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France’s newest unicorn: Pennylane raises €40M from Sequoia Capital and DST Global

Feb 08, 2024

Amount Raised

$40 Million

Round Type

Funding Round

ParisFinancial ServicesSoftwareFinanceFintechAccountingSaaS

Investors

DST GlobalSequoia Capital

Description

Paris-based Pennylane, a financial management and accounting platform designed for startups/SMEs, announced that it has secured €40M in a Series C round of funding. With this round, the company has attained the ‘unicorn’ status. The latest funds will help Pennylane enhance its account-tech platform with a focus on artificial intelligence. The French company aims to empower accountants to leverage electronic invoicing and AI to boost productivity.

Quick answer

Pennylane raised $40 Million in a Funding Round round, dated February 8, 2024. Investors: DST Global and Sequoia Capital. Pennylane is based in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

How much did Pennylane raise?
Pennylane raised $40 Million in a Funding Round round on February 8, 2024.
Who invested in Pennylane?
DST Global and Sequoia Capital are named as investors in this round.
What does Pennylane do?
Pennylane is building the financial OS (Operating System) for European SMEs.
Where is Pennylane based and how big is it?
Pennylane is based in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. Fundz records about 977 employees.
Who are the decision-makers at Pennylane?
Fundz holds 1 contact at Pennylane. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.

Source: Fundz verified event record.

Who else raised in Financial Services and Finance around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as Pennylane that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Lettuce Financial raised $6M (Seed) on March 6, 2024.
  • Harness Wealth raised $17M (Series A) on March 5, 2024.
  • Architect raised $12M on February 14, 2024.
  • BrightPlan Group raised $22M on February 9, 2024.
  • Briq raised $8M (Funding Round) on January 22, 2024.
  • Streamex Corp. raised $1.5M (Seed) on January 12, 2024.

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Company Information

Company

Pennylane

Location

Paris, Ile-de-France, France

About

Pennylane is building the financial OS (Operating System) for European SMEs. A single source of truth for financial and accounting data, used on one side by entrepreneurs to run their business (invoicing and getting paid, paying suppliers and expense management, piloting cash and profitability) and on the other side by their accountant for bookkeeping and tax filings. Saving time to all entrepreneurs and accountants, helping them to make the right decisions and enabling 3rd parties to offer added-value personalized financial services. We’ve launched in France and will expand to other markets in Continental Europe in 2024. Our commercial website is thus in French only but the code is obviously documented in English and our tech team speaks English. We’re product-led, growing fast, backed by strong investors and are hiring software engineers anywhere in Europe to join our experienced remote-first engineering team.

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