Analysis

September 7, 2020

The 12 most active US investors in European fintech

It's not just local VCs backing European fintechs. These US investors also want a piece of the pie


Isabel Woodford

5 min read

Cherry Miao, a partner at US based Accel

Europe is known among US investors as something of a quality bargain store.

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