| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.07.2024 | Solaris CEO aims to instil financial discipline amid regulatory scrutiny | The German CEO of Berlin-based Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) startup Solaris is an Anglophile.
“I like the English mentality,” says Carsten Höltkemeyer.
“I like their humour. I like the fact that they can laugh about themselves quite a bit. I... |
| 21.06.2024 | "How the heck can you build a multi-billion dollar business in Düsseldorf?" questioned VC | Düsseldorf might not seem the most obvious startup hub but the German city has all the ingredients for a startup to flourish, according to one of its offspring startups.
Raffael Johnen, CEO and co-founder of Düsseldorf-based digital lender ... |
| 04.04.2024 | 10 German startups to watch in 2024 | In 2023, German companies raised €9.1 billion over 757 deals. According to our Annual Report, these numbers put Germany in second place among European countries by the total raised amount.
Cleantech was the industry that participated the mo... |
| 03.04.2024 | +++ Simon Capital +++ Auxmoney +++ Sinpex +++ Prevency +++ New Work +++ Honeypot +++ Onlyfy +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Mittwoch, 3. April) #STARTUPTICKER
Simon Capital
+++ Investment jagt Investment! Der Portfolio des jungen Dü... |
| 04.03.2024 | 15 inspirierende Startups aus Düsseldorf, die alle kennen sollten | Die Rhein-Metropole Düsseldorf ist immer einen Besuch wert, auch wenn man auf der Suche nach spannenden Startups ist. In den vergangenen Jahren ist in Düsseldorf eine äußerst inspirierende Startup-Szene entstanden. Mit spannenden Grownups w... |
| 24.08.2023 | auxmoney acquires Majority Stake in Lender & Spender | auxmoney, a Düsseldorf, Germany-based digital lending platform for consumer credit in Europe, completed the acquisition of the majority share in the Dutch consumer credit marketplace Lender & Spender.
With this deal, auxmoney builds upo... |
| 08.08.2022 | Monday 8 August - Auxmoney lands €500 million, Cera secured $320 million and more than €1.1 billion was invested in European Tech last week | Last week we tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €1.1 billion, and over 20 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
As a paid subscriber, you're in the elite club with exclusive access to ... |
| 05.08.2022 | This Week in European Tech: Auxmoney lands €500 million, Glofox's €200 million acquisition, Germany's 'Future Fund' evolves, EU to set up shop in SF, and more
24 May in Brussels.
What happened this ... | This week, our research team tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €1.1 billion (debt and equity) and over 20 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
As always, we are putting all of them t... |
| 05.08.2022 | German digital lending platform auxmoney bags €500M from Citi, Natixis | Düsseldorf-based auxmoney, a digital lending platform, announced on Wednesday that it has secured €500M from US banking firm Citigroup and French asset management company Natixis.
The company says it will use the funds to invest in consumer... |
| 08.05.2022 | This Week in European Tech: Auxmoney lands €500 million, Glofox's €200 million acquisition, Germany's 'Future Fund' evolves, EU to set up shop in SF, and more
24 May in Brussels.
What happened this ... | This week, our research team tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €1.1 billion (debt and equity) and over 20 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
As always, we are putting all of them t... |
| 08.03.2022 | Index Ventures-backed auxmoney borrows €500 million to invest in upping its consumer loans business | Düsseldorf-based consumer loan provider auxmoney has secured another €500 million in debt funding this time via Citi and Natixis. This now brings auxmoney's debt funding to just over €3 billion.
Using what the company calls a "unique s... |
| 14.04.2021 | Auxmoney secures €250m in debt financing from Citi and Chenavari | Auxmoney, a European digital lending platform for consumer credit, has secured €250 million in investment from Citigroup and Chenavari Investment Managers.
The firm is planning further partnerships in 2021
Auxmoney is an online peer-to-peer... |
| 13.04.2021 | auxmoney Receives €250M Investment | auxmoney, a Düsseldorf, Germany-based digital-lending platform for consumer credit in Europe, secured a €250m investment for its marketplace loans.
After the company announced to invest in loans on its own marketplace in November 2020, the ... |
| 12.04.2021 | Germany’s Auxmoney secures €250M for its digital-lending platform for consumer credit | Auxmoney is an online peer-to-peer digital-lending platform for consumer credit in Europe. The platform enables private consumers to borrow from private investors for personal loans, thereby providing borrowers a bank-free borrowing system ... |
| 08.04.2021 | Marketplace Lender auxmoney Receives €250 Million From Citigroup and Chenavari Investment Managers | auxmoney, a marketplace lender based in Germany, has received €250 million for loans from Citigroup and Chenavari Investment Managers. Chenavari is a credit-focussed asset manager with core expertise in European markets. auxmoney reports th... |
| 06.09.2020 | auxmoney Raises €150M Equity Funding | auxmoney, a Düsseldorf, Germany-based credit marketplace, raised an equity funding of €150m.
Centerbridge made the majority equity investment and acquired shares of existing shareholders*. Existing investors such as Index Ventures, Union Sq... |
| 03.09.2020 | Credit marketplace Auxmoney picks up €150m in new funding round | Peer-to-peer loan marketplace Auxmoney has raised €150 million in a new funding round, the largest for a German fintech so far in 2020.
The firm has not ruled out the possibility of acquisitions
Uncovered by Handelsblatt, the equity fundrai... |
| 02.09.2020 | German credit marketplace auxmoney raises €150 million | Auxmoney, a German credit marketplace that claims to be the largest in continental Europe, has raised €150 million in growth capital in a round led by Centerbridge Partners, a private equity firm with a history of taking majority stakes.
As... |
| 02.09.2020 | Marketplace Lender auxmoney Receives €150 Million Equity Investment led by Centerbridge | Largest Fintech Funding Round in Eurozone for 2020
auxmoney, a Germany based marketplace lender, has raised € 150 million led by Centerbridge. In a note from the Fintech, auxmoney stated that existing VCs, including Foundation Capital, Inde... |
| 10.12.2019 | Austausch, Erkenntnisse, Meditation – Das war der Digitale Leute Summit 2019 | Anzugträger, die über Digitale Trends und Transformation sprachen, suchte man auf dieser Konferenz vergeblich. Auf dem Digitale Leute Summit 2019 in Köln trafen sich die Macher von digitalen Produkten, die sich über technische Themen, User ... |
| 13.02.2019 | German Lending Marketplace auxmoney Overtakes Midsize Banks in Consumer Loan Origination | Düsseldorf Skyline at the Blue Hour
Düsseldorf-based Fintech auxmoney has surpassed its targets in 2018. Loan volume increased by 74 percent compared to 2017. Raffael Johnen, Founder and CEO of auxmoney, commented:
“While the major German b... |
| 31.07.2017 | N26 partners with Auxmoney to offer credit to more customers | Fintech startup N26 is trying to build the bank of the future, slowly but surely adding features to provide everything you’d expect from such a bank. N26 already offers consumer credit loans in Germany if you’re a creditworthy employee.
And... |
| 02.03.2016 | auxmoney Raises Eight-Digit Funding Round | auxmoney GmbH, a Düsseldorf, Germany-based online peer-to-peer lending marketplace, raised an eight-digit funding round.
Backers included SevenVentures, Index Ventures, Union Square Ventures and Foundation Capital.
The company intends to us... |
| 29.02.2016 | Media giant ProSiebenSat.1 leads ‘double-digit’ Series D round for German fintech startup Auxmoney | Dusseldorf, Germany-based online credit marketplace Auxmoney is raising a Series D round, with previous backers Index Ventures, Union Square Ventures and Foundation Capital participating in an injection of ‘double-digit millions’ into the f... |
| 22.04.2015 | German Online Loans Platform Smava Raises $16M | Here comes some more funding for a European financial tech company specialising in online loans. Germany’s Smava — a peer-to-peer lending platform where investors provide the funds to loan money to borrowers — has raised $16 million in fund... |
| 13.05.2014 | Crowdlending marketplace auxmoney raises $16 million | auxmoney, Germany’s leading online marketplace for peer-to-peer loans, where private consumers can borrow up to €25,000 directly from private and institutional investors, today announced an investment round of $16 million (led by Foundation... |
| 13.05.2014 | auxmoney Raises $16M in Funding | auxmoney, a Düsseldorf, Germany-based online marketplace for peer-to-peer loans, raised $16m in funding.
The round was led by Foundation Capital, with participation from Partech Ventures and Scott Bommer and existing backers Index Ventures ... |
| 14.07.2013 | The Sharing Economy | There's a piece in the NY Times this weekend about Lyft and Sidecar changing the dynamics in the Los Angeles taxi market. Get ready to read lots more pieces like this in the coming years.
The internet, mobile phones, native transaction syst... |
| 11.06.2013 | Auxmoney | Today we are delighted to announce that we have made an investment in Auxmoney, an online credit marketplace in Germany. The CEO, Raffael Johnen was in London last week and appeared on a LeWeb panel with the CEOs of two other USV companies,... |
| 08.06.2013 | Video Of The Week: Crowd Lending at Le Web | It's not often that there is a panel discussion where all the entrepreneurs on the panel are USV portfolio companies. That happened last week at LeWeb. The discussion was crowd lending and the portfolio companies on the panel were Lending C... |
| 12.03.2013 | Auxmoney Raises $12M in Funding | According to multiple reports, Auxmoney GmbH, a Düsseldorf, Germany-based online peer-to-peer loan marketplace, raised $12m in funding.
Backers included Index Ventures and Union Square Ventures.
The company intends to use the capital for pr... |
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| - | Big Deal: Inside German fintech Auxmoney's €500 million haul | Welcome to 'Big Deal', Tech.eu's new weekly deep dive into the largest funding and exit deals in European Tech.
This week, we look at auxmoney, a Düsseldorf, Germany-headquartered company building a digital lending platform for consumer cre... |
