European Fintech startup funding raised during 2016.
In 2016, 390 European Fintech companies raised a combined €2.4B across 453 funding rounds. UK led by capital raised, and Speedinvest was the most active investor. Data as of 21 Aug 2026.
69 exits · €3.6B disclosed.
| Allfunds Bank | Acquisition | Sep 2016 | €1.8B |
| VocaLink | Acquisition | Mar 2016 | €840M |
| Simply Business | Acquisition | Jul 2016 | €445M |
| CFH Group | Acquisition | May 2016 | €109M |
| JustGiving | Acquisition | Oct 2016 | €106M |
| Ayondo | IPO | Feb 2016 | €106M |
| €80M |
| Starling Bank | Series A | Jan 2016 | €65M |
| OurCrowd | Series C | Sep 2016 | €65M |
| 4finance | Debt | Nov 2016 | €50M |
| JFrog | Series C | Jan 2016 | €46M |
| Zepz | Debt | Feb 2016 | €41M |
| Number26 | Series B | Jun 2016 | €36M |
| Fairstone Group | Growth/Late | May 2016 | €35M |
| Nutmeg | Series C | Nov 2016 | €34M |
| Finanzcheck.de | Series C | Apr 2016 | €33M |
| smava | Series D+ | Sep 2016 | €31M |
| Tandem | Series B | May 2016 | €31M |
