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| 30.10.2025 | +++ OneFootball +++ pickshare +++ Defshop +++ Greenpass +++ 0TO9 +++ SumUp +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Donnerstag, 30. Oktober). #STARTUPLAND (Nur noch 6 Tage!)
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| 20.10.2025 | From Seed to sovereignty: HV Capital’s expanding mandate across Europe | There’s a lot you can learn from how venture firms evolve — not just in what they invest in, but in how they run themselves. Take HV Capital. Late last year the firm completed a full handover from its four founding partners to a new generat... |
| 03.09.2025 | 0TO9 emerges from stealth with plan to build 1,000 fintechs by 2045 | Pan-European fintech venture builder and investor 0TO9 (Zero to Nine) launches out of stealth today with an ambitious goal — to build 1,000 profitable fintechs by 2045.
Its secret sauce? It operates under European financial services licence... |
| 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 ... |
| 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... |
| 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 ... |
| 22.07.2022 | French business bank unicorn Qonto buys German competitor Penta | Qonto, the French business banking unicorn, today announced plans to acquire German fintech Penta.
The deal is expected to close in the next few weeks, and will help Qonto push hard into Germany — where it hopes to become the market leader.... |
| 24.02.2021 | Penta Bank raises €7.5m in extended Series B funding round | German challenger Penta Bank has raised €7.5 million to boost its Series B funding round to a total of €30 million.
Penta has raised €30 million in its Series B
The new financing is backed by existing investors HV Capital, RTP Global, Presi... |
| 26.01.2021 | Finance Platform, Remagine secures €20 million Seed Funding | A Berlin-based banking and finance platform, Remagine, has secured a hefty sum of €20 million (US $24M) in a seed investment announced today, January 26, 2021. The seed round was led by Jonathan Weiner (former head of Google payment) and Mi... |
| 13.07.2020 | Tech startups weekly: Netflix of bikes, online pharmacy and digital milk fraud detection | The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftereffects are setting the new normal in Europe. During this period, businesses are reopening and adapting themselves to the new standards. Despite this phase, the business activities in the European tech sta... |
| 07.07.2020 | Berlin-based digital banking startup Penta raises additional €4 million, closes Series B at €22.5 million | Penta, a Berlin-based digital platform for business banking, has raised an additional €4 million from new investors S7V, Presight Capital and two family offices. The round finalises the German startup’s Series B, adding to the first closing... |
| 07.07.2020 | Немецкий финтех-стартап Penta привлёк €22,5 млн — в раунде участвовали RTP Global, венчурный фонд S7 Group и другие Статьи редакции... | Компания предлагает бизнесу цифровую платформу для открытия счёта, оформления займов, контроля за расходами и других операций.
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Онлайн-банк для бизнеса Penta в июле 2020 года привлёк €4 млн от венчурного фонд... |
| 29.06.2020 | Banking platform solarisBank raises $67.5 million at $360 million valuation | Despite the Wirecard fallout, German fintech startup solarisBank has raised a Series C funding round of $67.5 million (€60 million). Following today’s funding round, solarisBank is now valued at $360 million (€320 million). However, solaris... |
| 14.05.2020 | Penta Makes Digital Banking Services to Freelancers | Digital bank Penta announced on Wednesday its services are now available to Freelancers. The company reported it now supports all types of businesses and legal forms.
As previously reported, Penta describes itself as a digital platform for ... |
| 19.03.2020 | Penta lands $20.3m to help German and Italian SME | Penta, a digital banking platform serving Italian and German small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has raised €18.5 million ($20.3 million).
Its latest funding round was co-led by RTP Global and existing investor HV Holtzbrinck Ventures. The... |
| 18.03.2020 | Penta Raises €18.5 million | Penta, the Berlin-based business banking challenger, has raised €18.5 million. Leading the round is new investor RTP Global and existing investor HV Holtzbrinck Ventures. Also participating is ABN AMRO Ventures, VR-Ventures, and Finleap, th... |
| 17.03.2020 | German fintech platform Penta raises €18.5M in another funding round with new investors | The German fintech platform for business banking, Penta has just announced to have raised €18.5 million in the first closing of a new funding round backed by new and current investors.
The investment was backed by RTP Global which co-leads ... |
| 17.03.2020 | Business banking fintech Penta raises another €18.5M | Penta, the Berlin-based business banking challenger that also now operates in Italy, has raised €18.5 million, described as the first closing of a new funding round.
Leading the round is new investor RTP Global and existing investor HV Holt... |
| 17.03.2020 | Penta Raises €18.5m in Funding | Penta, a digital marketplace for business banking, raised €18.5m in funding.
The round was led by RTP Global and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures with participation from finleap, ABN AMRO Ventures and VR Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Al... |
| 17.03.2020 | German fintech startup Penta raises €18.5 million for its business banking platform | German business banking startup Penta has raised €18.5 million in the first closing of a fresh funding round backed by new and existing investors, about half a year after securing €8 million.
The fintech company has added RTP Global, which ... |
| 03.12.2019 | German fintech startup Penta expands its customer group to offline businesses, inks deal with card reading giant SumUp | Penta, a digital platform for business banking aimed at SMEs and startups, has announced a partnership with the card reader giant, SumUp. Post this collaboration, the Berlin-based fintech startup will strive to serve customers like restaura... |
| 02.12.2019 | Penta, the German business banking challenger, partners with SumUp to target offline businesses | Penta, the Berlin-based business banking challenger that also now operates in Italy, has partnered with BBVA-backed card reader company SumUp in a bid to attract more offline businesses.
Up until recently, Penta had been targeting digital b... |
| 06.08.2019 | Digital business banking platform Penta raises over €8 million additional funding to accelerator growth | Penta, the digital platform that aims to redefine business banking for SMEs, raised over €8 million in a funding round led by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and joined by finleap and Fabrick. HV counts major fintech and tech players such as paymen... |
| 06.08.2019 | Berlin-based fintech startup Penta raises €8 million+ from HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, others | Berlin, Germany-based Penta, which offers a digital financial services platform for businesses, has raised a funding round led by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures that exceeds €8 million.
Fabrick and Finleap, which actually acquired Penta earlier th... |
| 06.08.2019 | Penta raises €8m in funding round | Digital business banking platform, Penta raised more than €8 million euros in an investment round led by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Ruby Hinchliffe reports.
Following the new founding round HV has become a shareholder of Penta, joining existi... |
| 06.08.2019 | Daily funding roundup - August 6th, 2019 | Zero has raised $2.8M; Squad landed $5M; Suralink closed $5.25M; Backbone secured $10M
Zero: Zero is a fasting app. Zero has raised $2.8 million from True Ventures and Trinity Ventures. Read more
Squad: Squad is a cloud-based online marketp... |
| 05.08.2019 | Penta, the German business banking startup, raises €8M additional funding | Penta, the business banking provider for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that was recently acquired by fintech company builder Finleap, has raised “over” €8 million in new funding.
The round is led by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures . Als... |
| 02.06.2019 | Penta, the digital SME banking upstart, appoints co-founder of solarisBank as new CEO | Hot on the heels of being acquired by company builder Finleap, German SME banking upstart Penta has appointed a new CEO.
Marko Wenthin, who previously co-founded solarisBank (the banking-as-a-service used by Penta), is now heading up the co... |
| 18.10.2018 | Penta raises €7M Series A funding: 5 notable facts to know about German fintech startup | Recently, Penta, a German fintech startup, raised €7 million in Series A funding from Inception Capital. For the uninitiated, the startup secured €2.2 million seed funding from the London-based Venture Capital firm earlier this year as well... |
| 15.10.2018 | Penta, the German challenger bank account for SMEs, raises €7M Series A | Penta, the German fintech startup that offers a digital bank account targeting SMEs, has raised €7 million in Series A funding. Backing the company once again is Inception Capital, with total funding now at €10 million since Penta was found... |
| 15.10.2018 | German business bank Penta raises €7m | Germany-based business bank Penta has raised €7 million in investment as its customer base grows 900% since the company’s last €3 million fundraise just eight months ago.
Lav Odorovic, Penta
Penta says it has a “transparent, community-drive... |
| 15.10.2018 | Daily funding roundup - October 15th, 2018 | Penta raised €7M; Flutterwave raised $10M, Kepler raised $21M, Netlify raised $30M
Penta: Penta offers a digital bank account targeting startups and SMEs. The offering is designed to meet all of the banking needs of small to medium-sized bu... |
| 15.10.2018 | German fintech startup Penta raises €7 million to accelerate the growth of its digital bank accounts for SMEs | Business bank account Penta today announced a €7 million investment in a funding round led by Inception Capital. According to the Berlin-based startup, user numbers have increased over 900%, since the company’s last fundraise just eight mon... |
| 19.06.2018 | Penta, the bank account for SMEs, adds multi-card support to manage expenses | Penta, the German fintech startup that offers a digital bank account targeting SMEs, has launched multi-card support to make it easier to manage company expenses.
Dubbed ‘Team Access,’ the new feature — which affords similar functionality t... |
| 05.02.2018 | Penta, the German digital-only bank account for startups and SMEs, raises €2.2M seed | Penta, the German ‘challenger’ bank that offers a digital bank account targeting SMEs, has raised €2.2 million in funding. The seed round is led by Inception Venture Capital, a new London-based VC firm with a heavy fintech focus, and will b... |
| 05.02.2018 | Penta Secures €2.2M in Seed Funding | Penta, a Berlin, Germany-based challenger bank for startups and businesses, secured €2.2m in seed funding.
The round was led by Inception Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to further hire in order to support its customer base, t... |
| 05.02.2018 | Berlin’s Penta raises €2.2 million to become the default digital bank account for businesses in Germany | Berlin-based Penta, a challenger bank for startups and businesses has raised a €2.2 million seed round one month after launching in Germany as its customer growth has gained pace. The funding round was led by Inception Capital, a FinTech fo... |
| 12.12.2017 | Germany’s Penta is a new digital bank account for startups and SMEs | Germany’s Penta is the latest European startup to throw its banking wares into the ring. The burgeoning company is launching a new digital bank account targeting SMEs. Running on top of Banking-as-a-Platform solarisBank, the new offering pe... |
| 26.07.2017 | The Six Stages of a Startup According to VCs | Eventually, you’ll have to have tangible growth data that you can show a VC. Pexels
VCs have a wicked habit of telling entrepreneurs “Sorry, but…you’re too early.” Which is a nice way to say:
Your pitch is awful, your product sucks and your... |
| 01.06.2017 | Communication Can Kill—Here’s How to Prevent It | Either you’re empowering your team or you’re building fear. Pexels
I wanted to disappear. Too scared to change. I was trapped.
It started out of fear. Fear from confronting my problems. I neglected feedback from others. Kept a monologue in ... |
| 25.04.2017 | Bank as a Platform: the only way forward for banking? | You know it, I know it, everybody knows it: same old won’t cut the mustard in the future if you’re a bank. So what’s next? Partner with fintech companies? Sure, most banks have started doing it already or are planning to according to this r... |
| - | 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... |
