Fintech
VC Investors Rediscover German Fintech
Venture capital investments in financial start-ups were up 36 percent in Q2 2025 – with half a month left to go in the quarter.
Jun 17, 2025
Citing consultants McKinsey, German business newspaper Handelsblatt wrote on June 16 that slightly over EUR 360 had been invested – well up on Q2 2024.
Investors have plumped EUR 687 million in the first half of this year. That’s 13 percent more than in the same period in 2024 and 46 percent more than during the first six months of 2023.
“The financial environment is gaining momentum again,” McKinsey’s fintech co-director Matthias Lange told the newspaper. “There’s a lot more substance in terms of profitability among the companies.”
Lange said that the B2C fintech sector was growing and beginning to approach the dimensions of B2B activity.
As an example of the trend, Handelsblatt cited Scalable Capital, which offers a platform for trading ETFs, stocks, funds, cryptocurrency and derivatives. Munich start-up raised EUR 155 million at the start of June.
Additionally, fledgling Berlin company Payrails, which helps businesses optimize payment procedures, also raised EUR 32 million in June.
