Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. Take 2 mins to learn more

The Funderbeam Blog

Articles, interviews, case studies announcements and more.
Welcome to The Funderbeam Blog.

news
December 16, 2020

Press release: Fintune raises €500k on Funderbeam to offer an irresistible financial literacy companion for generation Alpha

Former Credit Suisse executives develop an IoT solution to make financial education irresistible. The hardware introduces a digital money box called Finny teaching essential financial skills at an early age. Additionally, Finny apps connect the device and the first bank account with a gamified approach. The product is developed after input from 70 children, 10 families, and has 600+ beta-users.

Finny entitles children to set saving goals and wish lists. As they progress with their savings, kids unlock games, collect badges, and invite friends to see their progress on the leaderboard. The app allows full parental control and access sharing with designated individuals in the wider family community. Fintune also provides a toolset for parents to teach digital financial literacy. The company has its focus on a fun learning experience from a piggy-bank to a full bank account experience for 3–12 year-olds.

The long-term goal, says co-founder and CEO Ruth Mojentale, is to make financial literacy accessible and easy to integrate into the daily life of families.

“We have demonstrated Finny to parents and children, and experienced the incredible excitement to take Finny home First, we see the necessity to grow the userbase of early-adopters to finetune our product. But next, we focus on becoming appealing business partners for banks to boost scaling. The banking industry within the EU is highly competitive, driving the need to differentiate a brand from others. As children shape their relationship to finances until the age of 7, we empower banks to position themselves as opinion leaders for children making the first steps in the world of finances,” she said.

Scaling the product with the help of banks is seen as the only way forward, because only 33% of adults worldwide are financially literate, and 43% of European citizens do not save anything privately for their retirement.

“We can expect a proportion of financially responsible parents to adopt Finny right after the launch, but a driving force from banks is essential to really make a strong societal impact. If there is a way to transform future Europeans financially literate, then starting playfully from the age of 3 seems as the best path forward,” she said.

Fintune aims to launch its premium features and product on the Austrian and German market in Q4 2021. The company yesterday announced its public fundraising campaign on Funderbeam with the minimum aim of €200k and a maximum goal of €500k. Danube Angels from Vienna have committed both financial and business support and assume the role of the lead investor. Fintune has raised 457 000 euros to date through a combination of founder’s equity, convertible loans, and debt instruments.

The founding team of Fintune includes former Credit Suisse employees. CEO Ruth Mojentale has a 28-year-experience in the banking sector and a strong record in leadership and innovation management. Andreas Kirchner holding the role of CTO was a lead-engineer for developing mobile apps and IoT solutions. Product owner Naziya Sayed has been previously responsible for quality assurance, delivery, and product management to build mobile fintech solutions.

Fintune AG, based in Zurich, offers financial service providers, telecommunications companies and learning providers a digital platform to bundle their offerings. Its digital app “Finny” supports families in the financial education of the youngest generation — children learn how to handle money sustainably, both in digital and physical form.

Funderbeam was founded in 2013 and is led by Kaidi Ruusalepp, who is a former CEO of Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange and the Central Securities Depository. Funderbeam has offices in London, Singapore, Copenhagen, Tallinn and Zagreb.

Learn more about Fintune funding campaign here.

Capital at Risk.

Learn more about Funderbeam here: www.funderbeam.com

Read Next
The information about the investment opportunities profiled on this website is provided for general information and marketing purposes only and should not be considered an invitation or inducement to engage in any investment activity. Complete and comprehensive information about an investment opportunity is only available only to investors who have been approved by a Funderbeam group entity.

You should ensure you carefully read the Risk Disclosure Statement before deciding to proceed with any investment or transaction, including making a purchase of securities via the Marketplace. Funderbeam has taken steps to ensure that company and securities offering information is clear, fair and not misleading in accordance with its internal verification procedures. Funderbeam does not provide investment advice or any recommendation to invest. Any investment opportunity on this website should not be considered as an offer to the public and is not directed at or offered to anyone to whom it may not be so directed or offered, or located in a jurisdiction where it is unlawful to do so.

It is important to note that funds are raised, investments are made and trade orders are placed through three investment firm service provider entities: Venturebeam Markets AS (VBAS) (authorised and regulated by the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority under permit 4.1-1/212), Venturebeam Markets Limited (VML (authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority under FRN 794918), and Venturebeam Markets Pte. Ltd., (VB Pte) (licensed and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore under Capital Markets Services (CMS) license CMS100863). VBAS and VML are MIFID investment firms.

This page provides you with an overview of the services provided by different entities belonging to Funderbeam group. In the pages of this website, platform, and documents located on these pages (save to where referred otherwise), we generally refer to the group, which includes group of entities being direct or indirect subsidiaries of Funderbeam Ltd, including VBAS, VML, and VB Pte, as “Funderbeam”, “we”, “us” or “our”.

A Funderbeam client (whether investor or company) is a client of the service provider and under the protection of the requirements of the regulator under which that service provider operates: An EEA client’s service provider is VBAS, a UK/ non-EEA/ non-Singapore client’s service provider is VML, and a Singapore client’s service provider is VB Pte.

The applicable Funderbeam service provider has, prior to the offering of the investment offer on its Platform, verified from public registries in reasonable levels of due diligence, notwithstanding the due diligence which is also performed by the Lead Investor where applicable, which will cover at the minimum: a. that the project owner has no criminal record in respect of infringements of national rules in fields of commercial law, insolvency law, financial services law, anti-money laundering law, fraud law or professional liability obligations in all jurisdictions where practicable for such checks to be conducted; b. that the project owner is not established in a non-cooperative jurisdiction, or in a high-risk third country as set out by the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”), and/or other government directives in jurisdictions where Venturebeam is operating.

The Marketplace is operated as an organised market by VB Pte., in Singapore as a Recognised Market Operator (RMO) under the supervision of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. VBAS and VML are Trading Members of the RMO’s Marketplace. Access to the Marketplace for EEA and non-EEA clients is only provided by and through such clients’ service provider (ie VBAS or VML). The Marketplace does not provide services directly to investors outside Singapore.

With respect to any securities or investments offered by a US domiciled Fundraising Company, by visiting this site you confirm you are not a US resident or US person (as defined in Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933) and you understand and agree that you are not acquiring any Investments for the account or benefit of any such US resident or US person. No investment opportunity in a US domiciled Fundraising Company is directed at US persons.