Munich-based investor Yabeo has exited Finleap. The investor had been involved as a founding investor in the Berlin-based company builder since 2015.
Munich-based early-stage investor Yabeo has sold its stake in company builder Finleap as part of the latest financing round with Chinese insurer Ping An. The company continues to hold direct stakes in Finleap companies through individual primary investments, including Solarisbank, Pair Finance, and Clark.
“We are very pleased with the successful exit and are very proud to have helped build Finleap into a European success story in the fintech and insurtech sector as an early investor,”
says Gerrit Seidel, Managing Director of Yabeo.
"We have been fully involved in Finleap's founding phase—in addition to large funding rounds—and in terms of content. We are actively leveraging this experience to become even more involved in early-stage investments in the future."
Yabeo founder: “Smart capital combined with active support of founding teams is in demand”
The Munich-based company is now planning further company-building and seed investments in the fintech and healthtech sectors. The company sees its differentiation from other venture capital firms in a combination of capital provision and a proactive management approach.
"We acted as founding investors at Finleap and strongly supported the management in developing business models, finding suitable investors, and opening doors to corporations worldwide. This experience, along with that from our other ventures, shows that smart capital combined with active support of founding teams is in demand,"
so Matthias Sohler, founder of Yabeo.
"For us, smart capital means supporting entrepreneurs and using our experience to counteract potential negative developments early enough. We believe this is the role of a venture capitalist."
Yabeo also relies on elements familiar from the private equity sector: At the investment level, the company promotes so-called "buy-build" strategies. For example, at the British care startup Cera, care services are acquired and brought onto the digital platform. In addition, the Munich-based company also implements complete "buyouts" and fully pays out other shareholders. For example, the company recently acquired Pflegebox and used this to invest in the care emergency button service. Libify through.
