Kontist
Company

Last deal

$4.5M

Amount

Debt Financing

Stage

16.11.2021

Date

3

all rounds

$53.24M

Total amount

Financing round

General

About Company
Kontist is a neo-bank and tax advisory service for freelancers.

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Sector :

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founded date

01.01.2016

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Debt Financing

IPO status

Private

Description

Based in Berlin, Kontist is Germany's first neo-bank that focuses on providing banking services to freelancers and the self-employed. Kontist aims to simplify the daily working life of self-employed individuals by offering a range of services such as bookkeeping, tax consulting, and a business account all in one app. With the Kontist Tax Service, self-employed people no longer have to deal with communication with the tax office themselves. The platform also offers real-time tax forecasting, wire transfers, and notification transactions, all with data encryption-based technology. Kontist has a team of over 110 experienced employees who developed the product together to provide freelancers with more financial security and control.
Contacts

Contact Email

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Sub-Organizations
1
Kontist Stiftung

Kontist Stiftung

Kontist Foundation empowers freelancers and independent workers through education and advocacy.

Sector

Industrial Support Services

Subsector

Business Training and Employment Agencies

Keywords

Non-Profit, Education, Communities
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M&A Details
1

Transaction name

Acquired by

Ageras

announced date

28.07.2022

Financials

Funding Rounds
6
3

Number of Funding Rounds

$53.24M

Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 16.11.2021. Their latest investor Liquidity. Their latest round Debt Financing

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
05.08.2021
1
$5M
24.03.2021
2
$29.53M
Local Amount - EUR 25M
Mars Growth Capital

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Sector

Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

Subsector

Diversified Financial Services

Keywords

Financial Services, Finance, FinTech

Location

Singapore

count Of Investments

24
Founders

Founders

Founders is a startup studio that builds technology-enabled companies to improve how people and organizations work.

Sector

Industrial Support Services

Subsector

Professional Business Support Services

Location

Copenhagen, Denmark

count Of Investments

36

count Of Exists

1
Co-Investors
Investors
6
3

Number of lead investors

6

Number of investors

Investor 
Lead 
Round 
Partners 
No
Debt Financing
Yes
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
No
Seed
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Liquidity

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Subsector

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Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

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New York, NY, USA

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6

total raised

$839M

count Of Investments

41

count Of Exists

1
Founders

Founders

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Subsector

Professional Business Support Services

Location

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36

count Of Exists

1
Stefano Zorzi

Stefano Zorzi

current job

Founders
Founders
Vaekstfonden

Vaekstfonden

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Sector

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Subsector

Closed End Investments

Keywords

Financial Services, Finance

Location

2900 Hellerup, Denmark

count Of Investments

243

count Of Exists

23

People

Founders
6
Sophie Pester
Sophie Pester

Sophie Pester

organization founded

1

Sophie Pester

Sebastian Galonska
Sebastian Galonska

Sebastian Galonska

Mr. Sebastian Galonska serves as a Mentor at Aurelia Ventures. He Co-Founded and served as Chief Technology Officer at Kontist. He has studied Multimedia at Beuth University.

current job

Pistachio
Pistachio

organization founded

2

Sebastian Galonska

Madison Bell
Madison Bell

Madison Bell

Madison Bell is a data driven product manager with experience in early stage start ups. Before Kontist, Product Manager at Apartment List and Nextdoor.com.

organization founded

2

Madison Bell

Catharina Bruns
Catharina Bruns

Catharina Bruns

Founder of a few ventures. Writer of some books. Busy empowering Citizen Entrepreneurship and helping to build better conditions for the independent workforce. Selbstständigkeit verteidigen ist in Deutschland Vollzeitjob.

current job

Kontist
Kontist

organization founded

1

Catharina Bruns

Employee Profiles
17
Benjamin Esser

Benjamin Esser

CEO

Richard Lyon

Senior javascript developer

Edmund Dooley

Senior manager, performance marketing

Dmytro Yarmak

Senior javascript developer

Varun Jayaraman

Senior software engineer

Catharina Bruns

Catharina Bruns

Co-Founder & 1st Chairwoman of the Kontist Foundation

Melanie Richter

Head of finance

Mathias Domschke

CPO

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