| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.02.2023 | Backing Hawk:AI to erase financial crime | Last December in Berlin, we were delighted to see Hawk:AI’s CTO Wolfgang Berner receiving Fintech Germany Award’s first prize in the Early… |
| 22.12.2022 | 2023 Fintech & Insurtech predictions | 2023 Fintech and Insurtech predictions | by Michele Foradori | BlackFin Tech | Medium |
| 01.02.2022 | Congrats to Descartes Underwriting, our Insurtech champion! | Today, Descartes Underwriting, who has been part of our portfolio since their first round in January 2019, announces a $120m Series B… |
| 26.01.2022 | Great MomenTuum for our Estonian core banking gem | Just a year after we led Tuum’s (FKA Modularbank) Seed round alongside Karma Ventures, the Estonian core banking startup closes a €15M… |
| 25.01.2022 | Backing Pretto’s €30M Series B, our first re-investment in 2022 ! | Two years after we co-led Pretto’s Series A with Alven, we proudly participate to the digital mortgage broker’s Series B, alongside Alven… |
| 05.10.2021 | Willkommen Finlex! | Or why we invested in the leading German wholesale broker for Financial Lines. |
| 03.09.2021 | Co-leading Mooncard’s Series B: let’s reach for the stars! | A never ending problem for companies… |
| 13.07.2021 | What are the most promising trends in BtoB Payment? | A current overview of one of the hottest sector in Fintech |
| 05.07.2021 | Who won the 2021 Euro ̶F̶o̶o̶t̶b̶a̶l̶l̶ Fintech league? ⚽🔮 | So far, 2021 has been a crazy record year fundraising-wise for tech companies — especially fintech. And last week, just after the… |
| 23.06.2021 | We’re thrilled to lead Hawk AI’s $10m Series A! | At BlackFin, we deeply believe in the use of IA to detect abnormal patterns and fight against fraud — which is one of the greatest concern… |
| 21.06.2021 | Tervetuloa Tesseract! (It means ‘welcome’ in finnish) | For a year now, the crypto landscape has been booming. Despite the recent volatility and decrease in values, crypto market cap remains… |
| 17.06.2021 | Glad to double down on Insurtech champion Akur8! | Our first investment in Akur8 was also our first disclosed investment in 2020. Since then, a lot of things happened for the company — in… |
| 17.06.2021 | Congrats to Memo Bank for its €13m extension round! | A few months after we led its €20m Series A, Memo Bank raises €13m with Serena Capital. |
| 27.05.2021 | From Seed to $100m Series B: Agicap’s incredible journey | In less than 2 years, Agicap has raised a total of $121m, and successfully expanded its activities to Europe. Today, we’re very proud of… |
| 25.05.2021 | We’re doubling down on Epsor to build the future of savings | The fintech raised a €20m funding round led by Gaia Capital Partners, with Augmentum Fintech, existing investor Partech and of course… |
| 14.01.2021 | 2021 Fintech and Insurtech predictions | BlackFin Tech team view on what to expect from insurtech in 2021 |
| 10.12.2020 | How has Insurtech brought value to insurers in 2020? | In the first 3 quarters of 2020, European insurtechs have raised more than €480m so far through a little more than 50 deals — among which… |
| 09.12.2020 | Tere tulemast (=Welcome) Modularbank! | We are proud to lead Modularbank’s first external round alongside the Estonian fund Karma Ventures |
| 17.11.2020 | ¡Bienvenido a Bdeo! | We are proud to announce our very first investment in Spain, in the brilliant Madrid-based Bdeo, alongside K Fund and Big Sur Ventures. |
| 20.10.2020 | Why you should add an independent director to your board | In the public world, it’s very common — even mandatory in some jurisdictions, to have independent directors sitting at the executive board… |
| 10.09.2020 | Thrilled to be part of Descartes Underwriting $18.5m Series A | 18 months after we first led the Insurtech seed round, we are glad to announce our new investment in Descartes Underwriting, alongside… |
| 08.09.2020 | Herzlich Willkommen, Hypatos! | We are proud to share with you our most recent investment in Germany: we invested in Hypatos, a deeptech startup that is set to completely… |
| 23.07.2020 | Which fintech tribe do you belong to? | A brand naming analysis over 300 fintech startups & 10 years in Europe. This article is an update of the “Hi! My name is (what?)” series I… |
| 16.07.2020 | Ravelin secures $20m Series C | Just a year after BlackFin led Ravelin $10m Series B, we are glad to announce that the London-based payment fraud detection specialist… |
| 23.06.2020 | Welcome Memo Bank: the future of SME banking! | Memo Bank: why you should remember this name (and why we are investing!) |
| 15.06.2020 | Welcome to the BlackFin Tech family, Likvido! | Today, we are pleased to announce our 9th investment (and second Danish deal!): Likvido. |
| 05.05.2020 | Cash is King : that’s why we’re investing (again) in Agicap | Today, we are more than happy to support Agicap again. Seven months after the announcement of Agicap’s first round of funding (2,4 million… |
| 12.03.2020 | With Akur8, let’s give superpowers to insurance actuaries! | Akur8 is our first (disclosed) investment of 2020. We are glad to lead this €8m Series A and be joined by US insurtech-focused fund MTech… |
| 06.03.2020 | US. vs. Europe: two visions of Open Banking and their impact on the market structure | Data aggregation has never been that hot in the financial services market… The increasing number of transactions and the constant launch… |
| 24.01.2020 | Presenting the 2020 French Fintech Landscape | For the third year in a row, we are very proud to share with you the French Fintech Landscape. We mustered all our energy together with… |
| 08.01.2020 | 2020 Fintech and Insurtech predictions | The BlackFin Tech team view on what to expect from insurtech in 2020 |
| 20.12.2019 | InsurTech for SMEs — A new era of customization & flexibility? | In the general opinion, there is the feeling that SMEs are not that well served by insurers — traditionally because they have small basket… |
| 09.09.2019 | With Agicap, let’s make sure SMEs, the heart of our modern economies, don’t fail because of a lack… | More than happy to announce our 7th investment : Agicap, a Lyon-based cash forecasting solution for SMEs in France and already working… |
| 22.07.2019 | Let’s celebrate neobanks! | It’s no secret: over the past decade, neobanks have flourished all over Europe. Starling, Revolut, Monzo, Qonto, N26, LunarWay, Shine… |
| 11.07.2019 | Reinventing employee savings and retirement plans with Epsor! | The French startup just raised a 6 million euros Series A led by BlackFin Tech, along with its seed investor Partech. |
| 28.06.2019 | Did you know that only 0.14% of cyber-risks are covered in France? | “US launched a cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems” BBC revealed on Monday. What a vibrant topic! As a coincidence, the same evening, the… |
| 28.05.2019 | Our top events list (1/2) : Fintech focus | All year long, our team travels across Europe to find new investment opportunities and deepen our relationships with local partners. There… |
| 07.05.2019 | Guess who is among the most active VCs in the European Fintech sector? | Open innovation consultancy Finnovating just released its report on FinTech Investment for Q1 2019 in Europe. And guess who is among the… |
| 07.02.2019 | Velkommen Viabill! A new rising star in our portfolio! | Today, we are delighted to announce our first investment in Denmark: the Aarhus-based fintech Viabill. Created by Jan Lytje-Hansen… |
| 06.02.2019 | Joining Descartes Underwriting in the tech-driven insurance journey! | Today, we are glad to announce our investment in Descartes Underwriting. |
| 05.02.2019 | Thrilled to welcome Pretto! | Cocorico! We are delighted to announce our investment in Pretto, a fully digital mortgage broker, created by Pierre Chapon and Renaud… |
| 30.01.2019 | The 2019 French Fintechs Panorama | The French Fintech ecosystem is thriving and boasts today of 530+ startups and even as a sector-specialist VC, we keep discovering new… |
| 21.11.2018 | Will the next Fintech unicorn come from Portugal? | Web Summit in Lisbon put the local ecosystem under the spotlights… Like the Netherlands (home of Adyen) or Sweden (home of Klarma)… |
| 10.07.2018 | A Song of Value Chain and Capital Requirements: mapping out the European fintech & insurtech… | A growing number of fintechs and insurtechs are going fullstack. What does that mean? It means that they want to be risk carriers and… |
