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
Just since months after raising $7 million in Series A funding, German SME banking provider Penta has been acquired by Finleap. Terms of the deal remain undisclosed, although I understand that the acq
When I spoke with Jan Beckers, chairperson of fintech company builder <a target="_blank" href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/12/01/hitfox-hatches-finleap-a-new-startup-factory-targeting-fintech/">FinLea
TechCrunch understands from a source close to the transaction that FinLeap's latest round gives the company a post-money valuation of €121 million (based on a €100 million pre-money valuation).
This time the Berlin-based company builder (to use the preferred terminology) is investing and betting on the underlying regulatory and financial technology infrastructure -- the picks 'n' shovels, if
Not content with incubating and acquiring startups in the adtech and Big Data space, HitFox Group, the Berlin-headquartered company builder, has hatched a second company builder. Dubbed FinLeap, the G