lemon.markets

💸 We’re excited to announce that lemon.markets has secured an additional €12 million 💸 Led by CommerzVentures, with participation from Heliad AG and our existing investors Creandum, Lakestar, Lightspeed and System.One, this round brings us one step closer to providing the infrastructure for the next 100 million brokerage accounts. 🚀 lemon.momentum… In January, we kicked off the year by obtaining the BaFin licenses to operate as an investment firm. Supported by cooperations with Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and, Tradegate Exchange, we then officially launched our product in March with the financial education app beatvest, enabling ETF investments for their B2C customers. A few weeks ago, we announced our partnership with Tomorrow, marking our entry into the banking segment. This not only involves our first migration, but also initiates the launch of mutual funds on our platform in collaboration with Allfunds. Having completed this funding round, we are eager to continue our streak of milestones into the second half of 2024. As we look ahead, we're excited to accelerate the go-live of new partners, grow our team of lemoneers, and continue to expand and scale our platform - enabling investing across a variety of use cases, making capital markets truly accessible to everyone! 🙏 Thank You…  … to everyone who has been part of our journey so far – our investors for their continued trust, our partners for the great collaboration, and our lemoneers for their passion and commitment that drive us every day. We are pumped for what’s to come -  this is only the beginning! Stay tuned for more as we continue to grow investing opportunities in 2024 and beyond. LMG 🍋 #berlin #fintech #startups

Meet our newest lemoneer: Malte Rieger! 🎉 We are excited to welcome Malte, who joined lemon.markets as Brokerage Operations Working Student! Malte is in the final stages of completing his bachelor's degree in Business Administration and already brings a wealth of experience to lemon.markets, spanning from neobrokerage to consulting. As an integral part of our Brokerage Operations team, Malte will provide critical support, focusing on customer and market operations. Welcome to the team, Malte! We look forward to working together! 🍋 #berlin #fintech #startups

Meet our newest lemoneer: Julian Kraus! 🎉 We are excited to welcome Julian, who joined lemon.markets as a Founder's Associate Intern! With experience across various sectors of the financial services industry, Julian is not only a supporting force for the Founder’s Associate team but also drives long-term projects encompassing go-to-market, partner management and compliance. Welcome to the team, Julian! We look forward to working together! 🍋 #berlin #fintech #startups

🍋 Rewinding Our Summer'24 Company Offsite 🍋 Two weeks ago, we brought together our entire team of over 50 lemoneers from 17+ nationalities for our biannual offsite in Brandenburg. We spent four days reflecting on the past, focusing on the present, and getting excited about the future. Our activities were centred around our six principles: 🌟 Customer first & Deliver high quality outcomes: We worked through our product roadmap and our company goals, ensuring we are all pushing in the same direction to build the best product and provide the best experience for our partners. 🤝 Be a team player: From the lemon.olympics and scrambled legs morning runs to joint BBQs, bonfires, tennis matches, and just time to connect, we shared lots of laughs, nerdy brokerage insights, and even some sore muscles. 💡 Lead with empathy & No failure, only feedback: We engaged in company-wide discussions, celebrating our strengths, identifying areas for growth, and outlining clear steps to further develop our culture and set everyone up for success. ... all of it, of course, guided by our mission and sixth principle: Grow investing opportunities! (FYI: If you want to join our mission of building brokerage-as-a-service infrastructure for the next 100 million European investors, we're #hiring across many roles. Check out our open positions! Link in the comments 👇) #berlin #fintech #startups

📢 Partner Announcement x Platform Expansion 📢 We're proud to announce two major milestones this quarter: Our partnership with the sustainable banking provider Tomorrow and the launch of mutual funds on our platform, supported by Allfunds. 🤝 Partnership with Tomorrow Our one-stop solution simplifies Tomorrow’s investment setup by covering the entire investment value chain, allowing Tomorrow to focus on creating the best experience for their customers. Together we will seamlessly migrate existing customer accounts to our platform, and enable Tomorrow to maintain its current sustainable fund “Tomorrow Better Future Stocks”, while co-launching further investment products in the future. 👥 Collaboration with Allfunds Following the successful launch of our ETF offering in March, we are excited to further expand our Brokerage-as-a-Service platform introducing mutual funds. By integrating Allfunds into our value chain, we provide our partners access to one of the most important long term investment products. Leveraging Allfunds extensive expertise and flexible distribution options, we can support a wide range of issuers and products. 2024 recap so far: Securing the BaFin license, executing our first trade, announcing our first partner beatvest, launching ETFs, announcing our second partner Tomorrow, and now launching mutual funds - growing investing opportunities! 🚀 LMG 🍋 #fintech #brokerage #investing

Meet our newest lemoneer: Marius Poschmann! 🎉 We are excited to welcome Marius, who joined lemon.markets as a Senior Operations AFC Specialist! Marius is working on all topics related to Anti-Financial Crime. With his strong background in banking and FinTech, Marius is focusing on developing well-structured and efficient AFC processes, ensuring compliance and elevating operational standards across lemon.markets. Welcome to the team, Marius! We look forward to working together! 🍋 #berlin #fintech #startups

Meet our newest lemoneer: Marcelo K.! 🎉 We are excited to welcome Marcelo, who joined lemon.markets as a Finance Intern! In this role, Marcelo will provide hands-on support across our finance and accounting functions, spanning from bookkeeping and monthly financial statement preparation to strategic financial planning and analysis. Bringing strong quantitative skills and attention to detail, Marcelo will play an integral role in elevating our finance and accounting processes. Welcome to the team, Marcelo! We look forward to working together! 🍋 #berlin #fintech #startups

Meet our newest lemoneer: Benedikt B.! 🎉 We are excited to welcome Ben, who recently joined lemon.markets as Senior Operations Excellence Manager! In his position, Ben will work cross-functionally to drive the establishment and improvement of our operational processes. With his broad expertise in international settings and the fintech space, Ben is perfectly equipped to build the scalable operational framework necessary to help us grow investing opportunities across Europe. Welcome to the team, Ben! We look forward to working together! 🍋 #berlin #fintech #startups

Meet our newest lemoneer: Melissa! 🎉 We are excited to welcome Melissa, who joins lemon.markets as a Talent Partner! Being part of our Talent Acquisition team, Melissa will help us grow our team of lemoneers. With her background in all things Talent and Development spanning from consultancies to startups, Melissa is perfectly equipped to helping us find more lemoneers that will fuel our future growth. Welcome to the team, Melissa! We look forward to working together! 🍋 #berlin #fintech #startups

Two weeks ago, we had the pleasure of hosting Rubin Ritter, former co-CEO of Zalando, at our lemon.markets HQ. During his visit, Rubin engaged in insightful discussions with our founder Max Linden, our team of lemoneers and our guests, sharing valuable entrepreneurial insights spanning from growth strategies and team building to leadership styles. Check out our top three takeaways from our lemon.talks below! #berlin #fintech #startups #FiresideChat #TechLeadership