Fintech startup ecosystem
Europe has produced more fintech unicorns than any region outside the US. London, Stockholm, Berlin, and Amsterdam are global centres for payments, neobanking, and embedded finance. Strong regulatory frameworks like PSD2 and open banking have created a uniquely innovation-friendly environment. We track 517 organisations in this sector across 6+ countries.
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Northern FinTech Summit 2026
FinTech North's pan-northern flagship, celebrating the fintech ecosystem across the North of England at the Guildhall in York. Useful for a Northern fintech founder wanting cross-regional investor and corporate connections in one summit rather than a single-city conference.
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Notion Capital
Notion Capital is a London-based venture firm founded in 2009 by the team behind MessageLabs and Star — Jos White, Ben White, Stephen Chandler, Chris Tottman and Ian Milbourn — who built MessageLabs before its $700M sale to Symantec. The firm invests exclusively in European B2B software and fintech, with a sweet spot at Series A (companies at or near product-market fit, typically $1M+ ARR) and initial cheques of €1–8M. Across five venture funds and three growth vehicles Notion has raised over $1bn in total AUM; Fund V closed at its €300M hard cap in 2023 and Growth Opportunities III added $130M in 2025 to back the firm's best companies longer. Its thesis spans four software categories — Knowledge (AI-enhanced SaaS), Money (fintech), Labour (services-as-software) and Machines (software in physical environments, including defence). Marquee outcomes include Currencycloud (acquired by Visa for ~$963M, 2021) and GoCardless (acquisition by Mollie announced at ~$1.1bn, 2025), with a portfolio that also features Paddle, Mews, Quantum Systems, Workable, TestGorilla and Upvest.
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Nucleus Ventures
Nucleus Ventures is a venture building and corporate innovation advisory firm based in Cyprus, founded in 2014. It offers services including venture building, fundraising, soft-landing support for international market entry, operational advisory, and capacity building programmes. The firm serves governments, corporations, and founders across the EMENA region, with particular experience in FinTech, HealthTech, and AI. Nucleus Ventures has also managed government-backed accelerator and seed fund programmes.
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Nula.bg
NULA is a Bulgarian business banking and accounting platform, developed by Cloud Tech LTD in Varna, that combines BG IBAN accounts, instant SEPA payments, bulk transfers and cards with automated invoice, expense, payroll and accounting reconciliation in one product. The company holds a PSD2 payment license and includes built-in CRM and OCR-based expense processing. Nula.bg is backed by Vitosha Venture Partners Fund I.
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OakNorth
OakNorth is a London-based fintech founded in 2015 that operates as a profitable digital bank and credit intelligence software provider. Its OakNorth Credit Intelligence platform uses AI and machine learning to help commercial lenders make better decisions for mid-market businesses, the segment typically underserved by traditional banks. The bank itself has lent over GBP 10 billion since launch and has been consistently profitable. OakNorth raised $1 billion from investors including SoftBank, reaching a valuation of $4.7 billion. The software platform is licensed to banks globally.
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Ondato
Ondato was founded in 2018 in Vilnius by Liudas Kanapienis and Andrej Vistorskij as a compliance and identity technology platform. It provides KYC, KYB, and AML solutions including digital identity verification, biometric authentication, business onboarding, fraud detection, and risk scoring. The company has raised €6.6 million in total funding and serves over 300 clients globally, with offices in Lithuania, the United Kingdom, and Poland.
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Onfido
Onfido is a London-based identity verification company founded in 2012 that uses AI and biometric technology to help businesses verify user identities remotely. The platform combines document verification with facial biometrics to enable onboarding for financial services, sharing economy, healthcare, and other regulated industries. Onfido was acquired by Entrust in 2024 for approximately $400 million. Before the acquisition, the company had raised over $200 million and served customers including Revolut, Zipcar, and Bitstamp across 195 countries, processing millions of identity checks annually.
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Open Banking Expo
Organiser of Open Banking Expo, the UK and Europe dedicated Open Banking, Open Finance and Smart Data event, alongside a global community, awards and content programme. The show convenes banks, fintechs, regulators and investors shaping data-driven financial services.
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Open Banking Expo UK & Europe 2026
The UK and Europe's dedicated Open Banking, Open Finance and Smart Data show at the Business Design Centre in London. Four content stages plus a workshop theatre, an Innovation Zone and 40+ exhibitors bring together banks, fintech founders, regulators and investors shaping data-driven finance.
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Outlast Fund
Outlast Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm co-headquartered in Riga and Stockholm, founded in 2024 by Egita Polanska, Marija Rucevska, Kristaps Prusis, and Mikaela Pedersen. The fund closed its debut €21 million vehicle backed by Latvian sovereign fund Altum, the EU's ERDF, and Baltic angel investors. It targets pre-seed tickets up to €250k and seed rounds up to €1.5 million, with a focus on B2B SaaS, fintech, and cybersecurity across the Baltics and Nordics.
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P101
Founded in 2013 by Andrea Di Camillo — a serial entrepreneur behind Vitaminic and Banzai and an early investor in Yoox and Venere — P101 is one of Italy's most prominent early-stage VC firms, managing approximately €500 million AUM. Its latest vehicle, Programma 103, closed at €250 million in early 2025, targeting early-stage startups in fintech, proptech, edtech, and cybersecurity with an average ticket of €5 million. Over 12 years P101 has backed 58+ companies and completed roughly 290 transactions with ~20 exits; standout portfolio names include Musixmatch (acquired by TPG for ~$500 million in 2023). The firm has a stated goal that Programma 103 companies will collectively generate €5 billion in revenue and 3,000+ jobs by 2030.
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Paddle
UK Merchant-of-Record platform handling payments, sales tax, compliance and billing across 300+ markets for SaaS and digital-product businesses; serves 10,000+ customers.
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Panathēnea 2026
Three-day tech, business and arts festival across Athens with 10,000+ attendees, 250+ speakers, a startup competition, Founders' Day and Investors' Day, plus 70+ side events spanning AI, defense, fintech and deep tech.
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Pär-Jörgen Pärson
General Partner at Northzone, the pan-European venture firm, splitting time between Stockholm and New York. A long-standing fixture of Nordic venture, he led Northzone's landmark investments in Spotify and iZettle and has shaped the firm's growth into a multi-billion-euro platform.
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Paris Blockchain Week 2026
Premier European gathering for institutional Web3 and digital assets at Carrousel du Louvre. Strong concentration of founders, C-suite decision-makers, and liquidity providers. Startup competition applications close close to event week, with finalists pitching live on stage to investors and industry operators.
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Paris Blockchain Week Startup Competition 2026
Competition track for early-stage Web3 companies at Paris Blockchain Week. Applications close close to event week, with selected finalists pitching on stage to investors and digital-asset industry participants.
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Paris Fintech Forum 2026
Invite-only fintech conference hosted at the Palais Brongniart, gathering 2,500+ senior executives, regulators, and investors from the global financial-services and fintech ecosystem. Content spans open banking, embedded finance, crypto regulation, payments innovation, and insurtech. Tickets EUR 1,500+.
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PASHA Holding Tech Ventures
PASHA Holding is Azerbaijan's largest diversified conglomerate, and its technology ventures arm invests in and incubates digital businesses across fintech, insurtech, and enterprise software. Through subsidiaries like PASHA Bank and PASHA Insurance, the group has launched digital-first products including mobile banking platforms, automated insurance underwriting, and data analytics capabilities. The holding's tech initiatives are significant because they channel substantial domestic capital into digital infrastructure and create a corporate innovation layer that smaller Azerbaijani startups can plug into for distribution and enterprise validation.
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Passion Capital
Passion Capital is an early-stage London VC founded in 2011 by Eileen Burbidge, Stefan Glaenzer, and Robert Dighero. The fund backs European early-stage technology companies, with a portfolio that has included Monzo, GoCardless, and DueDil. Passion is recognised for hands-on founder support and has been an influential voice in UK tech-policy discussions for over a decade.
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PastPay
B2B Buy Now Pay Later fintech that lets merchants offer business buyers deferred payment terms of 15-90 days while the merchant is paid instantly, handling credit risk and collections.
