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Miguel Armaza sits down with Alex Prot, CEO & Co-Founder of Qonto, one of the largest fintechs in Europe that helps SMBs simplify their everyday banking and offers a wide range of digital financial services.
Founded in 2017, Qonto serves 350,000 clients across France, Italy, Spain and Germany, and has over 1,000 employees. The company has also raised close to $700 million from Valar, DST, Hedosophia, Insight, KKR, and angels like Taavet Hinrikus, Co-Founder of Wise and Guillaume Pousaz, CEO & Founder of Checkout.com.
We discuss:
- Three key focus areas that unlocked Qonto’s success
- Challenges of scaling Qonto to over 1,000 employees and 350k customers
- How they plan to reach a million clients
- Growing through product-led growth
- The power of having a strong Co-Founder
- Fundraising lessons for entrepreneurs
- Europe’s fascinating fintech opportunity… and a lot more!
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Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder & Managing General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.
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