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| 17.09.2026 | Berlin's Integral Secures €18M, Reshaping European SME Accounting with AI | Berlin's Integral secured €18M Series A funding. The fintech company revolutionizes SME accounting, tax, and payroll across Europe. Its unique AI-native model combines advanced AI agents with licensed professionals. This approach significan... |
| 16.09.2026 | Integral sammelt 18 Millionen ein | Im #DealMonitor für den 16. September werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. STARTUPLAND 2027: SAVE THE DATE
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| 18.07.2026 | Moneybox Valuation Reaches £800 Million With Planned £45 Million Employee Share Sale | Moneybox is preparing a secondary share sale worth up to £45 million that will value the UK digital wealth management platform at approximately £800 million, or about $1.1 billion. The valuation represents an increase of approximately 45% f... |
| 08.07.2026 | Defense Tech Soars: Quantum Systems Lands $1.2 Billion Amid Industry Boom | Quantum Systems clinched $1.2 billion in Series D funding, achieving an $8 billion valuation. Blackstone, Noteus, Airbus, and Advent co-led the round. The German company specializes in AI-powered autonomous drones and advanced defense syste... |
| 03.07.2026 | Quantum Systems raises $1.2B, IQM becomes first European quantum company on major US exchange, and European startup funding in June | This week, we tracked more than 55 tech funding deals worth over €1.6 billion and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
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| 01.07.2026 | Qonto and Pennylane: French fintech friends and foes | Qonto and Pennylane are two of France's most well-known fintech disruptors. The Paris-based fintechs set out to disrupt particular areas of finance: Qonto- SME banking; and Pennylane- accounting software for SMEs.
Qonto, founded in 2016, fo... |
| 05.06.2026 | Загадка ядра Linux: почему на 36 vCPU Cilium падает, а на 32 — нет | Автор оригинальной статьи, Пьер Мане, рассказывает, как его команда столкнулась с на первый взгляд необъяснимым поведением Cilium и как поиск решения привёл его к конфигурации ядра Linux.
Отладка сродни археологии: ты пробираешься сквозь сл... |
| 24.05.2026 | Mercury Banks on AI, Secures $200M at $5.2B Valuation | Mercury secured $200M Series D funding, reaching a $5.2B valuation. TCV led the round. The fintech leader champions AI-native banking for startups and businesses. Mercury boasts $650M annualized revenue and four years of profitability. It s... |
| 23.05.2026 | Mercury: $200 Million Series D Raised At $5.2 Billion Valuation For AI-Native Banking Platform | Mercury, the fintech company focused on modern banking solutions for startups and businesses, announced a $200 million Series D funding round at a $5.2 billion valuation. The round was led by TCV and included participation from existing inv... |
| 18.03.2026 | Stripe’s $159 Billion Valuation: How the Payments Giant Processed $1.9 Trillion in 2025 | Share
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| 18.03.2026 | Qonto Reaches €4.4 Billion Valuation: Inside Europe’s B2B Fintech Push | Share
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| 18.03.2026 | Pennylane Valued at €3.6 Billion: How Accounting-Tech Became Europe’s Next Fintech Frontier | Share
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| 18.03.2026 | Allica Bank Valued at $1.2 Billion: Europe Adds a New Fintech Unicorn in 2026 | Share
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| 23.02.2026 | Why 84% of Europe’s entrepreneurs refuse to quit despite income anxiety and regulatory hurdles | Financial anxiety may be stalking Europe’s entrepreneurs, but a return to traditional employment is not on the cards for most. New research surveying 1,600 founders and business owners reveal tension at the heart of European entrepreneurshi... |
| 17.02.2026 | Fintech Innovator Porters Secures €2.7M to Revolutionize Banking Operations with AI | Porters secured €2.7 million in pre-seed funding. The company targets deeply rooted inefficiencies in banking back-office operations. Its AI-native software automates complex, regulated workflows. This includes account seizures and insolven... |
| 11.02.2026 | Porters raises €2.7 million to build AI‐native banking operations |
Founded in 2025, Porters is developing AI-native systems that replace legacy tools with autonomous, human‑in‑the‑loop workflows capable of safely handling regulated tasks such as account seizures, chargebacks, and insolvency coordination—a... |
| 15.12.2025 | African Fintech Startup Zazu Raises $1 Million Pre-Seed to Reinvent SME Banking Across Continent | Pan-African digital banking platform Zazu has raised US $1 million in a pre-seed funding round aimed at scaling its technology-enabled banking services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Africa, according to fintech sector... |
| 20.11.2025 | Integral erhält 5,6 Millionen – Mirantus Health bekommt 5,5 Millionen – Precision sammelt 4 Millionen ein | Im #DealMonitor für den 20. November werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor... |
| 07.11.2025 | Anthropic expands from US with Paris and Munich hubs amid booming European growth | Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI company behind Claude, has announced the opening of new offices in Paris and Munich as part of its accelerated expansion across Europe.
Following a year of rapid growth in the EMEA region – where the co... |
| 31.10.2025 | VDS 2025: Valencia strengthens its position as one of Europe’s leading hubs for innovation (Sponsored) | The eighth edition of VDS brought the global tech community together in the City of Arts and Sciences, turning Valencia into the focal point of European innovation. Over two days, the event gathered more than 12,000 founders, investors, and... |
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| 30.10.2025 | VDS 2025: Valencia becomes the European Capital of Tech Innovation | Record-breaking attendance, global collaboration, and an enduring message of transformation defined the eighth edition of VDS, held on October 22-23 at the City of Arts and Sciences and organized by Startup Valencia. Over two days, the inte... |
| 12.10.2025 | UK small businesses falling behind on AI, Google warns | New research from Google has revealed a bottleneck in UK small business innovation. Over half, or 59 per cent, of SME owners say they have had to put ‘game changing’ ideas on hold over the past year, citing a lack of time to bring their con... |
| 09.10.2025 | VDS 2025 to unite 8 unicorn founders, top scaleups and €300B+ in investor assets in Valencia (Sponsored) | On October 22 and 23, the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia will host VDS 2025, the international meeting point for startups, investors, corporates, and policymakers. Now in its 8th edition, the summit is expected to attract more than 1... |
| 24.09.2025 | Finary Lands €25M to Ignite AI-Driven European Wealth Revolution | Finary secured €25M in Series B funding, led by PayPal Ventures. The Paris-based FinTech leverages AI to transform wealth management. It targets a new generation of investors. Finary offers transparent, consolidated financial tools. Signifi... |
| 18.09.2025 | Shapers launches $75M fintech fund I as Finary hits €25M Series B | Today, fintech investment firm Shapers announces the successful launch of $75 million fund I.
The news coincides with a milestone for one of its portfolio companies, Finary, which has just closed a €25 million Series B. I have to say it’s r... |
| 18.09.2025 | Finary gets serious: Paris FinTech lands €25 million for AI-powered wealth tools and expand across Europe | Finary, the Paris-based FinTech tackling wealth management with a tech-first, transparency-led approach, has raised a €25 million Series B round to fuel expansion and enhance its product suite.
The latest funding brings in heavyweight backe... |
| 03.09.2025 | French startup Cycle joins Atlassian, embedding customer insight tech into Jira | Atlassian has acquired the technology and team of French startup Cycle, the AI-powered platform that helps companies understand customer feedback at scale.
Cycle was founded in 2019 by Mehdi Boudoukhane with Hexa (formerly eFounders), the s... |
| 14.07.2025 | Tandem Secures $3.8M: AI Agents Redefine Software Engagement | Tandem, a Paris-based AI startup, secured $3.8 million in seed funding. Tribe Capital led the round. Tandem develops in-app AI agents. These agents help users accomplish tasks directly within software. This innovation tackles user friction ... |
| 09.07.2025 | French AI assistant Tandem raises €3.2 million to help “users get things done” | Paris-based Tandem, a startup building in-app AI agents to get work done for users, has raised a €3.2 million Seed round to bring its execution layer within apps to more companies and open its US headquarters in San Francisco.
The round was... |
| 09.07.2025 | Tandem secured $3.8M to build a future where all apps can think and act for us | Paris-based Tandem, a startup developing in-app AI agents to help users get work done, has raised a $3.8 million seed round led by Tribe Capital.
As products grow more powerful, they can also become harder to use. Advanced features are ofte... |
| 03.07.2025 | Tiger Global-backed Qonto applies for French banking licence, tops 600,000 customers | French challenger business bank Qonto has applied for a French banking licence, as it looks to offer lending and a broader array of banking services in its ambition of reaching two million customers.
The Tiger Global-backed neobank said it ... |
| 17.06.2025 | “Ein Unternehmen aufzubauen ist immer sehr hart” | Das Berliner Startup Integral, 2024 von Lukas Zörner, ehemaliger Deutschlandchef der Digitalbank Qonto, und Anil Can Baykal, einst CTO beim Startup-Builder Finleap, gegründet, möchte die “Buchhaltung, Steuerberatung und Lohnbuchhaltung für ... |
| 07.05.2025 | Duna's Bold Leap: A New Era for Business Identity | In the bustling tech landscape of Amsterdam, a startup named Duna is making waves. With a fresh approach to business identity, Duna has secured €10.7 million in Seed funding. This financial boost is not just a number; it’s a ticket to innov... |
| 06.05.2025 | Dutch startup Duna lands €10.7 million to simplify business identity – with backing from Stripe, Adyen, and Snowflake execs | Amsterdam-based Duna, a startup addressing business identity with a platform that combines regulatory compliance with user experience, has announced its €10.7 million Seed round in order to accelerate product development and expand its netw... |
| 24.04.2025 | Markus Pertlwieser appointed as Country Manager for Nordnet Bank in Germany | Markus Pertlwieser appointed as Country Manager for Nordnet Bank in Germany
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Markus Pertlwieser has been appointed as Head of Nordnets future operations in Germany. He will start his role on Ma... |
| 30.01.2025 | Naboo's €20M Series A: A New Era for Corporate Event Planning | In the bustling heart of Paris, a revolution is brewing in the world of corporate events. Naboo, a tech-savvy company, has just secured €20 million in Series A funding, led by Notion Capital. This infusion of capital is not just a financial... |
| 29.01.2025 | Star Wars inspired startup Naboo secures €20 million to transform corporate event planning with unified platform | Naboo, the Paris-based event-tech startup, has raised €20 million in a Series A funding round led by Notion Capital, reportedly marking the highest funding figure in its sector to date.
This latest investment underscores the surging demand ... |
| 29.01.2025 | Naboo closes €20M Series A for corporate retreat booking | Paris-based event tech Naboo has raised €20M in its latest funding round led by Notion Capital.
Naboo’s corporate event concierge service enables the booking of venues, catering, transportation, team-building activities for everything from ... |
| 18.01.2025 | Hyperline's $10M Boost: A New Era for Revenue Management | In the bustling world of startups, Hyperline stands out like a lighthouse in a storm. This Paris-based company has just secured an additional $10 million in seed funding, bringing its total to over $14 million. The investment, led by Index ... |
| 16.01.2025 | Hyperline Raises Further $10M in Seed Funding | Hyperline, a Paris, France-based provider of a SaaS monetization platform, raised further $10M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Index Ventures, followed by Adelie Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to build out commercial fu... |
| 03.01.2025 | UK’s Strictly Money Launches Crowdfunding Campaign via Crowdcube | Listen to this article
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Strictly Money Ltd, the London-based fintech, has recently launched a new crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to invite European investors to fuel its next phase of growth.
Crowdcube, which c... |
| 11.11.2024 | Siit: AI-Based Service Desk Solution Company Raises $5 Million (Seed) | Siit announced it has officially launched an AI-based Service Desk solution for IT and internal operations teams. Along with the product debut, Siit also revealed it raised $5 million in a Seed round led by StageOne Ventures and Seventure P... |
| 08.10.2024 | "We believe that AI fluency is important for employability”, says French unicorn | Being fluent in AI is “important for employability”, according to a top tech executive with a leading French unicorn. Aymeric Augustin, CTO, Qonto, a French business banking fintech, says that more than half of Qonto’s 1,600 staff are using... |
| 10.05.2024 | Iwoca's Success in Securing Debt Financing | Description at least 700 words
In the fast-paced world of finance, where big banks are tightening their purse strings, innovative startups like iwoca are stepping up to fill the gap. With a recent infusion of £270 million in debt financing,... |
| 07.05.2024 | iwoca secures £270M in debt funding to support SME lending | Specifically, iwoca has received £150 million in debt financing commitments from Citibank and Insight Investment to support the company's growth in Germany and a further £120 million from Barclays and Värde for the UK business as it respond... |
| 02.04.2024 | Bridging the gender diversity gap: Insights from women leaders and founders in European fintech | - |
| 10.03.2024 | Why does every startup want to help you get paid? | Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! This week, we’re looking at the piping hot global payroll space, neobank Dave’s financial results and related stock boost, and more!
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most... |
| 08.03.2024 | Fintech unicorn Qonto to acquire Regate | This week, fintech unicorn Qonto announced its plan to acquire French fintech company Regate. While the financial details are undisclosed, the deal is expected to close in the next few weeks.
Qonto makes day-to-day banking easier for SMEs a... |
| 06.03.2024 | Flush with cash, French fintech unicorn Qonto acquires Regate | While many entrepreneurs are currently facing the harsh reality of a VC funding crunch, Qonto isn’t one of them. The Paris-based business banking startup still has hundreds of millions of cash on hand. And it is using an undisclosed portion... |
| 07.02.2024 | Accounting software startup Pennylane becomes France’s latest unicorn | Just like clockwork, Pennylane is raising another €40 million ($43 million at today’s exchange rate). This new funding round comes after the accounting startup raised €4 million in 2020, €15 million in 2021, another €15 million in 2021 agai... |
| 20.11.2023 | Indy raises $44 million to simplify taxes and paperwork for freelancers | French startup Indy has recently closed a new funding round of $44 million (€40 million) with BlackFin Capital Partners leading the round. Indy started as an automated accounting platform for freelancers and other self-employed people.
But ... |
| 31.10.2023 | Karmen (TK21) signe un partenariat avec Qonto pour offir du financement sur l'interface bancaire B2B n°1 | Avec cette collaboration, Qonto offre désormais une solution de financement rapide et flexible pour les entreprises digitales, directement accessible depuis leur dashboard. L'intégration de Karmen à l'interface bancaire innovante de Qonto p... |
| 29.06.2023 | European SMEs Are Increasingly Making Online Payments, According to Research by Qonto | European SMEs are increasingly using cards and making online and virtual payments, according to research by Qonto, the European business finance solution for SMEs.
Analysis published has looked at “the spending habits of 350,000 SMEs and fr... |
| 20.06.2023 | Qonto lanza una nueva plataforma de financiación para pymes, emprendedores y autónomos | 20/06/2023
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QONTO LANZA UNA NUEVA PLATAFORMA DE FINANCIACIÓN PARA PYMES, EMPRENDEDORES Y AUTÓNOMOS
Qonto, líder europeo en gestión financiera para pymes, emprendedores y autónomos, anuncia el lanzamiento de su propia plataf... |
| 17.03.2023 | Startup Showcase: Qonto – Banking Made Easy for Small and Medium-sized Businesses | Are you tired of dealing with complicated and outdated banking tools for your business? Look no further than Qonto, the online bank that makes business banking easy, efficient, and transparent. Qonto offers a range of financial tools for sm... |
| 09.03.2023 | A Standout Occasion from EU-Startups: Summit 2023 in Barcelona | EU-Startups Summit 2023 in Barcelona welcomes all founders, investors, and everybody related to the startup ecosystem The date is April 20-21 2023, and the place is Palau de Congressos Catalunya in Barcelona Panel discussions, keynote speec... |
| 26.01.2023 | Fintech Consolidation Set to Intensify This Year | 2022 saw the start of a significant consolidation phase for the fintech sector, a trend which is set to accelerate this year as the economic climate continues to deteriorate in the face of elevated inflation, higher interest rates and reduc... |
| 10.01.2023 | Qonto plans to move Penta customers to its platform by the end of 2023 | Last year, French startup Qonto acquired its German competitor Penta. Both companies offer business bank accounts for small and medium companies as well as freelancers. Today, Qonto shared some details about the integration process.
At the ... |
| 15.11.2022 | Wachstum ohne große Schmerzen? So skalieren Startups richtig | Jedes Startup, das erfolgreich wächst, steht früher oder später vor einer großen Herausforderung: In schnellen Wachstumsphasen beschäftigt das Unternehmen zwar immer mehr Mitarbeitende – bringt deshalb aber nicht unbedingt schneller bessere... |
| 05.04.2022 | Unicorn Qonto turns to the crowd, partners with Crowdcube to open up ownership | It’s not every day that a company valued at over €4.4 billion offers clients a chance to hold an ownership stake. In fact, on Crowdcube, it’s nevery day. Until now.
Having closed a mammoth €486 million Series D funding round earlier this ye... |
| 04.04.2022 | Crowdcube brings its equity crowdfunding platform to France | If you live in the U.K. or the U.S., you may already be quite familiar with equity crowdfunding. And yet, few French startups turn to their community of users to raise some new funding. Thanks to recent regulatory changes, British investmen... |
| 12.01.2022 | SMB neobanks kick off 2022 with more dough for potential lending plays | The news: A trio of SMB-focused neobanks revealed new funding rounds this week:
US-based Brex landed $300 million with a $12.3 billion valuation in a Series D-2 round with mostly existing investors. The company signed a term sheet for the r... |
| 11.01.2022 | Internacional: Qonto cierra una ronda de €486M liderada por Tiger Global y TCV. Acuden también Alkeon, Eurazeo, KKR, Insight, Exor Seeds, BA e inversores existentes | 11/01/2022
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INTERNACIONAL: QONTO LEVANTA €486 MILLONES EN UNA RONDA SERIE D Y PREVÉ INVERTIR 100 MILLONES EN ESPAÑA.
▪ En los últimos dos años, Qonto ha experimentado un rápido crecimiento en España, Alemania e Italia, cuad... |
| 11.01.2022 | Record-breaking fundraising of €486 million for Qonto bringing its valuation to €4.4 billion. | This amount, unprecedented in the French fintech ecosystem and one of the largest funding rounds ever recorded in French history, brings Qonto’s valuation to €4.4 billion. With this new fundraising, Qonto’s ambition is to become the finance... |
| 10.01.2022 | Business banking startup Qonto raises $552 million at $5 billion valuation | French startup Qonto has raised a $552 million Series D funding round (€486 million). Following this investment, the startup has reached a valuation of $5 billion (€4.4 billion). This is one of the largest rounds in the French tech ecosyste... |
| 05.01.2022 | Payroll startup PayFit is France’s latest unicorn as it raises $289 million | French startup PayFit just announced that it closed a new $289 million Series E round (€254 million) before the holidays. Following this round, the startup has reached a post-money valuation of $2.1 billion (€1.82 billion).
The company has ... |
| 05.11.2021 | SMB neobanking may get a confidence boost from Qonto’s possible €400M round | The news: Qonto, a French neobank that caters to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), is in discussions to raise about €400 million ($456.1 million) at a valuation of up to €4.4 billion ($5.02 billion), per Insider. The amount it’s rai... |
| 30.09.2021 | Futurae attracts Europe’s leading neobank for SMEs as customer | |
| 29.09.2020 | Multis is a business bank account for cryptocurrencies | Meet Multis, a French startup that is building business bank accounts, except that it lets you store, send and receive cryptocurrencies. The startup just raised a $2.2 million seed round.
Investors in today’s funding round include White Sta... |
| - | Addressing the bank payments bottleneck, Numeral raises €13 million | After only six months since its inception, Paris-based Numeral has raised €13 million. The company provides a payment operations automation service specifically targeted at tech companies operating in a variety of industries. The funding wi... |
| - | SMB neobanking may get a confidence boost from Qonto’s possible €400M round | The news: Qonto, a French neobank that caters to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), is in discussions to raise about €400 million ($456.1 million) at a valuation of up to €4.4 billion ($5.02 billion), per Insider. The amount it’s rai... |
| - | SMB neobanks kick off 2022 with more dough for potential lending plays | Three SMB-focused neobanks reveal new funding rounds that will make lending forays easier.
Brex, Novo, and Qonto have raised a combined $900 million, which they can use to build out lending solutions that complement credit cards, accounts, ... |
| - | Helping growing companies grow even faster, recruitment marketplace Muzzo raises €2.1 million | Parisian AI-powered recruitment marketplace Muzzo has raised €2.1 million in its first round of financing. The company’s aim is to help growing companies grow even faster by offering a recruitment marketplace that specialises in matching em... |
| - | Signalling strong confidence in the European market, Qonto to acquire Penta | All-in-one finance solution for SMEs and freelancers, handling everything from everyday banking and financing to bookkeeping and spend management, Qonto, has announced its intentions to acquire Berlin’s competing service, Penta. The financi... |
| - | SMB neobanks kick off 2022 with more dough for potential lending plays | The news: A trio of SMB-focused neobanks revealed new funding rounds this week:
US-based Brex landed $300 million with a $12.3 billion valuation in a Series D-2 round with mostly existing investors. The company signed a term sheet for the r... |
| - | Unicorn Qonto turns to the crowd, partners with Crowdcube to open up ownership | It’s not every day that a company valued at over €4.4 billion offers clients a chance to hold an ownership stake. In fact, on Crowdcube, it’s nevery day. Until now.
Having closed a mammoth €486 million Series D funding round earlier this ye... |
| - | France’s Qonto raises €486 million at record-breaking valuation of €4.4 billion | Paris-based Qonto has raised €486 million in a Series D funding round, now providing the company with a €4.4 billion valuation, a new record in the French scale-up space. Qonto is an all-in-one finance solution for SMEs and freelancers, han... |
| - | SMB neobanking may get a confidence boost from Qonto's possible €400M round | French neobank Qonto is in talks to raise about €400 million at a valuation up to €4.4 billion.
Qonto targets SMBs and freelancers by offering three types of paid accounts with monthly fees.
Insider Intelligence publishes hundreds of resear... |
