping An and Raisin - who besides offering funding are strengthening the new company's technology platform. Joonko will help German consumers choose the right financial products for their personal saving and protection needs. With EUR10 million in seed capital under its belt, the portal [...]

2020-03-03T02:02:10+00:00September 3rd, 2019|Categories: News, Press Release|Tags: , , , |

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: , , |

FinLeap acquires Penta to strengthen its Ecosystem

Shackleton investee Finleap announced today the acquisition of Penta, the digital business banking solution.  Penta will complement a number of Finleap portfolio companies, and will work particularly closely with Beesy, which offers digital banking and accounting for freelancers in Italy. Penta delivers fast and easy business banking. It counts over 5,500 digital businesses (including for example AirHelp, bepro11 and Global Digital Women) as customers. [...]

2019-04-11T08:24:53+00:00April 2nd, 2019|Categories: Acquisition, News|Tags: , , |

Marriage with Figo

Shackleton portfolio company FinLeap today announced the merger of Figo and Finreach solutions. Both companies are well-known fintech pioneers. Finreach is already a FinLeap company. Figo was formed in 2012 and has to date received some €10 million from angel investors, Deutsche Börse, and Berliner Volksbank Ventures. The merger will create the leading European Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) API platform for finance. - Markus Dränert, Cornelia Schwertner [...]

2019-04-11T08:26:16+00:00March 5th, 2019|Categories: Acquisition, News|Tags: , , , , |

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: , , |

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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