bunq

Description

Bunq is a fully licensed bank from the Netherlands. However, bunq is not an ordinary bank. Instead of making more money, the company wants to reinvent money itself with mobile technology. That’s why it built the own banking system and innovative features from scratch. The company is currently working non-stop on futuristic payment methods and other innovations to make money and banking as easy, transparent, and fun as possible. 

Overview
Type: Private
Funding Status: Seed
Foundation year: 2012
Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
Number of employees: 101-250
Founders: Ali Niknam
Website: www.bunq.com
Target geographic market:

Europe

About Product/Service
Products Personal Premium; Joint Account; Business Account; Travel Card; Green Card
Core product offerings for individual/retail customersPersonal/Business Account
Differentiating features of product• Real-time access to money • Instant payments • Option to use phone as a payment terminal
Core product for bussiness customersBusiness Account
 

Key people

Funding rounds

Last Funding Date Dec 30, 2018
Last Funding Amount €10M
Last Funding Type Seed Round
Total Funding Amount €44.9M
Number of Funding Rounds 4

Financials

Number of investors 1
Names of lead investorsAli Niknam

Tech stack

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