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September 9, 2021

Eight European startups tapped by Y Combinator to become the next big thing in fintech

These are the fintech startups presented on Demo Day that the renowned accelerator Y Combinator is backing.


Tom Matsuda

7 min read

Last Wednesday, famed American accelerator Y Combinator wrapped up its Demo Day — an event where the latest batch of YC funded founders present their companies to investors. 

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Y Combinator fintech
Orderli founders; Sven van der Zee, Dorus van den Oord and Maurits Franken.
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Y Combinator fintech
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Y Combinator fintech
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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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