French IT consultancy firm ON-X Group has acquired 100 percent of Chain Accelerator, a Paris-based blockchain startup incubator that was founded two years ago. The seven-figure deal brings blockchain and cryptocurrency into the buying firm’s advisory repertoire. Based in the startup campus Station F, Chain Accelerator has built an international ecosystem that includes researchers, governmental […]
Swiss fintech startup Taurus Group has raised over €10 million in funding, led by a strategic investment from Arab Bank with participation from Foundation Tezos and other investors. The company’s co-founders, who have backgrounds in banking, asset management, and cybersecurity, remain majority shareholders. Among other financial services, the Geneva-based startup provides an enterprise-level digital asset […]
Gapless, a 20-person startup based in Berlin that is building the world’s first blockchain platform for vehicle management, has picked up €5.5 million in new funding. The investors in the round include Porsche – the carmaker has been a strategic partner and financial backer of the startup since it was founded in 2018 – as […]
Swiss startup Crypto Finance has secured a €13.3 million Series B round led by Swiss investor Rainer-Marc Frey and Beijing-based Lingfeng Capital, with support from Hong Kong’s QBN Capital and others. The fintech startup will use the funding to continue expanding internationally, where the majority of its clients reside. Based in Zug, the company offers […]
London-based Argent, a smart wallet for controlling digital assets and identity, has raised a $12 million Series A led by Paradigm, a Sequoia Capital-backed fund making its first investment in Europe. Existing investors Index Ventures, Creandum and firstminute Capital also participated in the round. Awarded “Hottest Blockchain Startup” at the 2019 Europas, the Argent smart […]
SettleMint, a Belgium-based blockchain platform-as-a-service company, has raised €1.9 million from KPN Ventures, a strategic investor and now commercial partner of the blockchain startup. US-based investor Medici Ventures also participated in the round. With its scalable low-code, infrastructure-agnostic solution, SettleMint is filling a gap for enterprise organisations that want to adopt and deploy blockchain. “SettleMint’s […]
Berlin-based Upvest has raised €7 million for its fintech-ready blockchain API. The round was led by Notion Capital, with support from Partech Ventures and Holtzbrinck Ventures. The startup provides fintech-ready APIs, making it easy for any company to store financial assets on the blockchain and opening up the investment playing field to the masses. Typically, […]
