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December 11, 2020

Europe's unexpected new fintech investor: Checkout.com

$5.5bn payments startup Checkout.com has followed Stripe in quietly launching its own venture division


Isabel Woodford

4 min read

Guillaume Pousaz, CEO of Checkout.com

Venture funds and big corporations have long had a monopoly on early-stage startup investing. But promising young companies are also beginning to play in the venture game.

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