The Fourthline platform provides banks and financial services providers with a complete suite of proprietary tech products that adhere to local KYC, AML and GDPR requirements in Europe and beyond. Fourthline’s AI-driven solutions unlock compliance for the entirety of the lifecycle, from onboarding, the verification and analysis, through to investigations and continuous KYC, in all stages of business development. Founded: 2017. First product launched: January 2018.
Raisin is a savings and investment marketplace that connects retail customers with banks looking to expand deposit reach. The company's goal is to provide savers the best interest rates. The company gives access to exclusive savings products from all over Europe. Raisin assures a smooth investment process and the simple management of investments with all of the partner banks via one single platform. Raisin was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Raisin DS was formed by a merger of the FinTech companies Deposit Solutions and Raisin in June 2021.
mx51 partners with acquirers and payment providers to deliver exceptional merchant experiences. mx51's bank-grade payments as a service platform and scalable cloud-based technology seamlessly connects the world of commerce into payments. mx51 was established in 2016 in Sydney, New South Wales by Magnus Hsu.
Kushki is a payment platform tailor-made for Latin America that uses local logic and pricing and can be rapidly integrated. It connects LATAM through payments. Kushki offers clients an integrated payments platform and omnichannel solutions for e-commerce, m-commerce, and physical stores. The startup’s API standardizes the ecosystem’s fragmented payments landscape, including credit and debit cards, bank transfers, and cash networks with over 300,000 physical points of payment. Founded in New York City in 2016, by serial entrepreneurs, Aron Schwarzkopf and Sebastian Castro, the company has operations in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, USA, and Canada.
Pintu is a crypto assets platform for buying, selling, and investing in Bitcoin and Blockchain-based assets. Its application provides the opportunity to access a new open financial system to let users buy, sell, manage, and utilize cryptocurrency easily and quickly. Pintu was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Legl is a B2B SaaS platform enabling law firms to run their operations digitally – from streamlined onboarding, compliance, and payment tools to giving management critical business insights and their clients a service worthy of 2021.
Moralis provides a complete end-to-end blockchain application development platform powering decentralized apps (dApps), uniquely allowing developers and companies to focus on the front-end while handling the entire back-end of development. The company develops software and application programming interfaces (APIs) that combine user authentication, identity management, historic and real-time transaction information, and session management to make it easier for developers to make the transition between Web 2 and Web 3. Moralis was co-founded by Ivan Liljeqvist and Filip Martinsson in June 2021.
VIDA is an IT company that develops customized digital platforms to enhance compliance and security services.
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Divergent has created the world's first end-to-end software-hardware production system for industrial digital manufacturing – the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS™) – allowing customers to design, additively manufacture, and automatically assemble complex structures for automotive, aerospace, and defense applications. DAPS transforms the economics and environmental impact of manufacturing complex structures for vehicles of all types by optimizing designs, dematerializing structures, and eliminating upfront capex.
Fidel API is a global financial infrastructure platform that enables developers to build programmable experiences at the moment a transaction occurs on any payment card. Its tools are transforming how merchants and users interact by powering real-time, event-driven engagements, best-in-class loyalty and rewards programs and revolutionizing processes from reimbursements to expense management. Fidel API is trusted by start-ups through global enterprises including Google, British Airways, TopCashback, Perkbox, Royal Bank of Canada, and Blackhawk Networks, and is supported by the world’s largest card networks, including Visa, Mastercard and American Express. Founded in 2018, Fidel API is headquartered in London, with offices in Lisbon, New York, and remote employees globally. Fidel API is backed by investors including Nyca Partners, QED Investors, Citi Ventures, RBC Capital and Commerce Ventures.
Payhawk is a leading spend management solution for domestic and international businesses throughout Europe, the US, and the UK. Combining company cards, reimbursable expenses, accounts payable, and seamless accounting software integrations into a single product, Payhawk makes business payments easy — for everyone. Payhawk helps customers in over 32 countries to maximise efficiency, control spending at scale, and stay agile. With offices in London, Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, Vilnius, Sofia, and New York, Payhawk’s diverse customer base includes top names like LuxAir, Babbel, Vinted, Wallbox and Wagestream.
Finary is a platform that allows everybody to better track and manage their wealth. The company was started in 2020 and is based in Paris, France.
PrimaryBid is a technology platform that allows everyday investors fair access to public companies raising capital. PrimaryBid always ensures that retail investors transact at the same time and at the same price as institutional investors. Through PrimaryBid's long-term agreement with the London Stock Exchange, the company has created the infrastructure to seamlessly connect everyday investors with public companies when it matters most.
Pennylane is a developer of a full-stack financial management platform used to deal with financial data. Centralizing all the data that was fragmented in the past, this platform enables business managers to get a real-time view of their financial data and make the right decisions. The company enables business leaders to access their complete, and up-to-date financial data at any time.
Route elevates the online customer journey by providing a simple way to protect and track all of the user's orders. It automatically connects to everything ordered from all retailers while allowing the user to visually track its packages, anytime, anywhere.
#1 financial back-office solution for SMEs in Latam. AI based platform designed to unburden both entrepreneurs and accountants by enabling full outsource of all the finance and administrative work. Bhub's platform includes AI agents and automations of workflows related to AP/AR, accounting, taxes, payroll. BHub helps clients and partners to reduce time, costs, and labor associated with finance and administrative functions.
Fuse is an insurance application that will allow customers to do all insurance activities. Their mobile application has a variety of interesting features, such as registering as a partner, comparing policies, and selecting the best policy to protect the future.
Weel is an all-in-one virtual corporate card and expense management platform that enables finance teams to better manage, control and streamline spending across their organisation. Weel solves a common pain point for small and large businesses alike: issuing corporate cards to staff while staying in control of spending and collecting receipts and accounting data. Weel enables businesses to instantly issue virtual corporate Mastercards to employees to make online and in-store purchases via Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Belvo is the open finance API platform that enables users to connect their accounts to an app. The platform lets financial innovators to access and interpret data from their end-users in an easy and scalable way. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City.
vivenu offers a unified platform to manage, market, and analyze ticket sales. It specializes in the fields of events, ticketing platform, and event menagement.
Attest is a fast-scaling, SaaS business based in London and New York, and backed by investors including NEA, one of Silicon Valley's most prolific venture capital firms with over 225 portfolio company IPOs since 1977. Attest is a consumer research platform that delivers consumer data that drive predictable and repeatable growth to businesses. The Attest platform enables businesses to engage directly with >110 million consumers across >45 countries, starting in 90 seconds. Attest enables businesses to learn, measure, and grow ever-faster, across marketing, product, brand, innovation, competition, pricing, and beyond. Great companies put consumers and data at the heart of every decision. Attest makes this possible for anyone in any business, continuously, on a global scale. Clients use Attest to crack their greatest growth problems and fill the most valuable gaps in their knowledge, informing real decisions with fresh new inputs every day.
TradingView is a network of traders and investors – powered by real-time data and market-leading analysis software. It’s a word-of-mouth success story: from TechStars in Chicago in 2013, to over 15 million monthly active site users and over 40,000 publishers, brokerages, and fintech utilizing its investing tools. TradingView is a global team of over 200+, founded by Stan Bokov, Denis Globa, and Constantin Ivanov. In 2018 TradingView completed a $37 million Series B round led by Insight Partners, and in 2019 they acquired TradeIT in order to accelerate the company’s existing vision.
Swile got its start by disrupting the incumbent meal voucher market in France. Their all-in-one smartcard groups together all employee benefits such as meal vouchers, gift vouchers, and mobility benefits. Swile also aims to reinvent life at work and create a better work culture for all employees with their super app. Features include praises, event creation, collections and P2P payments between colleagues. They also offer employee engagement surveys and insight analytics. It was founded in 2018 by Loïc Soubeyrand and is based in Paris, France.
Aspire is a finance operating system for growing businesses in SouthEast Asia. Its portfolio of services now includes business accounts for cross-border businesses, corporate cards, and automated invoice processing, all of which are connected to financial management software. The company also operates an incorporation service for Singaporean companies called Aspire Kickstart. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Singapore.
Benson Hill is a crop improvement company that unlocks the natural diversity of plants and empowers innovators with a revolutionary crop design platform to develop healthier and more sustainable food and ingredients. Benson Hill empowers innovators to develop more healthy, flavorful, and sustainable food by unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants. Benson Hill’s CropOS™ platform combines machine learning and big data with breeding techniques and plant biology to drastically accelerate and simplify the product development process.
Airwallex is a technology company based in Hong Kong that specializes in providing a global payments and financial platform. Its services facilitate international transactions for businesses of all sizes, allowing them to make and receive payments efficiently and cost-effectively. By integrating advanced technology with a comprehensive ecosystem of application programming interfaces, Airwallex streamlines financial processes, enabling clients to issue and pay invoices in their preferred currency at competitive exchange rates. The platform addresses the complexities of the traditional financial system, helping businesses save time and reduce costs while expanding their operations both domestically and internationally. With a focus on empowering companies to thrive in a borderless digital economy, Airwallex plays a significant role in enhancing global commerce.
Cider is a direct-to-consumer (DTC) e-commerce platform focusing on overseas markets. Its innovative approach to building community, reducing inventory waste, and shipping anywhere has made it a new favorite for a generation of digitally native consumers. By integrating a pre-order option and educating the customer on the possibility of a zero-inventory future, Cider’s retail model is actively reducing the waste that often accompanies accessible fashion — without having to sacrifice affordability. It was founded in 2020 and is based in Hong Kong.
Zepz operates WorldRemit, an online platform that facilitates international money transfers, allowing users to send funds to friends and family abroad. Established in 2009 and headquartered in London, WorldRemit provides a secure service accessible via computer, smartphone, or tablet. The platform enables users to send money to over 140 destinations, including countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Recipients can receive funds through various methods, such as bank deposits, cash pickups, mobile money, and airtime top-ups. By offering a convenient and low-cost alternative to traditional money transfer services, WorldRemit has become a popular choice for millions of users looking to support their loved ones and manage their financial transactions effectively.
OPay designs a mobile payment service and consumer platform for users to send and receive money, pay bills, and order food and groceries. It empowers and enables users to accomplish more with their money by providing smart financial services. It is a one-stop mobile-based platform for payment, transportation, food and grocery delivery, and other important services in everyday life. Millions of users rely on OPay every day to send and receive money, pay bills, and order food and groceries.
Bota Biosciences (Bota Bio) is a global industrial biotechnology company connecting biological design to scale-up manufacturing to accelerate shifts to sustainable living. Bota has built an integrative bioengineering platform, to develop and implement efficient, eco-friendly, and cost-effective biomanufacturing technologies. Committed to its mission, Bota established its own pilot plant and manufacturing facility, affirming its dedication to offering scalable industrial solutions and market-ready products. This infrastructure strengthens support for customers and partners across industries such as nutrition, food, personal care, and animal health. Powered by a dynamic, multidisciplinary team, Bota Bio channels biotech innovations to create a global impact. The company's Series B financing has surpassed $100 million, bringing its aggregate funding to $145 million, with investment from notable strategic and financial investors, including Hong Shan Capital, Matrix Partners, and BASF Ventures.
Yoco is an African technology company. We create opportunities for entrepreneurs and small businesses to get paid, run and grow their business through a single platform. Our growing product ecosystem includes payments (offline and online), lending and business software. Today Yoco processes US$ billions annually for over 300,000 small businesses.
Akur8 is a developer of an AI-driven insurance pricing and reserving platform designed to provide AI-powered pricing automation and optimization for insurance carriers. The company's platform integrates with leading-edge algorithms dedicated to insurance pricing. The platform leverages machine learning to automate and optimize insurance pricing, providing significant advantages in the insurance market.
Upflow is the software company revolutionizing how B2B businesses get paid. The platform help companies manage their unpaid invoices and improve their cash collection by using the company's SaaS-based payment platform. Alexandre Louisy and Barnaby Malet started the company in 2018.
Heyday is a consumer-focused business that operates an online platform for brands in digital marketplaces, helping them enhance their eCommerce presence. Founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, the company aims to support sellers in reaching new heights within the marketplace landscape. Additionally, Heyday Wellness, established in 2015 and located in New York, specializes in customized skincare services, offering tailored facial treatments that include deep cleansing, skin analysis, exfoliation, extractions, hydration, and SPF protection. The wellness segment also features a range of skincare products such as beauty creams, lotions, and wipes available through both physical stores and online channels. Together, these offerings position Heyday as a versatile player in the beauty and skincare industry.
Payhawk is a leading spend management solution for domestic and international businesses throughout Europe, the US, and the UK. Combining company cards, reimbursable expenses, accounts payable, and seamless accounting software integrations into a single product, Payhawk makes business payments easy — for everyone. Payhawk helps customers in over 32 countries to maximise efficiency, control spending at scale, and stay agile. With offices in London, Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, Vilnius, Sofia, and New York, Payhawk’s diverse customer base includes top names like LuxAir, Babbel, Vinted, Wallbox and Wagestream.
FINBOURNE Technology was founded in December 2016 with a mission to reduce the cost of investing and increase transparency for everyone. The company has grown from seven founders to over 130 people in less than five years. The company's SaaS-native solutions offer greater agility and control, designed to deliver a new standard for data management, with a faster time to market. Built as a bitemporal engine and using open APIs, LUSID®ingests and translates data across organizations’ existing operational stack and the wider ecosystem. The data platform supports IBOR, ABOR, tax-lot accounting, valuation, and risk workflows. While, Luminesce®, a data virtualization engine, solves the need to find and securely gather an extended world of data in real time, enabling deeper insights and analytics. Together, they cover a depth of critical data management processes, for start-up managers, through to global investment institutions.
The Zebra operates as an online insurance comparison marketplace. It provides rates and educational resources to inform consumers and help them find the coverage, service level, and pricing to suit their unique needs, while simultaneously helping insurance companies connect with the consumers they best serve in today’s digital world. It aims to simplify the process of finding and purchasing insurance by offering transparent and easy-to-understand options for car, home, and other types of insurance. The Zebra's platform allows users to input their information and receive personalized quotes, helping them find the best coverage and rates available.
Teya is an all-in-one solution for small and growing businesses. From payments, to loyalty, to the cash advance merchants use to give their shops that facelift – Teya has helped over 300,000 business owners to connect with the joy of running their business.
MetaApp creates a virtual interactive content creation platform that belongs to all ages so that everyone can experience life in the virtual world. They provide an UGC game editor along with other creator tools and services to significantly lower the threshold for creating and hosting multiplayer content.
Sorare is a global fantasy football game where managers can trade official digital collectibles. It is on a mission to make crypto fun and accessible to all through fantasy football. Based in Paris, Sorare provides a soccer team management game with digital NFT cards that fans can collect and trade. Founded in December 2018, Sorare currently sold $1.8 million worth of cards in December 2020.
Omnipresent provides a human resource and onboarding SaaS platform designed to help companies hire remote-working local teams worldwide. It handles local employment compliance, payroll, human resource support, and benefits for international teams, enabling clients to effectively hire and manage full-time personnel internationally. A fully remote company, the company was founded in 2019 and registered in London, England.
Sennder is a digital road freight forwarder that links commercial shippers with freight carriers. It provides automation, transparency, and efficiency with its in-house-developed platform for the freight market. They digitalize the truckload-shipping ecosystem by providing mobile apps to drivers, fleet management tools to carrier managers, and logistics management solutions to shippers. The company offers real-time booking as well as precise live tracking, bringing full transparency to any logistics supply chain. It integrates directly with the shippers’ transport management and freight management systems via APIs and by cutting the multiple middlemen, it increases efficiency and reduces cost for all stakeholders.
Lydia develops a mobile payment platform intended to make payments easier. Lydia is a social interface that connects phones with cards to pay anyone with one app, allowing users to make pain-free payments through a mobile wallet system without carrying any cheques or ATM card. Lydia was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
Bestow Inc. is a digital insurance company based in Dallas, Texas, that specializes in providing accessible life insurance services. Founded in 2016, Bestow utilizes data-driven technology and algorithmic underwriting to evaluate risks and streamline the insurance process. The company caters primarily to individuals and busy families, allowing them to obtain affordable life insurance policies quickly and conveniently through a fully digital platform. Customers can complete their applications in minutes without the need for agents, lengthy forms, or medical exams. Additionally, Bestow offers APIs that enable partners to integrate life insurance coverage into their own services, broadening the market reach of their products.
StockX operates a live bid/ask marketplace for buying and selling limited edition and high demand sneakers. Its marketplace enables users to anonymously buy and sell limited edition consumer products with stock market-like visibility. StockX’s platform allows users to create their own personalized sneaker portfolio by uploading their current collection and compare and contrast their sneaker collection to other users on the platform. The company was founded in March 2015, with its headquarters in Detroit in Michigan.
Plus is a global provider of highly automated driving and fully autonomous driving solutions with headquarters in Silicon Valley, California, and operations in the U.S. and Germany. Named by Forbes as one of America’s Best Startup Employers and by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, Plus’s open autonomy technology platform is already powering vehicles in commercial use today. Working with leading vehicle manufacturers, fleets, and other technology companies globally, Plus is helping to make driving safer, more comfortable, and more sustainable. Plus has received a number of industry awards and distinctions for its transformative technology and business momentum from Fast Company, Forbes, Insider, Consumer Electronics Show, AUVSI, and others.
Teya is an all-in-one solution for small and growing businesses. From payments, to loyalty, to the cash advance merchants use to give their shops that facelift – Teya has helped over 300,000 business owners to connect with the joy of running their business.
Marshmallow is an insurtech service providing company. They have total control of the entire value chain, from sign-up and pricing through to claims affording them the unrivalled ability to deliver an exceptional customer experience. Operating in an archaic industry worth trillions of dollars Marshmallow started by doing car insurance in the UK but will offer multiple insurance products in multiple geographies all driven by technology.
Curv is a developer of digital asset security infrastructure helping crypto-native and financial institutions to create digital wallets. The company's security technology is enabling users to build crypto finance products that safely transfer, store, and manage any digital asset on any blockchain or digital system for recording transactions. Its research and development office is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. Curv's decentralized security model utilizes multi-party computation (MPC) protocols, enabling transactions to be securely signed in a mathematically-proven, distributed way. Its enterprise-grade policy engine allows clients to define risk profiles and enforce granular policies to ensure only authorized transactions are allowed. Dan Yadlin and Itay Malinger established the company in New York, New York in 2018.
At Joko, we leverage technology to reinvent the shopping experience. Our ambition is to build a product used every day by hundreds of millions of consumers around the world. A product that makes their shopping experience simpler, smoother and more rewarding, whether they shop online or in-store. Want to know more? hellojoko.com/join
Airwallex is a technology company based in Hong Kong that specializes in providing a global payments and financial platform. Its services facilitate international transactions for businesses of all sizes, allowing them to make and receive payments efficiently and cost-effectively. By integrating advanced technology with a comprehensive ecosystem of application programming interfaces, Airwallex streamlines financial processes, enabling clients to issue and pay invoices in their preferred currency at competitive exchange rates. The platform addresses the complexities of the traditional financial system, helping businesses save time and reduce costs while expanding their operations both domestically and internationally. With a focus on empowering companies to thrive in a borderless digital economy, Airwallex plays a significant role in enhancing global commerce.
Bitpanda is a digital assets platform used to facilitate the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies, fractional stocks and metals. It removes complicated financial barriers by harnessing the innovative power of digitized assets and Blockchain technology. With low fees, 24/7 trading, and real-time settlement, it helps users to shape their financial futures on their own terms. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Vienna, Austria.
Chime Interactive is a leading full-service digital agency providing digital strategy services, web site technologies and design, and video and multimedia production. Chime brings a 30 year history of online expertise to define, develop and implement digital strategies that engage and expand online communities. Specializing in the music industry, Chime has a client list that ranges from Bob Dylan, Madonna and U2 to Sammy Hagar, the Beastie Boys, Los Lobos and Joe Satriani, as well as numerous music manufacturers, labels, booking agencies and festivals.
Epic Games is an American video game and software company that creates games and offers its game engine technology to other developers. It specializes in developing games and engine technology and operates a game store that empowers others to make quality games and 3D content, thereby providing game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality devices.
Attest is a fast-scaling, SaaS business based in London and New York, and backed by investors including NEA, one of Silicon Valley's most prolific venture capital firms with over 225 portfolio company IPOs since 1977. Attest is a consumer research platform that delivers consumer data that drive predictable and repeatable growth to businesses. The Attest platform enables businesses to engage directly with >110 million consumers across >45 countries, starting in 90 seconds. Attest enables businesses to learn, measure, and grow ever-faster, across marketing, product, brand, innovation, competition, pricing, and beyond. Great companies put consumers and data at the heart of every decision. Attest makes this possible for anyone in any business, continuously, on a global scale. Clients use Attest to crack their greatest growth problems and fill the most valuable gaps in their knowledge, informing real decisions with fresh new inputs every day.
ManyPets is a pet insurance provider. They offer pet insurance, dog insurance, cat insurance, a health plan, multi-pet insurance, and lifetime pet insurance. They offer pet insurance policies with generous pet health benefits that are designed to their needs.
Airwallex is a technology company based in Hong Kong that specializes in providing a global payments and financial platform. Its services facilitate international transactions for businesses of all sizes, allowing them to make and receive payments efficiently and cost-effectively. By integrating advanced technology with a comprehensive ecosystem of application programming interfaces, Airwallex streamlines financial processes, enabling clients to issue and pay invoices in their preferred currency at competitive exchange rates. The platform addresses the complexities of the traditional financial system, helping businesses save time and reduce costs while expanding their operations both domestically and internationally. With a focus on empowering companies to thrive in a borderless digital economy, Airwallex plays a significant role in enhancing global commerce.
Alma is a provider of installment-based payments through a large merchant network. It let customers pay in installments or later online or in-store.
Viva Wallet is the first European entirely cloud-based neobank using Microsoft Azure with branches in 23 countries in Europe and is a Principal Member of Visa and Master Card for acquiring and issuing services. Viva Wallet provides businesses of all sizes card acceptance services through innovative Smart Android terminals or the new Android Viva Wallet POS app, and through advanced payment gateways in online stores. It also offers business accounts with local IBAN and a business Viva Wallet Mastercard card. Viva Wallet Holdings owns a subsidiary Greek banking company (VIVABANK SA) and a subsidiary E-money Institution as per PSD II Directive provisions with pass porting rights across the entire EEA Region.
Qonto is an online bank that provides financial tools for small and medium-sized businesses and freelancers. It makes business banking easy, efficient, and transparent and also offers digital bank accounts for sending and receiving payments that adapt to all types of companies, for any legal form or team size.
Teya is an all-in-one solution for small and growing businesses. From payments, to loyalty, to the cash advance merchants use to give their shops that facelift – Teya has helped over 300,000 business owners to connect with the joy of running their business.
KRY is a digital health company that offers an innovative app for accessing healthcare services through video consultations with doctors and therapists. This platform allows users to connect with qualified health professionals anytime and anywhere using their smartphones or tablets. As the market leader in Sweden, KRY is the only CE-certified app for video consultations, which enhances convenience for patients and alleviates the burden on traditional healthcare systems. By facilitating timely access to medical advice, KRY aims to improve healthcare delivery and ensure that those who need it most receive better care.
Fundbox is an AI-powered financial platform for small businesses that offer fast and intuitive access to business credit. The company is on a mission to empower the small business economy by unlocking customer growth. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California by co-founders Eyal Shinar, Tomer Michaeli, and Yuval Ariav in 2013.
FlixBus is a unique combination of tech-startup, e-commerce platform, and transportation company. FlixMobility is a young mobility provider, offering new alternatives for convenient, affordable, and environmentally-friendly travel via the FlixBus and FlixTrain brands. Thanks to a unique business model and innovative technology, the startup has quickly established Europe’s largest long-distance bus network and launched the first green long-distance trains in 2018 as well as a pilot project for all-electric buses in Germany and France. Since 2013, FlixMobility has changed the way over 100 million people have traveled throughout Europe and created thousands of new jobs in the mobility industry. In 2018, FlixMobility launched FlixBus USA to bring this new travel alternative to the United States. From locations throughout Europe and the United States, the FlixTeam handles technology development, network planning, operations control, marketing & sales, quality management, and continuous product expansion. The daily scheduled service and green FlixBus fleet are managed by bus partners from regional SMEs, while FlixTrain operates in cooperation with private train companies. Through these partnerships, innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, and a strong international brand meet the experience and quality of tradition. The unique combination of a technology start-up, e-commerce platform, and classic transport company has positioned FlixMobility as a leader against major international corporations, permanently changing the European mobility landscape.
Billie is a fintech startup with a mission is to reinvent working capital management for SMEs by offering innovative lending products. It is solving the order-to-cash problem through a fully automated invoice financing solution tailored to small businesses. In addition to its factoring services, Billie helps SMEs secure better payment terms by offering a pay-after-delivery product for B2B online merchants. Billie was founded in 2016 and is based in Berlin, Germany.
Forward is a startup redesigning the way healthcare is delivered using all the technologies healthcare has neglected such as sensors, mobile, and AI. Forward was founded in January 2016 by former executives and engineering leaders from Google and Uber and led by serial entrepreneur Adrian Aoun. Forward is funded by investors and entrepreneurs including First Round Capital, Eric Schmidt (Google/Alphabet chairman), Marc Benioff (Salesforce founder), Joe Lonsdale (Palantir founder), Joshua Kushner (Oscar co-founder), and Garrett Camp (Uber co-founder).
Glovo is a Barcelona based start-up that is transforming the way consumers access local goods, enabling anyone to get nearly any product delivered in less than 60 minutes. They are currently present in Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and many more to come. Glovo’s mobile application connects customers with independent local couriers, who acquire goods from any restaurant or shop in a city and also deliver urgent packages for a variable fee. The mobile app allows users to find and place orders with their favorite restaurants which are picked up when ready and delivered to the user's doorstep. The platform’s features include geolocation, which allows customers to track their deliveries in real-time and locate the nearest glover (courier), thus optimizing speed and distance. It´s like a new personal courier available to everyone that runs your errands immediately and on-demand.
Stash Financial Inc., based in New York, operates a digital investing and banking platform designed to make personal finance accessible for everyday Americans. Established in 2015, Stash offers a mobile application that consolidates banking, investing, and financial advice, facilitating budgeting, saving, and retirement planning. The platform allows users to create personal investment accounts, retirement accounts, and custodial accounts for minors, with the option to purchase fractional shares of stocks, bonds, and funds without additional trading commissions. By simplifying the investment process, Stash has enabled over 5 million individuals to work towards their financial goals and enhance their wealth-building potential.
flaschenpost is a German company offering on-demand beverage delivery. The unique business model has been extremely successful; currently, flaschenpost operates 21 hubs serving more than 130 cities across Germany and delivers more than 60,000 crates per day (as of June 2020). Thanks to an efficient routing algorithm and optimized logistics, flaschenpost delivers within 120 minutes of the order, right to the customer’s door.
Raisin is a savings and investment marketplace that connects retail customers with banks looking to expand deposit reach. The company's goal is to provide savers the best interest rates. The company gives access to exclusive savings products from all over Europe. Raisin assures a smooth investment process and the simple management of investments with all of the partner banks via one single platform. Raisin was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Raisin DS was formed by a merger of the FinTech companies Deposit Solutions and Raisin in June 2021.
Acorns is a finance company that allows individuals to round up purchases and automatically invest the change. It allows customers to automatically invest in a low-cost, diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds offered by some asset managers including Vanguard and BlackRock. Acorns was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
Airbnb operates an online platform that connects hosts with guests seeking short-term accommodations. The company facilitates bookings and provides tools for both parties to manage their transactions. Airbnb focuses on various types of lodging, including homes and unique stays.
Qonto is an online bank that provides financial tools for small and medium-sized businesses and freelancers. It makes business banking easy, efficient, and transparent and also offers digital bank accounts for sending and receiving payments that adapt to all types of companies, for any legal form or team size.
MasterClass is the streaming platform where anyone can learn. It offers a wide range of subjects, including arts and entertainment, business, design and style, sports and gaming, writing, and more.
N26 offers mobile banking solutions to customers in the European Union through its subsidiary. It provides international money transfer, investment, overdraft, and cash withdrawal and deposits at stores. N26 provides mobile banking services for customers. Its mobile banking services offer online banking that includes making and handling of current accounts, fixed accounts, and other banking services, letting customers manage and control their banking details via a smartphone application easily. Maximilian Tayenthal and Valentin Stalf founded Papayer in February 2013, which later became N26, with its headquarters in Berlin in Germany.
Divergent has created the world's first end-to-end software-hardware production system for industrial digital manufacturing – the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS™) – allowing customers to design, additively manufacture, and automatically assemble complex structures for automotive, aerospace, and defense applications. DAPS transforms the economics and environmental impact of manufacturing complex structures for vehicles of all types by optimizing designs, dematerializing structures, and eliminating upfront capex.
Wise provides a core money transfer product, along with a borderless account for its audience of ex-pats, freelancers, and travelers, which holds over £2 billion in current deposits. The company features like automated identification verification, online and in-app technical assistance, and estimations of when money transfers will arrive, products and services that meet the needs of clients. Wise was established in 2011 by Kristo Kaarmann and Taavet Hinrikus in London, England.
Compass is a real estate technology company that provides an online platform for buying, renting, and selling real estate assets. Its end-to-end platform supports the entire buying and selling workflow by pairing the industry’s top talent with technology to make the search and sell experience intelligent and seamless. Compass operates in 22+ regions across the United States including New York, Los Angeles, and Orange County, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Washington D.C., South Florida, The Hamptons, Santa Barbara and Montecito, San Diego, Seattle and Eastside, Philadelphia, Connecticut, Westchester, Aspen, Boulder, Denver, Atlanta, Austin, and Central Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Nashville, and Lake Tahoe. The firm was founded in 2012 by Ugo Di Girolamo, Ori Allon, and Robert Reffkin in New York, New York.
Scopely is an interactive entertainment and video game company, home to many top-grossing, award-winning franchises including “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “Stumble Guys”, and “Yahtzee With Buddies,” among others. Scopely creates, publishes, and live-operates immersive games that empower a directed-by-consumer™ experience. Founded in 2011, Scopely is fueled by a world-class team and a proprietary technology platform Playgami™ that supports one of the diversified portfolios in the mobile games industry. Recognized multiple times as Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies,” Scopely is a multi-billion-dollar business due to its ability to create long-lasting game experiences that players enjoy for years. Scopely has operations in more than a dozen markets across Asia-Pacific, including Bangalore and Shanghai, among others; EMEA, including Barcelona and Dublin, among others; and North America, including Boulder, Colorado, and Culver City, California, among others, with additional game studio partners across four continents.
N26 offers mobile banking solutions to customers in the European Union through its subsidiary. It provides international money transfer, investment, overdraft, and cash withdrawal and deposits at stores. N26 provides mobile banking services for customers. Its mobile banking services offer online banking that includes making and handling of current accounts, fixed accounts, and other banking services, letting customers manage and control their banking details via a smartphone application easily. Maximilian Tayenthal and Valentin Stalf founded Papayer in February 2013, which later became N26, with its headquarters in Berlin in Germany.
Private Equity Round in 2016
Oscar is a health insurance company that offers individual and family plans, medicare advantages, and small group products. It employs technology, design, and data to humanize health care. The company offers plans to individuals, couples, and families living in parts of New York, New Jersey, California, and Texas who don’t receive health insurance from an employer. In 2012, Joshua Kushner, Kevin Nazemi, and Mario Schlosser headquartered Oscar Health in New York, New York.
Uber connects riders with safe, reliable, and convenient transportation providers at a variety of price points in cities around the world. Uber's China unit was acquired by Didi Chuxing in August 2016 after being valued at $7 billion (pre-money) earlier in the year.
Dada Group is a leading platform of local on-demand retail and delivery in China. It operates JDDJ, one of China's largest local on-demand retail platforms for retailers and brand owners, and Dada Now, a leading local on-demand delivery platform open to merchants and individual senders across various industries and product categories. The Company's two platforms are inter-connected and mutually beneficial. The Dada Now platform enables improved delivery experience for participants on the JDDJ platform through its readily accessible fulfillment solutions and strong on-demand delivery infrastructure. Meanwhile, the vast volume of on-demand delivery orders from the JDDJ platform increases order volume and density for the Dada Now platform. In June 2020, Dada Group began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market, under the ticker symbol "DADA".
Zocdoc is a technology company that provides a better healthcare experience for millions of patients every month. Its online marketplace delivers the accessible, seamless, and simple experience patients expect and deserve. Zocdoc was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New York.
Eat Just offers a plant-based egg substitute intended to provide healthy and nutritional food alternatives. It applies innovative science and technology to create healthier, more sustainable foods the key ingredient is protein from the mung bean and it is cholesterol-free, non-GMO, and packed with as much protein as many animal proteins and while it cooks and tastes like eggs. Its ingredients use less water and less land, and emit less CO2e than conventional animal sources, enabling customers to prepare their food items with the required nutrients and protein of an egg. It was founded by Josh Balk and Josh Tetrick in San Francisco, California in 2011.
Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas. It helps its users to discover and do what they love including recipes, arts and crafts, clothing, and home projects. Its site and app allow its users to save and post images on different boards, categorized and curated to each user's individual tastes. Users can also follow boards created by other users, and re-post items to their own boards.
Space Exploration Technologies is a space-transportation startup company founded by Elon Musk. SpaceX designs manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX develops crew and cargo capsules, engines, cryogenic tank structures, avionics, equipment, guidance, and control software. The company is developing the partially reusable launch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9. Founded in 2002, Space Exploration Technologies is headquartered in Hawthorne, California.
Uber connects riders with safe, reliable, and convenient transportation providers at a variety of price points in cities around the world. Uber's China unit was acquired by Didi Chuxing in August 2016 after being valued at $7 billion (pre-money) earlier in the year.
Uber Technologies, Inc. is a technology company that operates a mobile application connecting consumers with independent drivers for ridesharing services, as well as facilitating food delivery through its Eats segment. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, Uber has expanded its operations to over 600 cities worldwide, serving customers across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company has diversified its offerings into five segments: Rides, Eats, Freight, Other Bets, and Advanced Technologies Group. The Rides segment enables users to request rides from a variety of vehicle types, while the Eats segment allows for restaurant discovery and food delivery. The Freight segment connects carriers with shippers for logistics services. Uber is also focused on developing autonomous vehicle technology through its Advanced Technologies Group. By leveraging its platform, Uber aims to enhance urban mobility and deliver innovative transportation solutions globally.
Lookout, Inc. is the endpoint to cloud security company purpose-built for the intersection of enterprise and personal data. We safeguard data across devices, apps, networks and clouds through our unified, cloud-native security platform — a solution that's as fluid and flexible as the modern digital world. By giving organizations and individuals greater control over their data, we enable them to unleash its value and thrive. Lookout is trusted by enterprises of all sizes, government agencies and millions of consumers to protect sensitive data, enabling them to live, work and connect — freely and safely.
SwiftKey is a technology company that aims to enhance interaction between keyboards and people. It upgrades smartphone keyboards to make typing faster, by utilizing artificial intelligence to learn from each user in order to autocorrect and predict their next word. The SwiftKey Keyboard for Android supports more than 80 languages. SwiftKey was founded by Ben Medlock and Jon Reynolds in 2008 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
Nextdoor connects neighbors and to everything nearby: Local businesses, services, news updates, recommendations, and stuff for sale from the people down the block. It believes that bringing neighbors together can cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on. Building connections in the real world is a universal human need. That truth, and the reality that neighborhoods are among the most important communities in our lives, have been guiding principles for Nextdoor since the beginning. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor to tap into their neighborhoods worldwide, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, and Canada, with many more to come. Nextdoor is a privately-held company based in San Francisco with backing from prominent investors including Benchmark, Shasta Ventures, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Riverwood Capital, Bond, Axel Springer, Comcast Ventures, and others. For additional information and images: nextdoor.com/newsroom.
Private Equity Round in 2013
SurveyMonkey provides survey software and purpose-built solutions that enable organizations to engage with their key constituents, such as customers, employees, and the markets they serve.
Spotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restricted digital content from a range of record labels and artists. Users can browse through the interface by artist, album, genre, playlist, record label, and direct searches. It also enables individuals to create, share, and edit playlists with other users. If users want recommendations, they can integrate their system with Last.fm, an application that provides music recommendations based on listening history. The radio feature installed in Spotify creates random playlists for its users that are related to preferred artists. Spotify is available for mobile device platforms such as Android, Blackberry, Boxee, iOS, Linux, MeeGo, Squeezebox, Windows mobile, and more.
Private Equity Round in 2012
Alibaba Group operates as an online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers. It provides various e-commerce activities, including retail and wholesale transactions. It also offers cloud computing and digital media services. Alibaba Group serves industries such as retail, logistics, and technology.
Xiaomi Corporation is an internet company based in Beijing that specializes in the manufacture and distribution of smartphones, consumer electronics, and internet services. Founded in 2010, Xiaomi operates through several segments, including Smartphones, IoT and Lifestyle Products, Internet Services, and Others. The Smartphones segment focuses on selling a range of mobile devices, while the IoT and Lifestyle Products segment includes smart TVs, laptops, AI speakers, and various lifestyle items. The Internet Services segment offers advertising and value-added services, and the Others segment provides hardware repair services. Xiaomi aims to create a comprehensive user experience by integrating user feedback into product design and continuously innovating its offerings. It also engages in wholesale and retail activities, software and hardware development, and operates retail stores and service centers in multiple countries, including India, Russia, and various European nations. The company's commitment to providing high-quality products at competitive prices has fostered a loyal customer base both in China and internationally.