| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.10.2024 | European Neobroker BUX and PrimaryBid to Open IPO and Equity Fundraising Opportunities to Retail Investors | Listen to this article
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Retail investors in Belgium and the Netherlands now have access to IPO’s and other regulated fundraises, including deals previously only open for institutional investors. BUX, part of ABN AM... |
| 14.12.2023 | ABN AMRO acquires Dutch neobroker BUX amidst cost-cutting measures | Following last month’s disclosure that the Amsterdam-based neobroker BUX had slashed 40 percent of its staff as part of cost-cutting measures and a retreat from the UK market, today ABN AMRO announced that it has agreed to acquire the compa... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 03.06.2021 | Taavet Hinrikus backs new investing platform, pitched as the ‘TransferWise of trading’ | Last year, Europe’s trading apps breathed a sigh of relief when US giant Robinhood announced it was cancelling plans to expand into the UK.
But competition in the trading space could be heating up once again. This time it’s from Lightyear, ... |
| 02.06.2021 | Prosus to acquire Stack Overflow for $1.8 Billion | Congratulations to Stack Overflow, founders Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood, CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar and team on the company's acquisition by Prosus for $1.8bn.
A top 50 website globally, Stack Overflow is the go-to destination for develop... |
| 21.05.2021 | German Robinhood rival Trade Republic raises $900M at a valuation of $5B+ from Sequoia, Accel, TCV, others | Berlin-based fintech firm Trade Republic, a mobile-only and commission-free broker for investment, has announced that it has raised $900M (approx €736.8M) in its Series C round of funding led by Sequoia Capital. This investment marks one of... |
| 03.05.2021 | Bux Raises $80M in Funding | Bux, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based neo-broker, raised USD80m in follow-financing round.
The round was led by Prosus Ventures and Tencent, with participation from additional new investors ABN Amro Ventures, Citius, Optiver, and Endeit ... |
| 26.04.2021 | Trading app Bux raises $80 million to support European expansion | The funding was led by Prosus Ventures and Chinese tech giant Tencent, per AltFi. Bux offers a host of products, including Bux Zero, its commission-free share trading app; Bux Crypto; and Bux X, which lets users trade contracts for differen... |
| 22.04.2021 | Amsterdam’s BUX raises €67 million in a funding round led by Prosus Ventures and Tencent | Bucking the trend of traditional brokers, Amsterdam-based BUX is on a mission to become the neobroker in Europe.
To help accomplish this mission, they’ve raised €67 million in a funding round led by Prosus Ventures and Tencent. New investor... |
| 22.04.2021 | Amsterdam-based BUX raises €66.5M; CEO Nick Bortot hands over the reins to COO Yorick Naeff, here’s why | Last year, in July, Amsterdam-based BUX announced that it has become the largest neobroker in Europe. In a recent development, the neo-broker has raised $80M (approx €66.47M) in a fresh round of funding.
Besides the funding, BUX has also an... |
| 22.04.2021 | Bux, a European Robinhood, raises $80M to expand its neo-broker platform | A new wave of apps have democratized the concept of investing, bringing the concept of trading stocks and currencies to a wider pool of users who can use these platforms to make incremental, or much larger, bets in the hopes of growing thei... |
| 21.07.2020 | Robinhood cancels UK launch as it reels from operational problems | Robinhood has cancelled its much-hyped launch in the UK and has put on hold global expansion plans as the wildly-popular US no-fee stock trading app reels from a string of operational problems and attempts to focus on its home markets.
A st... |
| 20.07.2020 | Young Frenchies don’t love banks | French youth want to set money aside for travel and buy a flat, as well as invest more, but 65% feel the banking products on offer aren’t helping them get there.
The survey of 18- to 35-year-olds released on Monday by OpinionWay and fintech... |
| 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... |
| 09.01.2020 | Bux acquires ‘social’ cryptocurrency investment platform Blockport | Bux, the Amsterdam-based fintech that wants to make investing more accessible, has acquired the European “social” cryptocurrency investment platform Blockport.
Terms of the deal remain undisclosed, although Bux says the move paves the way f... |
| 11.09.2019 | Bux launches ‘BUX Zero’ to begin offering fee-free trading in Netherlands | Bux, the Amsterdam-based fintech that wants to make investing more accessible, is launching its fee-free trading app today.
Dubbed “BUX Zero,” the new offering is available first to users in the Netherlands who previously signed up to the w... |
| 13.06.2019 | Why Bird Wants to Buy Smaller Electric Scooter Rival Scoot: Term Sheet | SCOOTING INTO SAN FRANCISCO
The crowded scooter market is starting to consolidate.
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So why Scoot? The second I saw the news, I thought “Duh, it’s about San Francisco.” Rem... |
| 12.06.2019 | Bux raises additional $12.5M as it gears up to launch ‘zero-commission’ investing app | Bux, the Amsterdam-based trading app that wants to make investing fun, has picked up an additional $12.5 million in new funding. Venture capital firms Velocity Capital and Holtzbrinck Ventures led the round, which also includes debt financi... |
| 12.06.2019 | Amsterdam-based mobile trading startup Bux scores €11.4M funding to launch ‘zero-commission’ investing app | Amsterdam-based trading app startup BUX has recently announced a $12.5 million (€11.4 million approx.) funding round led by venture capital firms including Velocity Capital and Holtzbrinck Ventures, bringing the total amount in funding rais... |
| 12.06.2019 | BUX Raises $12.5M in Funding | Bux, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based trading app, raised $12.5M in funding.
The round, which brought the total amount in funding raised so far to $35m, was led by Velocity Capital and Holtzbrinck Ventures, with debt financing coming fro... |
| 24.10.2017 | Bux Raises €10.6m in Series C Funding | Bux, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based fintech startup, raised €10.6m in Series C funding.
The round was led by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, with participation from Velocity Capital and a number of influential angel investors, including forme... |
| 23.10.2017 | Trading app BUX raises €10.6 million, launches equity crowdfunding campaign | BUX, a financial trading app, has raised €10.6 million in a Series C round and will launch a Seedrs crowdfunding campaign to raise additional funds.
The Series C round was led by Holtzbrinck Ventures with participation from Velocity Capital... |
| 13.07.2016 | Bux is a hipster Bloomberg terminal for the rest of us | There have been countless services and apps that have come along promising to bring stocks and shares to the masses. |
| 19.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 19, 2016 | Indigo secured $56M; Athentek raised $7M; BUX closed $6.9M funding
AlmaConnect, a social network based on private alumni networks focused on helping an alum/student get help from his/her alumni network, raised a Pre-Series A round of fundin... |
| 18.02.2016 | Bux Raises €6m in Venture Capital Funding | Bux, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands- and London, UK-based provider of a mobile trading app, raised €6m (approx. £4.7m) in venture capital funding.
The round was led by Holtzbrinck Ventures, with participation from with existing investors Ora... |
| 17.02.2016 | Big bucks voor fintech-startup BUX: €6 miljoen van Duitse investeerder | Big bucks voor fintech-startup BUX, want de Nederlandse beursapp sluit wederom een flinke investeringsronde. Ditmaal gaat het om een bedrag van maar liefst €6,1 miljoen, afkomstig van het Duitse Holtzbrinck Ventures. BUX maakt het door midd... |
| 17.02.2016 | Casual Trading App Bux Pulls In Another $6.9M In Funding | More VC being thrown at casual trading startup Bux. The app, which turns stocks and derivatives trading (via CFDs) into a game-like and social experience, thus potentially broadening the market to include a greater number of people who have... |
| 17.02.2016 | Casual trading app BUX secures $6.9 million to further accelerate growth | BUX, the trading app that makes trading and investing in the financial markets accessible to everybody, has closed a third financing round of $6.9 million to further accelerate its rapid growth across Europe.
Since launching over a year ago... |
| 15.09.2015 | Casual Trading App Bux Raises $1.9M | Dutch startup Bux is on a mission to open stock trading to a much larger market — namely, those who have never traded before. Its casual trading app for iOS and Android attempts to gamify trading (as if it wasn’t gamified enough already) by... |
| 22.12.2014 | Bux: How businesses can learn from gameification [Q&A] | Gameification is a philosophy that has risen to stardom over the past few years. The theory goes that by adding game-like elements to an activity such as exercise, chores, or in this case, stock trading increases engagement and provides a m... |
| - | Endeit invests in knowledge management platform Stravito | Stravito, a Stockholm-based knowledge management platform for enterprises, announced today a €12.4 million ($14.6 million USD) series A funding round. Endeit Capital led the round with additional investment from existing investors HenQ, Inv... |
| - | BUX signs $80m Series C with Tencent, Endeit, and others | Europe’s leading neo-broker BUX announced today it raised $80 million from a group of investors to facilitate the company’s rapid expansion, and provide an ever-increasing number of young Europeans with the possibility to invest without com... |
| - | Casual Trading App Bux Pulls In Another $6.9M In Funding | More VC being thrown at casual trading startup Bux. The app, which turns stocks and derivatives trading (via CFDs) into a game-like and social experience, thus potentially broadening the market to include a greater number of people who have... |
| - | Amsterdam’s BUX raises €67 million in a funding round led by Prosus Ventures and Tencent | Bucking the trend of traditional brokers, Amsterdam-based BUX is on a mission to become the neobroker in Europe.
To help accomplish this mission, they’ve raised €67 million in a funding round led by Prosus Ventures and Tencent. New investor... |
