Who founded Bitpanda?

Bitpanda was founded by Paul Klanschek in 2014.

Who are Bitpanda's investors?

Bitpanda's investors include Creandum, REDO Ventures, RR2 Capital, Speedinvest, Valar Ventures Llc, Wintermute, DST Global, Jump Crypto.

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Founded 2014 · 961 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors

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Bitpanda is a European investment platform for retail investors to buy, sell and trade cryptocurrencies, stocks, ETFs and precious metals. It is licensed by financial regulators in Austria and Germany and operates in compliance with EU (MiCAR) standards.

Crypto & Web3 Fintech

Founders & leadership

Bitpanda was founded in 2014 by Paul Klanschek.

Paul Klanschek Founder

Christian TrummerFounder

Eric DemuthFounder

Investors · 8

Creandumlisted by CreandumSan Francisco · $216K – $8.6M

How we know: Creandum's portfolio page · Not right? Tell us

REDO Ventureslisted by REDO VenturesNew York

RR2 Capitallisted by RR2 CapitalAndorra la Vella

Speedinvestlisted by SpeedinvestVienna · $5M – $30M

How we know: Speedinvest's portfolio page · open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us

Valar Ventures Llclisted by Valar Ventures LlcSan Francisco · $100K – $5M

How we know: Valar Ventures Llc's portfolio page · funding news · company funding news (hacker news) · coindesk.com · Not right? Tell us

Wintermutelisted by WintermuteLondon

How we know: Wintermute's portfolio page · Not right? Tell us

DST GlobalreportedGeorge Town, Grand Cayman

How we know: techcrunch.com · Not right? Tell us

Jump CryptoreportedChicago · $500K – $15M

How we know: the VCSheet dataset · Not right? Tell us

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

Undisclosed amountSeries CAug 2021 · 2 sources
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Undisclosed amountSeries BMar 2021
Valar Ventures (lead), DST Global
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Undisclosed amountSeries ASep 2020
Valar Ventures (lead)
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Bitpanda went on to found or lead other companies.

Mirnas BrescicTreasuryFounded SaturnX Dominik PezzeiSenior Product ManagerFounded Optimuse

Acquisitions · 1

Early investors' stakes continue via these deals

Trustology

Trustology was a London-based, FCA-registered fintech founded in 2017 that built institutional-grade digital-asset custody wallet technology for professional crypto investors and service providers.

In the news

Vienna's fintech unicorn Bitpanda now valued at €3.48 billion after raising more than €223 million in Series C funding | EU-Startupseu-startups.com · Aug 2021

Bitpanda raises $170M at a $1.2B to take its trading platform beyond cryptotechcrunch.com · Mar 2021

Frequently asked questions

What does Bitpanda do?: Bitpanda is a European investment platform for retail investors to buy, sell and trade cryptocurrencies, stocks, ETFs and precious metals. It is licensed by financial regulators in Austria and Germany and operates in compliance with EU (MiCAR) standards.
Who founded Bitpanda?: Bitpanda was founded by Paul Klanschek in 2014.
Who are Bitpanda's investors?: Bitpanda's investors include Creandum, REDO Ventures, RR2 Capital, Speedinvest, Valar Ventures Llc, Wintermute, DST Global, Jump Crypto.