Eric Demuth, CEO at Bitpanda, reveals that they’re launching LeadBlock Bitpanda Ventures (focused on Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals).
When the team first created Bitpanda, there wasn’t much help available to them.
There also wasn’t enough funding and there wasn’t expertise they could draw on. The risk appetite wasn’t there from many traditional players “to fund something new.”
That problem still exists, but it is “a problem that we can do something about.”
LBV is about Bitpanda supporting “an industry they believe in, and helping to build businesses with people who share a common vision.”
They get to fund new innovations, share the lessons they’ve learnt, and “keep building.”
They’ll be working with David Chreng and the team at LeadBlock Partners and they can’t wait to get started.
As covered, Bitpanda says that it is on a mission “to reinvent the world of finance and bring investing closer to everyone, everywhere.”
Today’s financial ecosystem “is complex, exclusive and expensive, and they’re here to change this as the #1 investment platform in Europe and beyond.”
Their platform is rooted in “the belief that investing should be safe, easy and accessible to all.”
With Bitpanda, everyone has the freedom and flexibility “to invest in what they believe in — commission-free stocks, cryptocurrencies or even precious metals — starting from as little as $1.”
Their story started in 2014 with their founders, Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek, and Christian Trummer.
Since then, they’ve grown to “a powerful and diverse team of over 550 people who represent more than 50 nationalities.”
Headquartered in Vienna, they’re pleased to “be Austria’s first unicorn and one of the fastest-growing fintechs in Europe.”
Their innovative technology serves “over 4 million users and operates across multiple hub locations.”
Their products are built by fast-moving, talented, “roll-up-your-sleeves-and-make-it-happen” kind of people.
If you’re someone who thinks big, moves fast and wants to make an impact right from day one, then you may consider joining their “industry-changing” team.