Upvest

Upvest raises €100m Series C to empower 100m people to invest! 🎉 The round is led by Hedosophia, and joined by Sapphire Ventures, with continued support from our returning investors BlackRock, Earlybird Venture Capital, HV Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Notion Capital, and Motive Ventures. By building seamless, regulatory-compliant investment infrastructure, Upvest is addressing a critical gap in the financial services ecosystem, empowering fintechs, banks, and wealth managers to offer innovative and user-friendly investment products. The funding will be used to double Upvest’s 170-strong team and accelerate its expansion into the UK following its recent FCA approval. In addition, Upvest will extend its product suite for global financial institutions to propel the company towards its goal of empowering 100 million people to invest. For more information, read here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/d2Btu4sW

As we close the chapter on another incredible year, we take a moment to celebrate the milestones that shaped 2024 for us! 🏢 New office: We moved into our brand-new campus located in the heart of Berlin. It is a place where we can continue to grow together as a team, and build a community that shares the same mission with us. 💙 Team: Upvest is now a team of 180+ talented Upvengers on a mission to make investing as easy as spending money. 🎉 Series C: We secured €100 million in our latest fundraising round! We thank our new and returning investors for helping us get one step closer to empowering 100 million people to invest. 🇬🇧 UK regulated: With our Investment API, UK-based fintechs, banks, and wealth managers can now seamlessly launch or migrate their investment offering and access our broad asset universe. 👏 Partnerships: We celebrated big milestones with our existing partners and welcomed new global players to the Upvest family. 💪 Ecosystem: We joined forces with industry leaders such as @Deutsche Bank to offer end-user cash management, virtual IBANs, and foreign exchange services. 🌍 New markets: We launched stocks and ETFs in 19 different European countries. ⭐ Asset universe: We added instruments in high demand to our product offering, including mutual funds and money market funds. 📈 Record-breaking growth: This year alone, we processed over 20 million orders, solidifying our position as Europe’s leading investment infrastructure provider! 🔒 Security: We achieved ISO 27001 certification, showcasing our security maturity and strong security-first culture. To everyone who has been with us on this journey – THANK YOU! You’re the reason we do what we do, and we couldn’t have done it without you. Here’s to 2025 bringing even more success! 🙌

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and we’re celebrating here at Upvest! 🎄 As we wrap up another incredible year, we want to share a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who has joined us on this journey. You make it all worthwhile! 🎁 Check out our holiday video below—it's packed with lots of exciting milestones and reflections from the past year. 🎥 From everyone at Upvest, we wish you a wonderful holiday season and a fantastic start to the new year. Here’s to a bright and successful new year ahead! 🎉 Looking for a new opportunity in the new year? Explore our open roles at Upvest and apply today: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eHXYQa_C

Our recently announced Series C is only the next step on our journey of making investing as easy as spending money. 🚀 Upvest is the only investment infrastructure provider that enables fintechs and global financial institutions to meet, at scale, the requirements of a broad, increasingly young demographic of investors who demand high-quality user experiences at low cost. Andreas Weiskam, Partner at Sapphire Ventures, shares his thoughts on the round. 👇 Want to learn more? Check out Sapphire Ventures' latest blog post: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dZzBWww8

Thank you Deutsche Börse / Clearstream. Nice Move 🚀 Sam Riley

Yesterday we announced Upvest's Series C funding round! 🎉 So, what’s next? 🤔 🚀 Doubling our 170-strong team 🚀 Enhancing our product offering 🚀 Expanding our UK footprint  🚀 Strengthening our partnerships with leading global financial institutions. See what Upvest’s co-founder and CEO Martin Kassing has to say about it! 👇 Stay tuned for the incredible developments ahead as we continue to pave the way for innovation in the investment infrastructure space! For more information, head out to the #Upvest blog: 👉 https://lnkd.in/d2Btu4sW

Upvest’s COO, Jonathan Brander, joined the #BehindTheC podcast with Franz Kubbillum. In this episode, Jonathan shares his journey to the C-level, his personal success strategies, and insights about Upvest. 🎙️ Jonathan opens up about the opportunities and milestones that shaped his career journey and the challenging situations he navigated along the way. Driven by a passion for meaningful work, Jonathan's career vision is to empower people to invest in their futures — an ambition that led him to Upvest. 🙌 Here are three of Jonathan's key success strategies: 🔑  Cultivate good role models but find your own style 🔑  Build resilience 🔑  Value the power of strong, supportive teams Jonathan highlights that at Upvest, you can truly feel the power of the team. Collaboration isn't just a buzzword — it’s the foundation of everything we do. We nurture teams, not egos, and strive together for the best outcome.💥 Listen to the full episode (in German 🇩🇪) to hear more about Jonathan's inspiring journey: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gBC35V6c

Last night, we organised a Fintech Ladies event for the incredible women of Upvest in our beautiful new office, featuring a workshop led by finmarie providing insights on the world of investing: 🤔 Why investing is so important for women 💡 The basics of investing 📈 Values of money mindset  🔒 Taking control of private finances 💸 Understanding the differences between shares, bonds, funds, and ETFs  📊 Hands-on activity on creating a portfolio A huge thank you to Karolina Decker, CEO and co-founder at Finmarie, the first online investment solution made for Women+ in Europe, for sharing her financial expertise and empowering women to invest. FinMarie’s mission—to provide financial education for women and make investing more accessible for women—aligns closely with our own. Want to be part of our mission at Upvest? Explore our open positions and apply today: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eHXYQa_C

Upvest has officially moved into our brand-new campus! 🚀 Located in the heart of Berlin, our new space is designed with collaboration, innovation, and comfort in mind. It's more than just an office. It's a place where we continue to grow together as a team, and build a community of like-minded individuals passionate about making investing as easy as spending money. From airy workspaces to cozy breakout areas and an open community space, we’ve created an environment that fosters creativity and teamwork. The space is designed to mirror the way we reimagine investing: bold, intuitive, and people-first. Plus, with a beautiful view of Berlin’s TV tower, it's the perfect backdrop for the incredible work we’re doing together! 😉 This campus represents the next chapter of Upvest—where technology, talent, and vision come together to shape the future of investments. Want to join our community? Check out our open positions here: 👉 https://careers.upvest.co/

Come join us at the Handelsblatt #BankenTech conference next week in Frankfurt! 🚀 Upvest’s VP Growth Konstantin Kotulla will share his insights alongside experts Verena Heming, Head of Digital Sales Partners Germany at BlackRock, and Kim Felix Fomm, CIO/VP Investment & Pension Products at Raisin. The panel discussion titled "Die Zukunft der Vermögensverwaltung: Digitalisierung als Treiber für Innovation, Effizienz und Kundengewinnung" will dive into the questions: 🤔 How does digital asset management encourage more people to invest in the capital market? 🤔What investment infrastructure is needed and how can compliance be ensured? 🤔How can banks and fintechs work together? Don’t miss out on valuable insights into the future of asset management! 🗓️ When: Tuesday, 3. December  ⏰  Time: 16:45 See you there! 👋