# Matteo Gamba

> Matteo Gamba is a equity crowdfunding investor in Berlin backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteogamba
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/sliver86
- Website: https://about.me/matteogamba

Matteo Gamba is a equity crowdfunding investor in Berlin focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Matteo leads the product teams taking care of Payments & Fraud at Wayfair, one of the top e-commerce retailers selling furniture and home goods in North America and Europe. Before Wayfair, he led the product function for the growth teams at (Transfer)Wise.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Convertible Note | $1.6M–$4M |
| Equity Crowdfunding | $447k–$7.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 7 | 29% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 25% |
| Banking | 3 | 13% |
| Travel | 2 | 8% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 8% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 13 | 54% |
| Convertible Note | 4 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 38% |
| Italy | 1 | 4% |
| Estonia | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| South Africa | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chip | Chip is the savings account of the future, enabling customers to seamlessly earn the best returns on their savings. The application utilizes open banking technology to enable customers to deposit to investment funds, cash deposits, ETF's and alternative passive investments all seamlessly from inside the bank. | $5.9M | Equity Crowdfunding | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| Kroo | B-Social is a financial technology company that develops innovative services for a new generation of customers.It aims to make personal and social finances move at the speed of life. The fintech company builds an app that intuitively connects personal finances with their customers' social world, making it easy for them and their friends tobuy, track, and shares the experiences that bring them closer.Nazim Valimahomed and Tim Brown formed the company in 2016 in London, England. | $2.2M | Equity Crowdfunding | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| GuestReady | GuestReady was founded in late 2016 with the objective of taking the hassle out of Airbnb hosting. They aim to deliver outstanding services to both their hosts and guests in London, Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong. With an extensive battery of premium Airbnb management services, and a combined experience.It was founded in 2016 and headquartered inTrogen, Ausser-Rhoden. | $2.2M | Equity Crowdfunding | Oct 20, 2023 |  |
| Plum Fintech | Plum Fintech is the developer of Plum, a smart money app. Founded by Victor Trokoudes and Alex Michael in 2016, Plum automates the parts of personal finance that people find difficult or don’t have time for, with effortless saving, empowered spending and accessible investing. It offers the best financial products to help customers grow their moneyfor life, from pensions to tax-wrappers. Today, Plum has helped 2m people across Europe and has expanded to 10 countries. The team of 200+ are based in the company's London HQ as well as offices in Athens, Greece and Nicosia, Cyprus. | $2.5M | Convertible Note | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Mia Kombucha | Mia Kombucha is packed with natural probiotics that aid digestion and keep your gut balanced. They infuse two qualities of tea in filtered water with brown sugar to activate the fermentation and insert the symbiotic cultures of good bacteria and yeast. | $271.9K | Equity Crowdfunding | Aug 18, 2022 |  |
| Estateguru | EstateGuru is a cross-border marketplace for short- and mid-term property loans in Continental Europe. The EG business model with mortgage-backed loans is an interesting way of investing in the real estate-related asset class. | $1.6M | Convertible Note | Jul 20, 2022 |  |
| Plum Fintech | Plum Fintech is the developer of Plum, a smart money app. Founded by Victor Trokoudes and Alex Michael in 2016, Plum automates the parts of personal finance that people find difficult or don’t have time for, with effortless saving, empowered spending and accessible investing. It offers the best financial products to help customers grow their moneyfor life, from pensions to tax-wrappers. Today, Plum has helped 2m people across Europe and has expanded to 10 countries. The team of 200+ are based in the company's London HQ as well as offices in Athens, Greece and Nicosia, Cyprus. | $15.5M | Series A | Oct 15, 2021 |  |
| GuestReady | GuestReady was founded in late 2016 with the objective of taking the hassle out of Airbnb hosting. They aim to deliver outstanding services to both their hosts and guests in London, Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong. With an extensive battery of premium Airbnb management services, and a combined experience.It was founded in 2016 and headquartered inTrogen, Ausser-Rhoden. | $4M | Convertible Note | Sep 03, 2021 |  |
| Estateguru | EstateGuru is a cross-border marketplace for short- and mid-term property loans in Continental Europe. The EG business model with mortgage-backed loans is an interesting way of investing in the real estate-related asset class. | $1.6M | Equity Crowdfunding | Aug 06, 2021 |  |
| Clim8 Invest | Clim8 Invest develops an app for sustainable investing so people can make an impact on climate change with their savings. Clim8 is a simple way to invest in a sustainable portfolio of carefully selected companies already making a positive impact on climate change.Clim8's mission is to move billions of pounds of investments into clean energyand truly green, sustainable companies. | $3.8M | Convertible Note | Jul 09, 2021 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Matteo Gamba invest in?

Matteo Gamba invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Equity Crowdfunding and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Matteo Gamba's check size?

Matteo Gamba typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$4M at Convertible Note and $447k–$7.7M at Equity Crowdfunding. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Matteo Gamba participates in.

### When did Matteo Gamba last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matteo Gamba closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 24 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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