Led · Debt Financing · Jan 2026

Founded in 2010 in Dresden by Nils Aldag, Christian von Olshausen and Carl Berninghausen, Sunfire focuses on the development and sale of high-temperature electrolysers used to generate green hydrogen. The company positions itself as a leading player in the hydrogen industry and already counts energy group RWE among its commercial users. In February, Sunfire commissioned an electrolyser plant in Finland, underscoring its international project pipeline. The startup’s technology targets the decarbonisation of industrial processes and renewable energy production. Financially, Sunfire raised a €215 million Series E round and secured up to €100 million in debt from the European Investment Bank less than a year ago. The newly announced €200 million aval financing facility further strengthens its balance sheet by backing customer prepayments and warranty obligations without consuming cash. These combined resources are intended to accelerate project execution and expand its green hydrogen footprint.

Led · Debt Financing · Dec 2025

Founded in 2021 by Mikhail Kokorich, Destinus has evolved from hypersonic aviation research into a defence industrial company centered on the Ruta cruise missile system, which has been operationally validated and deployed by Ukrainian forces since 2023. In early 2026 the company unveiled the Ruta Block2, capable of carrying a 250-kilogram payload with a range up to 450 kilometres; its product lineup also includes the Hornet interceptor drone and longer-range autonomous strike platforms under development. Destinus employs about 750 engineers and specialists across production facilities in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and Ukraine, and manufactures more than 2,000 cruise missile systems annually. The company projects roughly €500 million in annual revenue and has raised nearly €400 million to date, including convertible instruments, shareholder loans, and a €50 million bank facility from Commerzbank. Strategic moves include the $225 million acquisition of Daedalean to bolster AI and autonomous flight capabilities and a joint venture with Rheinmetall to industrialize production (Rheinmetall 51%, Destinus 49%). Destinus is pursuing a pre-IPO capital raise and aims to list on the Amsterdam stock exchange.

Participated · Series A · Jun 2024

Founded in 2021, Bling offers a family-focused digital platform that combines pocket-money payments, investing features, task and shopping planners, and family-friendly mobile communications. The company emphasizes financial and media literacy through simple visualisations and educational content in-app and on social media. In 2022 Bling launched a pocket money card and accompanying app and has since evolved into a holistic B2B2C platform via partnerships with firms including Société Générale and Evergreen. In February 2024 Bling added "Bling Mobile" family-friendly phone plans in collaboration with Telekom. The product mix is aimed at both direct consumers and partners who want access to the family target group. To date the company has raised more than $15 million. Bling is a Berlin fintech founded in 2021 that provides a family-focused account solution with a prepaid Mastercard and companion app aimed at teenagers and parents. The product includes a family planner and other features to simplify household finance management. This summer Bling launched "Sparbäume," a family-friendly investing feature that lets users invest from as little as one euro. Although live for just over a year, the company reports tens of thousands of family users and has grown to about 30 employees. Bling operates a subscription model—founders say all families have a paid subscription—which the team cites as driving low acquisition costs, viral growth and quick ROI. Early operational challenges included a global chip shortage that temporarily disrupted card supply; the company says it is now better prepared. Management plans to roll out additional features and products in the coming months to further support family financial literacy. Bling offers a finance platform aimed specifically at families, with parents creating a family account, receiving a card and setting up child accounts. The product includes educational modules for parents and children, a child payment card, chore-based allowances, customizable cards, savings pots and early investment plans. Families and the wider community can join via links to contribute to savings and manage household spending, creating network effects that the company says helped growth. The startup reports 10,000+ children using a Bling Card as their first personal payment experience six months after launch. Its business model combines direct subscriptions, transaction and product fees, and partnerships (initially mobile phone plans and insurance). Bling omits KYC for first sub-€150 amounts and positions itself against a large German pocket-money and household-spend opportunity cited in the article.

Participated · Series B · Nov 2023

Fnality International is building a global settlement network that uses distributed ledger technology (DLT) to connect established wholesale markets with emerging institutional tokenized assets. Its flagship offering, the Sterling Fnality Payment System (launched in the U.K. in December 2023), provides 24/7, central-bank-backed cash rails for real-time delivery-versus-payment of tokenized securities, payment-versus-payment foreign-exchange settlement, and on-demand repo transactions. Fnality’s platform leverages ‘earmarking’ to secure settlement while optimizing liquidity management across participants. The company works closely with central banks and major financial market infrastructures to ensure regulatory compliance and interoperability with innovations such as stablecoins and tokenized deposits. Near-term plans include extending the network to additional major currencies and enhancing liquidity tools to support a broader digital-asset ecosystem. By fusing decentralized finance operational efficiencies with traditional finance capital efficiency, Fnality aims to become a foundational pillar of the next-generation financial market infrastructure.

Led · Equity · Nov 2021

Fairown is a cloud-native fintech platform that enables brands, retailers and banks to offer products as monthly subscriptions and to manage smooth product renewal cycles by collecting and reusing old products. The company provides subscription financing (distinct from buy-now-pay-later) and works with clients including Apple, Komplett and STIHL to launch product-as-a-service offerings. Founded in 2018, Fairown bootstrapped to €1.2M in revenue, became profitable, and expanded independently across eight markets in the Nordics and Baltics with a team of 15. In the past eight months the business volume grew 3000%, and the platform served transactions of €5M in October up from €151K in January; the company projects 500% growth in 2022. With the new funding Fairown plans to establish itself in Germany and Poland, improve its product offering, and launch new partnerships with international brands to accelerate time-to-market for subscription offerings.