Today, Descartes Underwriting, who has been part of our portfolio since their first round in January 2019, announces a $120m Series B. …

Just a year after we led Tuum’s (FKA Modularbank) Seed round alongside Karma Ventures, the Estonian core banking startup closes a €15M Series A led by Portage Ventures. At BlackFin we are proud to announce our portfolio company Tuum has raised €15m Series A, over-delivering on all its 2021 targets…

Two years after we co-led Pretto’s Series A with Alven, we proudly participate to the digital mortgage broker’s Series B, alongside Alven and some new entrants: Serena, Eurazeo and Orange Ventures. 2021: a stunning year for Pretto With its online platform which enables homebuyers to secure their mortgage and mortgage insurance, Pretto had already financed €1bn…

Or why we invested in the leading German wholesale broker for Financial Lines. If the past 18 months have taught SMEs anything, it might very well be the need for better insurance coverage — particularly against cyber risks. While there is little publicly available data on Cyber insurance, most estimates…

A never ending problem for companies… As employees, we all know how managing our corporate expenses requires time and energy. Without speaking about the stress it generates when you lose your invoice… In France, 650,000 companies are dealing daily with corporate expense management — which represents 2.5m employees occasionally fighting against such a pain point. That…

At BlackFin, we deeply believe in the use of AI to detect abnormal patterns and fight against fraud — which is one of the greatest concern for financial institutions at large. …

For a year now, the crypto landscape has been booming. Despite the recent volatility and decrease in values, crypto market cap remains above $1TN. What’s maybe more important is that we are witnessing more and more participation from institutional players to the crypto game: there has been Tesla’s $1.5-billion …

A few months after we led its €20m Series A, Memo Bank raises €13m with Serena Capital. What happened in the meantime? First, Memo obtained its banking license from ACPR and European Central Bank, which enables it to be fully autonomous and provide its customers with all banking products. …

Our first investment in Akur8 was also our first disclosed investment in 2020. Since then, a lot of things happened for the company — in addition to the pandemic macro change obviously. Less than two years after it was incorporated out of startup studio Kamet Ventures and just 15 months…