365.fintech closes a partnership deal with Finch Capital, a premier European fintech VC
365.fintech, the new investment platform of the 365 ecosystem, is announcing the next step in putting itself on the map of financial services investors in Central and Eastern Europe.
365.fintech has closed an investment partnership with Finch Capital, a premier Amsterdam-based venture capital firm with focus on financial services.
Finch Capital is a financial technology investment firm founded in 2013. The company’s new fund will invest into startups working on transforming the financial services sector or selling innovative solutions to incumbent industry players.
The fund will invest in Series-A stage startups based in Europe and Southeast Asia and is expected to carry out dozens of investments over the next several years. The firm seeks to invest in fintech, insurtech, artificial intelligence, data analytics, blockchain, infrastructure and other relevant financial services verticals.
Finch Capital team is operating out of Amsterdam, London and Singapore. Finch’s portfolio includes notable investments in fintech pioneers such as Zopa, a leading peer-to-peer lending platform in the United Kingdom with most recent valuation of 400 million GBP.
According to Radboud Vlaar, Partner at Finch Capital, “We are looking forward to partnering up with 365.fintech, a representative of a strong and innovative banking and financial services ecosystem in Central and Eastern Europe”.
“Finch Capital’s investment track record, its hands-on support of portfolio companies and highly experienced investment team make the company a great fit for us. We see this as a significant next step in developing the 365 ecosystem with more exciting investment announcements to follow suit.” added Rudolf Vrabel, managing director of 365.fintech.
About 365.fintech:
365.fintech is a CEE based investment platform focused on providing financing and support for early to scale-up stage technology startups focusing on innovative FinTech, InsurTech as well as Big Data startups with global aspirations. Besides financing, 365.fintech is uniquely positioned to enable its portfolio companies to develop, test and pilot their products and services in a live regulated setting. Along with 365.bank, it forms another key pillar of the newly launched 365 ecosystem.
Media Contact: Linda Gáliková, PR manager, e-mail: linda.galikova@365.bank, mobile: +421 910 866 913
