Analysis

April 13, 2021

Meet Europe's fintech soonicorns

There's a herd of fintechs approaching the $1bn+ milestone waiting in the wings.


Isabel Woodford

9 min read

Half a dozen fintech unicorns have already been minted this year in Europe. So far Lendable, Starling, Bitpanda, Feedzai, PPRO and Zego have all raised money at the coveted $1bn valuation mark or above.

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Photo of Some of the Alan team, a French health insurance startup, which is part of the Next40.
Some of the Alan team
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Daniel Kjellén and Fredrik Hedberg founded the Fintech company Tink in 2012.
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Raisin team. Fintech job rating
The team at German fintech Raisin
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A photo of one of Ledger's Bitcoin cryptocurrency wallet
A photo of one of Ledger's Bitcoin cryptocurrency wallet. Photo credit: Ledger.
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B2B startup founder Alexandre Prot
Alexandre Prot, founder of business bank Qonto. Credit: Quentin Chevrier.
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Curve founder Shachar Bialick
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