Bitpanda
From CryptoWiki
A platform for trading digital assets and physical commodities
Basics
- Founded in 2014
- Based in Vienna
- Broker
- Verification needed
- Eurozone only
Team, Funding
Team
- Eric Demuth and Paul Klanschek; CEOs
- Said it’s going to fire about 270 employees (5-7-2022).
Funding
"Announced the completion of a $52 million Series A led by PayPal legend Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures. This fundraising round, plus a seed round in 2016 and an initial exchange offering in 2019, means the 240-employee company raised roughly $100 million to date, according to the team."
"Crypto broker Bitpanda has closed a $170 million Series B funding round. Reaching a valuation of $1.2 billion, it's now Austria's first "unicorn," the firm noted."
- Bitpanda announced a $263M funding round valuing the crypto broker at $4.1B (18-8-2021).
