Ping An has led a $47.3m investment in Finleap through its Global Voyager Fund, joining a list of shareholders that already included Hannover Re and Signal Iduna.

Germany-based fintech company builder Finleap secured €41.5m ($47.3m) on Monday in a funding round led by insurance provider Ping An’s Global Voyager Fund.

Founded in 2014, Finleap builds fintech companies such as digital banking platform SolarisBank, which raised $70m in a series B round backed by corporates including Visa and Bertelsmann in March this year.

Finleap has formed 16 startups to date, typically providing each with up to €5m in seed funding on top of offering access to a…

Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.