| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.04.2026 | The Tech.eu Summit London 2026 unveils new speakers: Leaders from OpenAI, London Stock Exchange Group, Morgan Stanley, NATO Innovation Fund, Mastercard and many more… | Following our previous announcements, we are excited to unveil a new group of confirmed speakers for the Tech.eu Summit London 2026. The event will take place on 21–22 April 2026 at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, featuring senior ... |
| 30.03.2026 | Two days left to secure your ticket for the Tech.eu Summit London 2026 before prices increase | The Tech.eu Summit London 2026 is set to take place on 21–22 April 2026 at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London. With the event now less than four weeks away, this is one of the final opportunities to secure a ticket before pricing moves... |
| 19.02.2026 | Diese Commerce-Tools sollten Gründer:innen kennen | 2026 ist Commerce vor allem eins: ein Systemtest. Nicht für das Shopsystem allein, sondern auch für das Zusammenspiel aus Zahlungsarten, Produktdaten, Suche, Fulfillment und Performance. Wer wächst, merkt schnell: Kleine Reibungen summieren... |
| 23.01.2026 | Profile: The Danish fintech boss who says “no” a lot | The CEO of Danish payment unicorn Flatpay is not a "yes" man. Sander Janca-Jensen says: “We say 'no' a lot. We pride ourselves on saying ‘no’ internally.”
Examples of Flatpay’s thumbs down mentality include saying “no” to new busi... |
| 06.01.2026 | Mollie to acquire GoCardless | Mollie, one of Europe’s fastest-growing financial service providers, has signed an agreement to acquire bank payment company GoCardless. The strategic combination creates one provider serving over 350,000 businesses that integrates card pay... |
| 05.01.2026 | Tencent-backed fintech Airwallex to invest in the Netherlands | Jan 5 - Australian payment firm Airwallex said on Monday it will invest around 200 million euros ($233.64 million) over the next five years in the Netherlands, marking a major European expansion as it shifts focus from its Asia-Pacific base... |
| 12.12.2025 | Elvy raises €500M for next-gen energy, Tekpon buys TNW, and €4.6B funding as fintech dominates November | This week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €1.6 billion and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| 11.12.2025 | Mollie buys GoCardless in €1.05bn deal | Dutch payments firm Mollie is acquiring UK payments fintech GoCardless in a €1.05bn deal, the two fintechs have confirmed.
The two fintechs have billed the combination as creating a “payments powerhouse”, confirming rumours of the tie-up wh... |
| 11.12.2025 | Fintechs Combine: Mollie Acquires GoCardless | Mollie has signed an agreement to acquire GoCardless, a UK-based bank payment company that offers solutions for businesses to collect recurring and one-off payments directly from customer bank accounts using direct debit and open banking. T... |
| 07.12.2025 | Orq.ai: €5 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance Enterprise AI Agent Deployment | Orq.ai has raised €5 million in an oversubscribed seed round to accelerate the development and adoption of production-grade AI agents across global enterprises. The round was led by seed + speed Ventures and Galion exe, with continued parti... |
| 25.11.2025 | Juo secures €4M to expand its platform for physical product subscriptions | Juo, a Warsaw-based startup building technology for physical product subscriptions, has raised €4 million in seed funding. The round was led by Market One Capital and Peak, with participation from SMOK Ventures, BADideas, FJ Labs, and Lakes... |
| 18.11.2025 | Condukt emerges from stealth with $10M to power next-generation compliance | London-based Condukt, a next-generation compliance platform for financial services, has raised $10 million in seed funding and emerged from stealth. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and MMC Ventures, with participation from ... |
| 09.08.2025 | UK’s Payments Firm GoCardless Nears Acquisition by Mollie as Fintech Consolidation Continues | Listen to this article
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UK-based payments company GoCardless is reportedly close to being (potentially) acquired by Dutch Fintech Mollie, with a possible deal expected to finalize as early as next month.
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| 13.05.2025 | Ravio: $12 Million Series A Closed For Enhancing Compensation Data Platform | Ravio announced it has raised a $12 million Series A funding round led by Spark Capital (US) with participation from Blackbird (Australia) and Cherry Ventures (Europe) to transform how companies manage compensation with real-time market dat... |
| 09.05.2025 | Ravio's $12M Funding: A Game Changer for Compensation Management | In the fast-paced world of business, compensation is a hot topic. It’s the lifeblood of talent retention and attraction. Enter Ravio, a London-based FinTech startup that just raised $12 million in Series A funding. This infusion of capital ... |
| 09.05.2025 | Ravio secures $12M to improve the quality of compensation data | London-based compensation data platform Ravio has raised $12 million in a Series A round, as companies look to modernise how they manage pay transparency and equity in an increasingly competitive global hiring market. The round was led by S... |
| 08.05.2025 | British FinTech startup Ravio raises €10.6 million to modernise compensation data for global workforces | London-based Ravio, a FinTech startup that creates a real-time view of the market for what different job roles are being paid, has raised a €10.6 million Series A funding round to modernise how companies manage compensation with real-time m... |
| 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... |
| 26.02.2025 | Diese E-Commerce-Tools solltest du auf dem Schirm haben | Von der smarteren Produktsuche bis hin zu flexiblen Zahlungsoptionen – E-Commerce-Lösungen bringen frischen Wind in den Onlinehandel. Neue Technologien, steigende Kundenerwartungen und die Notwendigkeit, sich von der Konkurrenz abzuheben, m... |
| 28.11.2024 | UK “gone down a few places” as employment base following Budget, says European payments boss | The UK has “gone down a few places” as a destination for a top European fintech to employ staff following the UK Budget, according to the CEO of European payment fintech Mollie.
Koen Koppen, CEO of Mollie, which employs around 750 people in... |
| 19.11.2024 | Firsty raises €5.1M to increase data connectivity | Telecoms startup Firsty has raised a €5.1M round to offer free mobile data globally. Speedinvest led the round alongside DFF (Dutch Founders Fund), angel investor Marcel Smits (ex-KPN CFO) and former executives from Mollie, Booking.com, Ube... |
| 03.09.2024 | Dutch payments unicorn Mollie says UK/EU reset would be “greatly received” by payment firms and merchants | A Dutch payments unicorn has welcomed the prospect of closer ties between the UK and the EU, saying it would be “greatly received”.
The new managing director of Mollie’s UK business, Dave Smallwood, says warmer ties between the UK and the E... |
| 25.04.2024 | Amsterdam fintech unicorn Mollie is now 20 years old: Key takeaways from 2023 financial result | Read this article in:
Amsterdam-based Mollie, a payment service provider, on Thursday, published its 2023 financial results.
The announcement comes as the Dutch fintech unicorn celebrates its 20th year as it continues to strive towards its ... |
| 26.09.2023 | 98% of shoppers use social media to find products | In the last 12 months, 99 percent of European consumers have changed the way they shop online. A large majority (98 percent) look for products on social media. At the same time, many consumers feel negatively about the economy in their coun... |
| 09.08.2023 | Unified Payments ist entscheidend für den nachhaltigen Omnichannel | Nach Jahren des kontinuierlichen Wachstums hat der Onlinehandel – insbesondere in Folge der anhaltend hohen Inflation – mit deutlichen Einbußen zu kämpfen; so verzeichnete z.B. der E-Commerce mit Waren laut Daten des bevh ein Minus von 15 %... |
| 28.07.2023 | German fintech Monite grows its executive team with ex Marqeta, Mollie, and Atom Bank talent | German fintech Monite is an API-first embedded finance company for B2B platforms to provide hassle-free finance automation for their clients. The firm has just newly included three new members to the executive team as part of its growth com... |
| 25.05.2023 | Fintech Mollie Launches Solution Enhancing In-Person Payments | Mollie, one of the fastest growing financial services providers in Europe, today launched its in-person payments solution, Mollie Terminal.
Initially available in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, the launch “marks a pivotal move for Mo... |
| 22.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Swiftly bags $100m for grocery tech, Pano’s $20m to fight wildfires with AI | This week, retail and grocery tech startup Swiftly bagged a mega-round while front-of-house restaurant software startup Zenchef cooked up new financing to expand its presence. In agtech, Pano raised funds to fight wildfires with AI and Land... |
| 15.09.2022 | Dinner reservations, no problem! Adriaan Mol backs Formitable with €8 million to make restaurant bookings hassle-free | Waiting for the bill at your much-loved restaurant after you have just finished that hearty meal can really be annoying. Add to it the woes faced by the restaurant staff owing to problems with cash, non-functioning debit cards, wonky card m... |
| 03.03.2022 | Majority of UK ecommerce SMEs report service issues with Payments Service Providers – but fear switching, finds survey | Only 5% of UK SMEs have no issue with their current Payment Service Provider (PSP)
More than half of SMEs (52%) are frustrated by slow response times
Fear (29% worry about adoption costs), uncertainty (31% worry a change will impact CX), an... |
| 27.01.2022 | Mollie partners with Chargebee to deliver effortless subscription payments | Partnership helps drive and increase growth for Mollie’s customers
Amsterdam, 27 January 2022: Mollie, one of the fastest growing payment service providers in Europe, today announced its partnership with subscription management platform Cha... |
| 29.12.2021 | These are the 21 biggest funding rounds of 2021 in the Netherlands | Over the last decade, the startup ecosystem’s value in the Netherlands has been rising fast. With a competitive talent pool, a complicated yet connected economic structure, and a booming tech sector, the Netherlands has enough reasons to be... |
| 28.12.2021 | Top milestone of Amsterdam 2021: Startups that hit the headlines | Amsterdam as a startup ecosystem packs an increasingly big punch. Over the last decade, the overall value of the startup ecosystem has been rising fast in Amsterdam.
There are multiple factors behind this rise. Located centrally, the Nether... |
| 27.12.2021 | Meet the companies that raised the top 21 European funding rounds of 2021; 17 of them are hiring right now | 2021 has been a great year for European tech. As the year comes to an end, it has become evident that a new record has been set in the amount raised by startups founded in Europe. Atomico’s annual State of European Tech 2021 report suggests... |
| 15.12.2021 | Технологические тренды, которые определят следующий год: обзор Web Summit 2021 | Web Summit — самая крупная технологическая конференция в мире, которая ежегодно проводится в Лиссабоне, — в этом году прошла с 1 по 4 ноября и собрала 42 000 участников.
Представители российской компании 24TTL, которая разрабатывает инновац... |
| 03.12.2021 | Amsterdam-based fintech unicorn Mollie launches ‘Mollie Acceleration Fund’ of €1M: How to apply | Mollie, an Amsterdam-based payment service provider, announced on Wednesday that it has launched a new €1M fund dubbed ‘Mollie Acceleration Fund.’
The fund will support developers, startups, and digital agencies that help the growth of its ... |
| 22.09.2021 | The Explosive Growth Of The Amsterdam-Delta Startup Ecosystem | With about a tenth of the population of London, the larger area of Amsterdam (+100km) may be a relatively small delta region, but as a startup ecosystem it packs an increasingly big punch. Over the last decade, Amsterdam has been rising fas... |
| 21.07.2021 | Mollie announces Lisbon Development Hub | New hub to employ 100+ people by 2023, accelerating product development velocity
Amsterdam, 21st July 2021 – Mollie, one of the fastest growing payment service providers in Europe, today announced it will be opening a development hub in Lis... |
| 07.07.2021 | Top 15 Fintech Funding Rounds in H1 2021 Exceed US$ 11 Billion | Fintech companies are having a record year 2021. In Q1’21, venture capital (VC)-backed fintech companies raised US$22.8 billion, making it the largest funding quarter since 2018, according to CB Insights. Fintech funding growth was global w... |
| 24.06.2021 | Looking for a job in Amsterdam? These awesome startups that recently raised funding are hiring right now | Amsterdam’s startup ecosystem has also been making quite a splash globally. According to a recent report by Dealroom, Amsterdam’s tech ecosystem hit €100B in value (€187B if you include Booking), making it the third most valuable hub in Eur... |
| 23.06.2021 | Fintech company Mollie worth $6.5B with Series C | (miakievy/Getty Images)
Payments provider Mollie has become one of Europe's most valuable companies with an $800 million investment valuing it at $6.5 billion.
Blackstone Growth led the round, with support from investors including EQT Growt... |
| 22.06.2021 | Today in European Tech: Mollie nabs €665 million, GoStudent raises €205 million, EU launches probe into Google’s adtech services, and more | Hello!
Here's what happened today in European Tech. Deals
- Mollie, an Amsterdam-based startup that provides a way for businesses to integrate payments into sites, documents and other services by way of an API, has raised €665 million in an... |
| 22.06.2021 | Dutch fintech Mollie raises $800m in Series C round | Payment service provider Mollie has landed $800m in a Series C funding round led by Blackstone Growth (BXG).
The investment takes Mollie’s total valuation to $6.5 billion
This latest investment takes the total amount raised by the company t... |
| 22.06.2021 | Payment integration company Mollie raises $800 million round | Mollie, an Amersterdam-based company, which uses APIs to integrate payments into business services, announced an $800 million all-equity funding round Tuesday, according to a company release.
The company says it plans to use the funding for... |
| 22.06.2021 | Payment integration company Mollie raises $800 million round | Mollie, an Amsterdam-based company, which uses APIs to integrate payments into business services, announced an $800 million all-equity funding round Tuesday, according to a company release.
The company says it plans to use the funding for i... |
| 22.06.2021 | Mollie raises 665 million euros | Dutch payments startup Mollie has raised 665 million euros in a Series C funding round. The payment service provider has raised a total of over 780 million euros to date. With the money, Mollie wants to expand further and scale its team.
It... |
| 22.06.2021 | Dutch payments startup Mollie raises another $800M at a $6.5B valuation | A payments startup whose backend was originally built by the founder while still living with his parents and bootstrapping the company is today announcing a massive round of funding that catapults it into being one of the most valuable star... |
| 22.06.2021 | Amsterdam’s fintech unicorn Mollie valued over €5B after raising €672M; plans to hire 300 people in 6-9 months | Amsterdam-based payment service provider, Mollie has secured $800M (approx €672M) in a Series C funding led by Blackstone Growth (BXG), Blackstone’s growth equity investing business.
Other investors including, EQT Growth, General Atlantic, ... |
| 11.03.2021 | 65% of retailers cite conversion optimization as the #1 ecommerce challenge | Mollie reveals the state of payments across retail in Europe
Amsterdam and London, 11 March 2021 – Mollie, one of the fastest-growing payment service providers in Europe, has published research unveiling the state of payments in retail toda... |
| 02.03.2021 | Dutch payments unicorn Mollie bags new CEO | Amsterdam-based payments firm Mollie has hired a new CEO following the surprise departure of former boss Gaston Aussems mid-way through last year.
Shane Happach, who has spent more than a decade at Worldpay, will take over the reins at Moll... |
| 02.03.2021 | Mollie appoints Shane Happach as new CEO | Former Worldpay exec joins payments unicorn to drive international expansion
London and Amsterdam, 2 March 2021 - Mollie, one of the fastest-growing payment service providers in Europe, has appointed Shane Happach as its new CEO. Happach jo... |
| 17.02.2021 | Amsterdam-based Fintech startup Mollie launches in the UK | Amsterdam-based payment services provider Mollie has launched its services in the UK to help merchants expand their businesses in Europe post-Brexit. |
| 16.02.2021 | Mollie expands focus to help UK merchants | The payments company is supporting UK merchants with European growth post-Brexit
London and Amsterdam, 16 February 2021 - Mollie, one of the fastest-growing payment service providers in Europe, has expanded to support UK merchants looking t... |
| 19.01.2021 | Growth mindset merchants generate 17%+ more e-commerce revenue than their fixed mindset competitors | Research explores how organizational attitude enables e-commerce merchants to outperform their competitors, even amidst global economic uncertainty
Amsterdam, 19 January 2021 – New research launched today by Mollie, one of the fastest growi... |
| 17.12.2020 | EU and UK merchants expect to overcome Brexit challenges by end of 2021 | Survey from payments provider Mollie reveals how small-mid-sized merchants are preparing for the UK’s exit
London and Amsterdam 17 December 2020 - Mollie, one of the fastest-growing payment service providers, has today announced the finding... |
| 11.12.2020 | 10 Netherlands-based SaaS startups that raised €10M & more in 2020; 9 are from Amsterdam | The Dutch startup ecosystem has been flourishing with Brexit having helped the ecosystem grow further. This is because the English and Dutch laws are similar, and the UK tech founders are welcomed to start their businesses in the Netherland... |
| 08.12.2020 | Former C-suite execs of Adyen, Mollie back this Amsterdam-based fintech’s €2.65M seed round | Six months ago, Ernst van Niekerk – a former product manager at Adyen – announced the launch of his new startup Payaut on LinkedIn. “Today, we are live with three launching customers, and ready to take over the world of platforms. We offer ... |
| 09.09.2020 | PSP fintech Mollie joins unicorn club with €90m Series B funding round | Mollie, an Amsterdam-based payments service provider (PSP), has landed unicorn status with a €90 million ($100 million) Series B led by Revolut backer TCV.
The now €1 billion-valued fintech, founded in 2004, claims to serve nearly 100,000 m... |
| 08.09.2020 | Mollie Closes €90M Series B Funding | Mollie, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based payment service provider, closed a 90m Euro (US$100m) Series B funding round.
The round, which brought the total amount raised by the company to 115m, was led by TCV.
The company will use the fund... |
| 08.09.2020 | Dutch payment service provider Mollie raises €90 million | Mollie, a payments startup from the Netherlands, has raised 90 million euros in a Series B round led by TCV. The payment service provider is now valuated at over 1 billion dollars, making it a unicorn.
It’s not the first time Mollie has rai... |
| 08.09.2020 | Spotify, Netflix, Revolut Investor TCV Leads €90 Million Round for Mollie, a European Payment Processing Firm | Mollie, a European payment processing company, has secured €90 million in capital through a Series B investment round which was led by TCV, a prominent investor that has also participated in rounds conducted by Spotify, Revolut, Netflix, an... |
| 08.09.2020 | Mollie raises €90m Series B funding | Payment services provider Mollie has today announced the closing of €90 million ($100 million) in its Series B funding round, taking the total amount raised by the company to 115 million Euro.
The round was led by TCV, one of the largest gr... |
| 08.09.2020 | Today in European Tech: Klarna goes for ‘decacorn’, Mollie raises €90 million, and other deals and stories that caught our eyes | Good afternoon Europe!
Now that summer is over and people have returned to their (home) offices in droves, we figured we might try out a new format to continue keeping you abreast of everything that is going on in European tech. We already ... |
| 07.09.2020 | Dutch payments startup Mollie raises $106M at $1B+ valuation | E-commerce has seen a huge jump in the last eight months, driven by consumers shopping more for goods online while spending more time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, a payments startup out of Amsterdam that has itself seen a su... |
| 24.04.2020 | “Hört nicht zu sehr auf die Ratschläge anderer Leute” | Wie starten ganz normale Gründerinnen und Gründer so in einen ganz normalen Startup-Arbeitsalltag? Wie schalten junge Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer nach der Arbeit mal so richtig ab und was hätten die aufstrebenden Firmenlenker gerne gew... |
| 24.01.2020 | Dutch startups raised €1.5B in 2019: What about the future unicorns of the Netherlands | The Netherlands is one of the largest startup ecosystems in Europe, thanks to the ample innovation and unprecedented digital infrastructure in the country. It is expected that the Netherlands would deliver a couple of billion-dollar worth c... |
| 05.07.2019 | Amsterdam startups that raised big numbers as a first round | The Dutch ecosystem is setting new highs in many aspects. There are many companies that are edging to become unicorns and many have made acquisitions for their growth. While it is common to see startups raising investments as funding paves ... |
| 02.07.2019 | Amsterdam-based fintech startup Mollie raises €25M in the first-ever funding round, plans international expansion | Dutch online payment service startup Mollie has raised €25 million from a group of technology and payment entrepreneurs.
Based in Amsterdam, Mollie launched over a decade ago to offer affordable, simple and reliable online payments for comp... |
| 02.07.2019 | Mollie raises 25 million euros | Dutch online payment processor Mollie has raised 25 million euros from a group of technology and payment entrepreneurs. With the money, Mollie wants to accelerate its expansion through Europe.
It’s the first time Mollie has raised money. Si... |
| 18.04.2017 | Payment service provider Mollie expands in Europe | Dutch online payment processor Mollie is gearing up for expansion throughout Europe in order to become the first tech-driven European payment service provider. After achieving success in its home country the Netherlands and neighboring coun... |
| - | Buy Now Pay Later reform: the ripple effect on retailers | Yesterday, the Government announced new regulations around the alternative payment method, “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL).
The new rules, which will be rolled out next year, aim to provide better protection for consumers when shopping online a... |
| - | Dutch paytech Mollie raises €90m funding | ♫ Good golly Mr Mol-lie, sure like to ball ♫
Amsterdam-based payment service provider (PSP) Mollie is certainly having a ball as it has closed a €90 million Series B funding round, taking the total amount raised to €115 million.
The round w... |
| - | Mollie launches in Italy | Dutch payments fintech Mollie has announced that it is expanding to Italy. Businesses in the country can now use the payment platform for online transactions. The platform has also added Italian local payment methods.
Mollie is a Dutch paym... |
| - | 🎧 Fintech scale-up Mollie places bid to become Europe's largest payment service provider — with Shane Happach, Mollie | The Tech.eu Podcast is a show in which we discuss some of the most interesting stories from the European technology scene and interview leading entrepreneurs and investors from across the region.
In today’s episode, listen to an interview w... |
