| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.10.2024 | Vinted bags €340M, EIC Scaling Club welcomes 72 new members, and backlash to the term 'open banking' | This week we tracked more than 45 tech funding deals worth over €1 billion, and 5 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 important... |
| 24.10.2024 | Danish challenger bank Lunar says GenAI chatbot to handle 75 per cent of customer calls | The Danish challenger bank Lunar says its GenAI-powered voice assistant will handle around 75 per cent of customer calls over time.
Lunar, which has over 950,000 customers across the Nordics, launched its new chatbot today, hoping to improv... |
| 02.10.2024 | Niels Vejrup Carlsen launches Final Frontier: Denmark's first aerospace and defence VC Fund | Final Frontier, a new Nordic venture capital fund specialising in space and defence technologies, has launched.
It aims to raise €150 million to strengthen the commercial development of space and enhance the innovative capabilities of the E... |
| 27.08.2024 | Loyal Solutions announces second half year results for 1/1-30/06 2024 | Loyal Solutions announces second half year results for 1/1-30/06 2024
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Danish SaaS company Loyal Solutions delivers 35% revenue growth in the second half year (1/1-30/6 2024) and 49% revenue gr... |
| 20.06.2024 | Denmark: Europe's hub for tech innovation and collaboration | Denmark's tech ecosystem thrives on innovation, collaboration, and sustainability. Centered in Copenhagen, it supports a diverse range of sectors including biotechnology, renewable energy, and digital innovation. The city's vibrant startup ... |
| 18.06.2024 | Lunar and SAS partner to launch Scandinavia's first debit card with EuroBonus points | Lunar and SAS partner to launch Scandinavia's first debit card with EuroBonus points
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The two Scandinavian companies, Lunar and SAS, have entered a new partnership. Today, they are launching Sc... |
| 04.05.2024 | SumUp's €1.5B Funding Round: A Game-Changer for Fintech | This week, SumUp, a global fintech company, raised a whopping €1.5 billion in an oversubscribed round led by Goldman Sachs. Founded in 2012, SumUp provides financial services to millions of small businesses, supporting over 4 million mercha... |
| 03.05.2024 | SumUp raises €1.5B, 300M fund for nanotech startups, and 10 Spanish startups to watch | This week our research tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €2.5 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed ... |
| 30.04.2024 | Nordic challenger bank Lunar raises €24.1M towards full-service banking goal | Nordic challenger bank Lunar has made a significant stride in its financial journey, announcing a successful supplementary round that raised €24.1 million. This round, led by the bank's major existing investors, follows a two-part investmen... |
| 22.04.2024 | Danish challenger bank Lunar trials voice-enabled AI-powered chatbot- voiced by CEO | Could an AI-powered voice-enabled chatbot answering a user's financial wellbeing questions voiced by a challenger bank’s CEO be the future of banking?
The idea is currently being road-tested by Danish neobank Lunar, which along with UK adve... |
| 18.03.2024 | Swedish lender Froda says Klarna alumni key to growth as launches in Ireland | Swedish lender Froda says Klarna alumni have been key to its growth, as it expands into Ireland, its next new market. The lender, which makes around €60m a year in revenues, offers its white-label embedded lending model in markets beyond Sw... |
| 23.06.2023 | Google Cloud Unleashes AI On Money Laundering Activities After Successful HSBC Trial | Photo 154241292 © AndreistanescuDreamstime.com |
| 14.02.2023 | Nordic Fintech Lunar Secures €35M to Expand Business, Reach Profitability | The Nordic fintech company Lunar, which is a modern alternative to traditional banks, raises 35 million EUR “to invest in and develop the business and reach profitability even faster.”
Founder and CEO of Lunar Group, Ken Villum Klausen, say... |
| 09.02.2023 | Lunar, the Danish neobank last year valued at $2.2B, raises $38M to shoot for the profitability moon | Lunar, a neobank out of Denmark, last year raised money at a $2.2 billion valuation from a splashy set of investors that included Heartland, Kinnevik, Tencent, IDC Ventures and comedian Will Ferrell, to fill out its ambition to build a fina... |
| 09.02.2023 | Lunar Raises EUR35M in Funding | Lunar, an Aarhus, Denmark-based challenger bank, raised €35m in funding.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach, shortening the path to profitability, continue its expansion in the Nordic region, of... |
| 26.01.2023 | Danish startup Kanpla wants to help canteens cut food waste | As much as 40% of all food produced each year goes nowhere near a human mouth, resulting in economic, environmental, and social costs of an estimated $2.6 trillion.
While there are a multitude of social, cultural, and even technological rea... |
| 26.01.2023 | Fintech Consolidation Set to Intensify This Year | 2022 saw the start of a significant consolidation phase for the fintech sector, a trend which is set to accelerate this year as the economic climate continues to deteriorate in the face of elevated inflation, higher interest rates and reduc... |
| 11.03.2022 | Danish fintech company Lunar raises €70M; launches crypto trading platform | Danish fintech company Lunar announced that it has raised €70M in a Series D-2 funding round from existing investors Heartland, with participation from Kinnevik, Tencent and IDC Ventures.
The latest funding round is an extension to Lunar’s ... |
| 10.03.2022 | Nordic neobank Lunar raises $77M at $2B valuation, launches crypto trading platform and B2B payments | Challenger banks have become, collectively, a force to be reckoned with in the world of financial services for consumers, and today one of the big players out of the Nordics — Lunar — is announcing growth funding along with two new services... |
| 10.03.2022 | Nordic Fintech Lunar Raises $77M, Builds Crypto Trading Platform | Nordic neobank Lunar raised $77 million at a $2 billion valuation and unveiled a crypto trading platform.
Users are able to trade bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), DOGE, ADA and DOT at the platform's launch.
Lunar's aim is to make crypto trading ... |
| 13.10.2021 | Nordic Fintech Lunar Acquires Paylike, Launches One-Step Checkout | Lunar, the financial services firm that provides Nordic consumers and businesses a new way to bank and make payments, announces the acquisition of Paylike in order to make online payments simpler and faster for digital commerce businesses a... |
| 14.07.2021 | Danish digital bank Lunar secures €210m Series D funding | Danish neobank Lunar has raised €210 million in its Series D funding round.
The challenger landed a €40 million Series C round last year
The round was led by Nordic investment firms Heartland and Kinnevik and Chinese tech giant Tencent.
IDC... |
| 13.07.2021 | Danish challenger bank Lunar raises €210M from Kinnevik, Tencent, others | Denmark-based Lunar, a digital mobile-based banking app, has raised €210M in its Series D round of funding. In total, the company has raised more than €300M in equity funding.
The fundraise follows Lunar’s rapid acceleration in growth from ... |
| 26.10.2020 | Nordic challenger bank Lunar scores €40M Series C | Challenger bank Lunar has raised €40 million from existing investors, according to TechCrunch. The funds will be used to expand its product range into the "buy now, pay later" space. Lunar has secured €104 million in total funding... |
| 23.10.2020 | Nordic challenger bank Lunar raises €40M Series C, plans to enter the ‘buy now, pay later’ space | Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank that started out life as a personal finance manager app (PFM) but acquired a full banking license in 2019, has raised €40 million in Series C funding from existing investors.
The injection of capital follow... |
| 23.10.2020 | Nordic Challenger Bank Lunar Reportedly Raises €40 Million Through Series C Funding Round | Nordic challenger bank Lunar has reportedly secured €40 million through its Series C funding round. The latest round of funding comes just months after Lunar raised an additional €20 million through its extended Series B, bringing the fundi... |
| 06.04.2020 | Nordic digital bank startup Lunar scoops €20M in a successful Series B funding round | Lunar, a digital mobile-based banking app that aims to change the way we handle money fundamentally, has raised €20 million in a Series B round led by Seed Capital. Other investors, including Greyhound, Socii, and David Helgason, founder of... |
| 03.04.2020 | Nordic challenger bank Lunar adds €20 million to its Series B | Today Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank, has extended its Series B round from August 2019 and raised €20 million in additional funding, bringing the round as a whole to €46 million.
Established in Denmark in 2015, Lunar is on a mission to c... |
| 03.04.2020 | Lunar Raises €20M in Additional Series B Funding | Lunar, a Nordic challenger bank, raised €20m in an additional Series B funding round now totalling €46m.
The round was led by Seed Capital Denmark with participation from Greyhound, Socii, and Augustinus. In addition to the funding, Ole Mah... |
| 03.04.2020 | Nordic challenger bank Lunar adds €20M to its Series B | Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank that started out life as a personal finance manager app (PFM) but since acquired a full banking license last year, has extended it Series B round with an additional €20 million in funding. It brings the Ser... |
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