{"id":42015,"date":"2018-02-16T12:59:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T10:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newserver.fyb.de\/commerzventures-invests-in-online-payment-service-provider-payworks\/"},"modified":"2018-02-16T12:59:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T10:59:21","slug":"commerzventures-invests-in-online-payment-service-provider-payworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyb.de\/en\/commerzventures-invests-in-online-payment-service-provider-payworks\/","title":{"rendered":"CommerzVentures invests in online payment service provider Payworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Commerz\u00adVen\u00adtures<\/strong> GmbH has inves\u00adted in <strong>Payworks<\/strong>, a provi\u00adder of mobile payment services, as part of a Series B finan\u00adcing&nbsp;round.<\/p>\n<p>Commerz\u00adVen\u00adtures as well as <strong>Visa<\/strong> inves\u00adted in the company for the first time as main inves\u00adtors. In addi\u00adtion, legacy inves\u00adtors <strong>Speed\u00adin\u00advest <\/strong>and<strong> Finparx<\/strong> were also repre\u00adsen\u00adted again. In <strong>total,<\/strong> Payworks raised <strong>$14.5 million in<\/strong> new capi\u00adtal from inves\u00adtors for its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal growth and inno\u00adva\u00adtion strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Payworks inte\u00adgra\u00adtes mobile payments into apps and card readers. The Munich-based company offers a B2B service that provi\u00addes an easy path to mobile payment (point-of-sale) capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties. The GmbH was foun\u00added in April 2012 by Chris\u00adtian Deger, David Bellem, Simon Eumes and Johan\u00adnes Lechner.<\/p>\n<p>Commerz\u00adVen\u00adtures GmbH is a wholly owned subsi\u00addiary of Commerz\u00adbank based in Frank\u00adfurt. The corpo\u00adrate venture capi\u00adtal company with a focus on finan\u00adcial services invests in young compa\u00adnies that specia\u00adlize in inno\u00adva\u00adtive products, services and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies in the FinTech sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advi\u00adsor Commerz\u00adVen\u00adtures: P+P P\u00f6llath + Partners&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n\u2014 Dr. Michael Inhes\u00adter (Part\u00adner, M&amp;A\/Venture Capi\u00adtal, Munich)<br>\n\u2014 Andreas K\u00fchnert (Asso\u00adciate, M&amp;A\/Venture Capi\u00adtal, Munich)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commerz\u00adVen\u00adtures GmbH has inves\u00adted in Payworks, a provi\u00adder of mobile payment services, as part of a Series B finan\u00adcing&nbsp;round. Commerz\u00adVen\u00adtures as well as Visa inves\u00adted in the company for the first time as main inves\u00adtors. In addi\u00adtion, legacy inves\u00adtors Speed\u00adin\u00advest and Finparx were also repre\u00adsen\u00adted again. 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