# finleap

> finleap is a VC fund in Berlin backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 37 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 37
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/finleap
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/finleap
- Website: https://www.finleap.com/

finleap is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Financial Services and FinTech. The journey continues with Motive Ventures. From 2014 to 2021, finleap has built or invested in 15 ventures and developed more than 5 corporate JVs and service ventures collectively worth €3.0Bn+ at a point in time. The finleap portfolio is now managed by Motive Ventures.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $768k–$13M |
| Series A | $4.9M–$35M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 15 | 41% |
| FinTech | 14 | 38% |
| Banking | 6 | 16% |
| Software | 6 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 11% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 41% |
| Series A | 9 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 20 | 54% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Hock | CFO & Managing Director | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-hock-3 |
| Ramin Niroumand | Founder and CEO | 27 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ramin-niroumand |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Penta | Penta is a digital business bank platform designed to help startups and SMEs save time and money on banking. It automates bank accounts and invoices, offers online cashless banking services, and helps to open an online banking account in minutes, enabling consumers to manage their cashflows easily.Penta's mission is to disrupt businessbanking in Europe and worldwide. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. | $17.6M | Series B | Aug 17, 2021 |  |
| Qwist | Qwist is an independent Open Banking platform provider in Europe. It enables companies across a multitude of industries to provide the next generation of financial services by understanding how customers transact and interact. | $26.2M | Series A | Jun 17, 2021 |  |
| ELEMENT Insurance | ELEMENT Insurance is a white-label product factory for insurance and a leader in insurance digitalization. It is licensed by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzaufsicht) as a direct insurer for non-life insurance, which enables ELEMENT to act as a risk carrier, including claims settlement, in 28 countriesacross Europe.Founded in March 2017, ELEMENT offers a unique technology platform (‘Insurance as a Platform’) with a focus on the B2B2X value chain: ELEMENT develops for its partners from various industries – from e-commerce to established insurers – custom-made, innovative white-label insurance products at record speed. These products are then marketed by the partners under their own brand. ELEMENT has its headquarters in Berlin and operates across Europe. | $17.6M |  | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| ELEMENT Insurance | ELEMENT Insurance is a white-label product factory for insurance and a leader in insurance digitalization. It is licensed by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzaufsicht) as a direct insurer for non-life insurance, which enables ELEMENT to act as a risk carrier, including claims settlement, in 28 countriesacross Europe.Founded in March 2017, ELEMENT offers a unique technology platform (‘Insurance as a Platform’) with a focus on the B2B2X value chain: ELEMENT develops for its partners from various industries – from e-commerce to established insurers – custom-made, innovative white-label insurance products at record speed. These products are then marketed by the partners under their own brand. ELEMENT has its headquarters in Berlin and operates across Europe. | $19.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| Penta | Penta is a digital business bank platform designed to help startups and SMEs save time and money on banking. It automates bank accounts and invoices, offers online cashless banking services, and helps to open an online banking account in minutes, enabling consumers to manage their cashflows easily.Penta's mission is to disrupt businessbanking in Europe and worldwide. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. | $9.1M | Series B | Feb 23, 2021 |  |
| Elinvar | Elinvar enables asset and wealth managers to digitalize their business models by providing the required Platform as a Service. This includes applications for core processes like client relationship management, online onboarding, onsite advisory support, portfolio management, reporting, invoicing, online client access and communication as well asthird party connections, e.g. to custodian banks, market data or KYC providers. Elinvar’s partners profit from the combination of leading technology and the optimal regulatory setup as Elinvar holds all necessary BaFin licenses. With this comprehensive approach, Elinvar creates the unique opportunity for its partners to go digital in one step and to utilize state of the art analytics to create individualized solutions to the benefit of their clients. | $30.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 21, 2021 |  |
| deineStudienfinanzierung | deineStudienfinanzierung is the digital platform to help students finance their studies. |  | Seed | Nov 20, 2020 |  |
| OWWN | OWWN is a banking app that provides a one-stop shop for young adults to manage their finances. It allows customers to maintain an account with a Visa debit card and make mobile payments, just like a typical bank, but they can also apply for a student loan from Kfw Bank. At the same time, they can create shared savings pools, anonymously comparetheir budgets with friends, and participate in challenges. Users can use Owwn alone or collectively. |  | Seed | Nov 20, 2020 |  |
| ELEMENT Insurance | ELEMENT Insurance is a white-label product factory for insurance and a leader in insurance digitalization. It is licensed by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzaufsicht) as a direct insurer for non-life insurance, which enables ELEMENT to act as a risk carrier, including claims settlement, in 28 countriesacross Europe.Founded in March 2017, ELEMENT offers a unique technology platform (‘Insurance as a Platform’) with a focus on the B2B2X value chain: ELEMENT develops for its partners from various industries – from e-commerce to established insurers – custom-made, innovative white-label insurance products at record speed. These products are then marketed by the partners under their own brand. ELEMENT has its headquarters in Berlin and operates across Europe. | $11.8M | Series A | Aug 19, 2020 |  |
| Deutsche Fintech Solutions GmbH | Next level financial consulting: Intelligent digital services to support the advisory of complex financial products. Simple, transparent, competent. DFS is a joint venture between Deutsche Vermögensberatung AG (DVAG), Germany's largest independent financial advisory corporation, and finleap, the fintech ecosystem and company builder |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 01, 2020 |  |

10 of 37 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holtzbrinck-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilavska-vuillermoz-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Yabeo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yabeo-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [ABN AMRO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ABN-AMRO-Ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ampega Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ampega-asset-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Deutsche Vermögensberatung AG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deutsche-verm%C3%B6gensberatung-ag) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does finleap invest in?

finleap invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 37 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is finleap's check size?

finleap typically joins rounds of $768k–$13M at Seed and $4.9M–$35M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds finleap participates in.

### How do I contact finleap?

Public channels for finleap include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at finleap?

The team at finleap includes Michael Hock (CFO & Managing Director) and Ramin Niroumand (Founder and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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