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BlackFin Tech Weekly — February 17th 2020
Hello Fintech enthusiasts!
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — February 10th 2020
Hello fintech enthusiasts!
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — February 3rd
The Paris Fintech Forum (PFF) is one heck of a hectic event where you meet people every 20 minutes for at least 8h. With 24 meetings a day…
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — January 27th
After a bit of trouble getting started, the 2020 fintech business is rolling as we are used to! This week 2 megadeals in France and Sweden…
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Presenting the 2020 French Fintech Landscape
For the third year in a row, we are very proud to share with you the French Fintech Landscape. We mustered all our energy together with…
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — January 20th, 2020
Hi Fintech enthusiasts!
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — January 13th, 2020
Happy new year everyone!
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2020 Fintech and Insurtech predictions
The BlackFin Tech team view on what to expect from insurtech in 2020
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InsurTech for SMEs — A new era of customization & flexibility?
In the general opinion, there is the feeling that SMEs are not that well served by insurers — traditionally because they have small basket…
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — November 25th
With a little more than €44m raised across Europe, this week is definitely very B2C oriented. Indeed, even if UK and France led the way…
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — November 18th
It’s been a busy week for European startups, with a lot of significant rounds announced among the 13 and more than €80m raised.
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — November 11th
Light week for the fintech ecosystem: almost only Seed rounds have been raised. All in all, these 8 great deals represent almost €34m, and…
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — November 4th
More than €48m+ were raised and the UK was largely represented with 6 deals out of 11. Spanish, German and Swedish startups also got funded…
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — October 28th
Your weekly curation of fintech and insurtech deals is almost totally driven by banktech and B2B services this week. With €66m raised, we…
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — October 21st, 2019
Guess who’s the winner in terms of number of Fintech & InsurTech funding rounds among European countries this week?
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — October 14th, 2019
Perhaps this week has been the backlash of the rainy days coming back. As a matter of fact, even if the atmosphere has not been as hot as…
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BlackFin Tech Weekly — October 7th, 2019
It seems that rain & cold are now back in our offices back in Paris, and that’s winter is sadly coming. It didn’t freeze at all the…
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BlackFin Tech weekly | September 30th, 2019
Hi everyone! It is already Friday and here we go again, for a new and fresh list of hot startups, from seeds to late stage venture rounds…
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BlackFin Tech weekly | September 22nd, 2019
¡Holà fintech friends! Spain has taken over the European Fintech scene last week so we are using their colors this time around
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BlackFin Tech weekly | September 16th 2019
Hi Fintech enthusiasts! It seems we’re now back to normal with a total of €60m raised by European fintechs and insurtechs this past week…
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BlackFin Tech weekly | September 9th 2019
Hi Fintech enthusiasts,
Portfolio
With Agicap, let’s make sure SMEs, the heart of our modern economies, don’t fail because of a lack…
More than happy to announce our 7th investment : Agicap, a Lyon-based cash forecasting solution for SMEs in France and already working…
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BlackFin Tech weekly | September 2nd 2019
Hello everybody! It’s nice to see you again, we hope your holidays were as awesome as you imagined!
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Let’s celebrate neobanks!
It’s no secret: over the past decade, neobanks have flourished all over Europe. Starling, Revolut, Monzo, Qonto, N26, LunarWay, Shine…
Portfolio
Reinventing employee savings and retirement plans with Epsor!
The French startup just raised a 6 million euros Series A led by BlackFin Tech, along with its seed investor Partech.
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Did you know that only 0.14% of cyber-risks are covered in France?
“US launched a cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems” BBC revealed on Monday. What a vibrant topic! As a coincidence, the same evening, the…
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Our top events list (1/2) : Fintech focus
All year long, our team travels across Europe to find new investment opportunities and deepen our relationships with local partners. There…
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Guess who is among the most active VCs in the European Fintech sector?
Open innovation consultancy Finnovating just released its report on FinTech Investment for Q1 2019 in Europe. And guess who is among the…
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Velkommen Viabill! A new rising star in our portfolio!
Today, we are delighted to announce our first investment in Denmark: the Aarhus-based fintech Viabill. Created by Jan Lytje-Hansen…
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Joining Descartes Underwriting in the tech-driven insurance journey!
Today, we are glad to announce our investment in Descartes Underwriting.
