BlackFin backs finanzen.de

John Bakie
15 May 2013

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BlackFin Capital Partners has invested in finanzen.de AG, taking a majority stake in the business.

Specialist financial services investor BlackFin plans to support finanzen.de with an international rollout strategy, targeting France and other European countries.

The deal is BlackFin's seventh investment since it was founded in 2009.

Company
finanzen.de is an online marketplace providing consumer leads in the German finance and insurance sectors. It connects lead generators, such as online price comparison websites, with lead buyers in the independent financial advice and insurance industries.

Founded in 2004 and based in Berlin, the company trades 250,000 leads annually through its proprietary trading platform.

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Paul Mizrahi, managing director of BlackFin, worked on the deal.

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