nextmarkets is a commission-free online broker that provides a stock exchange to trade shares and ETFs via a proprietary technology platform. The platform hosts professional investors, called coaches, who generate up to 300 curated investment ideas for users every month. Founded in 2014 by CEO Manuel Heyden and CTO Dominic Heyden, the company operates offices in Cologne, Lisbon and Malta and employs a team of 39. By the end of 2020 it had launched in Germany and Austria plus six additional countries: the United Kingdom, Portugal, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Italy. nextmarkets intends to use recent funding to further develop the platform and accelerate European expansion. The core product blends trading infrastructure with curated investment ideas from professional coaches. nextmarkets operates a platform that helps private investors trade by offering real-time coaching from 14 investment professionals who analyze over 1,000 markets and deliver trading ideas on web and mobile. The company supports trading across stocks, indices, foreign exchange, commodities and plans to add ETFs and crypto currencies. Led by CEO Manuel Heyden and CTO Dominic Heyden, nextmarkets has offices in Cologne and Malta and recently obtained a banking license in Malta. Financially, the company has raised €12m to date and is continuing to scale its product and commercial footprint. The latest funding will be used to drive dynamic growth across Europe and globally. The product focus and regulatory positioning (banking license) support its expansion plans.

Total raised

$37M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Mar 2021