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The Chinese Inter\u00adnet group Tencent and Rocket Inter\u00adnet foun\u00adder Oliver Samwer also participated.<\/p>\n<p>The series of large finan\u00adcing rounds for young German finan\u00adcial tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies (fintechs) conti\u00adnues. Berlin-based fintech startup Billie \u2014 specia\u00adli\u00adzing in receiv\u00ada\u00adbles finan\u00adcing \u2014 has recei\u00adved $100 million from old and new backers, brin\u00adging its valua\u00adtion to an esti\u00adma\u00adted $640 million.<\/p>\n<p>The grea\u00adtest stra\u00adte\u00adgic signi\u00adfi\u00adcance, howe\u00adver, is the entry of the Swedish fintech group Klarna. The payment service provi\u00adder had previously announ\u00adced a coope\u00adra\u00adtion with Billie and is taking a single-digit percen\u00adtage stake. While Klarna offers services for private consu\u00admers, Billie wants to estab\u00adlish the same offer for busi\u00adness custo\u00admers (B2B). Since many Klarna part\u00adners serve both private and corpo\u00adrate custo\u00admers, Billie gains access to a large custo\u00admer base. The new capi\u00adtal will be used to expand abroad and streng\u00adthen IT, risk manage\u00adment and fraud prevention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consul\u00adtant Billie: Vogel Heerma Waitz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Clemens Waitz, Dr. Simon Pfef\u00adferle, Paul&nbsp;Rhode<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berlin \u2014 Uploa\u00adding open invoices and recei\u00adving the amount imme\u00addia\u00adtely is the busi\u00adness model of Billie, a young German finan\u00adcial tech\u00adno\u00adlogy company. Venture capi\u00adta\u00adlist Dawn Capi\u00adtal led the $100 million funding round. The Chinese Inter\u00adnet group Tencent and Rocket Inter\u00adnet foun\u00adder Oliver Samwer also parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted. 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