Finparx
Krausenstrasse 8, Berlin, 10117, Germany
Overview
Finparx is European FinTech studio in terms of exit proceeds. Three of the four ventures they founded have been sold to leading financial service providers: Payolution was bought by Skrill (now part of Paysafe), PAY.ON has been acquired by ACI Worldwide and Payworks is now part of Visa. They still hold Circula in their portfolio, aTravel Expense Management venture.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 1
Sector focus
- FinTech
- Incubators
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Payworks
Participated · Series B · Feb 2018
Payworks develops a cloud-based, SaaS next-generation point-of-sale payment gateway used by payment providers and merchants. Its pre-certified gateway simplifies omnichannel card acceptance and supports EMV, contactless and mobile wallet transactions. The company provides a full suite of developer tools and seamless integrations into systems such as loyalty programs and CRM to accelerate merchant and provider integrations. Founded in 2012, Payworks is headquartered in Germany and has offices in the U.K., the U.S. and Spain, with plans to expand R&D and product teams in Munich, New York, London and Barcelona. Payworks has seen strong growth as its POS technology has become an important offering for leading omnichannel payment providers. The company has raised $14.5M in this Series B, bringing total funding to $19M.
Team
Nikolaus von Taysen
Founding Partner and CEO
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