SumUp

Fintech · London, United Kingdom · #21 globally

0.44%
Spawner rate
13
Funded founders
2,938
Alumni tracked
$832M
Capital raised by spawns

Founder DNA

Sectors spawned founders go on to build in

Over-indexed on Aerospace / Defence. Founders spawned from SumUp pick it 11.7× more often than the global founder population.

Aerospace / Defence
11.7×
InsurTech
10.8×
Fintech
4.3×
Consumer Internet
1.8×
Health Tech
1.8×
AI / Machine Learning
0.6×
Enterprise Software
0.5×

← under · 1× market average · over →

The SumUp network

Where the founders came from, when spawns were founded, and how much they have raised since

201720182019202020212022202320242025SumUpSTARK$648MToolTime$82MQomodo$51MFacio$22MPaypercut$8Mmarta$7MHakuna$6MCyberDirekt$4MTumoni$3MFounded → ( larger = more raised since )

Spawned companies

CompanyFounders from SumUpRaised
STARK
Johannes Schaback(2024)
$648M
ToolTime
Marcel Mansfeld(2019)
$82M
Qomodo
Gaetano de Maio(2023)
$51M
Facio
Saulo Tristao(2017)Ticiano V(2019)
$22M
Paypercut
Emil Savov(2025)
$8M
marta
Jan Markus Hoffmann(2021)
$7M
Hakuna
Sebastian Jost(2021)
$6M
CyberDirekt
Hanno Pingsmann(2016)
$4M
Tumoni
Paolo Delaunay(2023)Yulio Stobbe(2023)
$3M
Milio (YC W23)
Erwin Alzate Suarez(2023)Toni R(2023)
$3M