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June 22, 2026

How these fintech founders crowdfunded €8m in less than an hour

Green digital bank Green-Got broke Crowdcube’s fastest fundraise record


Andrea Ganovelli Green-Got

Last week, inside the offices of sustainable neobank Green-Got, staff huddled around Crowdcube's live funding tracker as millions of euros poured into the company's latest crowdfunding campaign every few minutes. 

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Slack updates of Green-Got's milestones in this crowdfunding round
A Slack update of Green-Got's crowdfunding milestones.
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Damisola Sulaiman

Damisola Sulaiman is Sifted's fintech reporter, based in London. She writes Sifted's weekly Fintech newsletter . You can find her on LinkedIn

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