Tech Company Financing Transactions

Swanest Funding Round

Swanest, based in London, secured $14.3 million from Andreessen Horowitz and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
4/4/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$14,290,000
Round
Seed
Investors

Andreessen Horowitz (Lead Investor)

Proceeds Purpose
Swanest will use the funding on hiring and to roll out in the major European countries.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
FinTech
Mailing Address
71-75 Shelton St.
London, WC2H 9JQ
UK
Email Address
Overview
Swanest is a team of financial technology entrepreneurs with the aim to put back the people at the heart of financial services. The traditional financial industry is flawed: bankers push products, investment advisors are expensive or not accessible and traditional brokerage services remain complex.
Profile
Swanest LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Swanest Company Twitter Account
Company News
Swanest News
Facebook
Swanest on Facebook
YouTube
Swanest on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Silvan Schumacher
  Silvan Schumacher LinkedIn Profile  Silvan Schumacher Twitter Account  Silvan Schumacher News  Silvan Schumacher on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Youri Tolstoy
  Youri Tolstoy LinkedIn Profile  Youri Tolstoy Twitter Account  Youri Tolstoy News  Youri Tolstoy on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Nicolas Bindels
  Nicolas Bindels LinkedIn Profile  Nicolas Bindels Twitter Account  Nicolas Bindels News  Nicolas Bindels on Facebook
VP - R & D
Cyril Lequeux
  Cyril Lequeux LinkedIn Profile  Cyril Lequeux Twitter Account  Cyril Lequeux News  Cyril Lequeux on Facebook


 

 

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