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Upvest Funding Round

Sapphire Ventures, Tencent and Bessemer Venture Partners invested in a $125 million capital raise for Upvest. This venture round closed on 3/17/2026.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Upvest
Announced On
3/17/2026
Transaction Type
Debt
Venture Equity
Amount
$125,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Sapphire Ventures (Lead Investor) (Andreas Weiskam)

Tencent (Lead Investor)

Bessemer Venture Partners (Charles Birnbaum)

BlackRock

Proceeds Purpose
Upvest plans to use the new capital to enhance its platform for banking, wealth, and brokerage clients, including managing the complexity of local tax wrappers and enabling faster deployment of pension products with improved user experience and cost efficiency.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
FinTech
Mailing Address
Torstraße 177
Berlin, 10115
Germany
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
www.upvest.co
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
We're Upvest, and we enable businesses to build great investment experiences for their end users -- seamless, secure and across international borders. Our single Investment API and digital infrastructure streamline the whole process, letting our customers focus on their core business.
Profile
Upvest LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Upvest Company Twitter Account
Company News
Upvest News
Facebook
Upvest on Facebook
YouTube
Upvest on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Martin Kassing
  Martin Kassing LinkedIn Profile  Martin Kassing Twitter Account  Martin Kassing News  Martin Kassing on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Tobias Auferoth
  Tobias Auferoth LinkedIn Profile  Tobias Auferoth Twitter Account  Tobias Auferoth News  Tobias Auferoth on Facebook
Chief Operating Officer
Markus Maier
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Chief Technical Officer
Juha Ristolainen
  Juha Ristolainen LinkedIn Profile  Juha Ristolainen Twitter Account  Juha Ristolainen News  Juha Ristolainen on Facebook

 

 

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