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SMB-focused Finom closes €115M as European fintech heats up | TechCrunch
While funding may be scarce for some, Europe’s fastest-growing startups still have their pick. The latest beneficiary of that investor appetite is Finom, a five-year-old, Amsterdam-based challenger bank that targets small and medium-size businesses across Europe. The company, which claims to have doubled its revenue in 2024, just closed a €115 million Series C equity…
Alexa von Tobel has high hopes for ‘fintech 3.0’ | TechCrunch
It’s been 10 years since Alexa von Tobel sold her financial planning startup LearnVest to Northwestern Mutual for a reported $375 million. Since then, von Tobel became Northwestern Mutual’s first chief digital officer, then chief innovation officer, before launching an early-stage venture firm of her own, Inspired Capital, with former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny…