{"id":534024,"date":"2022-05-06T09:25:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T09:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/?post_type=ibsi_news&p=534024"},"modified":"2022-05-06T09:25:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T09:25:55","slug":"januar-closes-a-e6m-seed-round-making-it-the-largest-in-danish-history","status":"publish","type":"ibsi_news","link":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/januar-closes-a-e6m-seed-round-making-it-the-largest-in-danish-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Januar closes a \u20ac6m seed round, making it the largest in Danish history"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Januar<\/a> ApS has closed the largest seed round in Danish history, a historic \u20ac6 million round led by Element Ventures, with participation from Angular Ventures, Outward VC, and early pre-seed backers byFounders. The round also includes well-renowned angel investors, including Nicolas Julia, co-founder and CEO of Sorare, Charlie Songhurst, former Head of Strategy at Microsoft, Pierre-Antoine Pierre, CEO and Founder IBanFirst, J\u00f8rgen Horwitz, former Director of Finansr\u00e5det as well as Einar Braathen from CoinFund.<\/p>\n

With the proceeds from the seed round, Januar aims to become the leading one-stop crypto gate for European businesses, serving the growing crypto and digital asset industry with a market cap of $2 trillion. The company is on a mission to support a more open and collaborative financial system based on decentralized technology by offering fiat-to-crypto rails as a service.<\/p>\n

Simon Ousager, CEO and Co-Founder of Januar<\/strong>, said: “We are building financial infrastructure that will help crypto companies gain the stable foundation they need to innovate and serve their customers with peace of mind. For years, legacy financial service providers have failed to serve these new digital asset businesses, leaving them at risk of being shut down with days’ notice. It’s time we recognize that entrepreneurs building the future of our financial system deserve an IBAN account, like any other business.”<\/p>\n

Januar is launching crypto-friendly financial services for businesses across Europe, starting with payment accounts for crypto businesses. Januar is well-positioned to do so after having obtained its first-of-its-kind Payment Service Provider license with the Danish FSA, including crypto-specific risk, compliance, and AML policies.<\/p>\n

Steve Gibson, Partner at Element Ventures<\/strong>, said: “We are delighted to back Januar in their mission to build this most critical piece of European financial services infrastructure connecting old and new worlds. The market need is clear, Januar has the team, industry support and product offering to become a key component in Europe’s digital future.”<\/p>\n

Simon Ousager, CEO and Co-Founder of Januar<\/strong>, said: “The Payment Service Provider license granted to us by the Danish FSA marks the next chapter for the European crypto industry and signifies trust in us that we’re among the best in the world at quantifying and managing risk in this space. We are motivated by the opportunity to help bring trust and transparency to these innovative crypto and Web3 businesses across Europe.<\/p>\n

Traditional banks are not ready for what is happening in the crypto markets right now. For many years they focused on the ‘technology’ while writing off the actual category of innovative digital assets – their ‘Blockchain not Bitcoin’ strategy did not align with the market. And while the value and usage of assets, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, multiplied many times over, the dismissive approach of most banks left them with little insights into crypto-specific compliance measurements and an inability to properly serve and support the industry. With Januar, we are here to close that gap now by providing financial services to crypto businesses and crypto services to financial institutions.”<\/p>\n

Kevin Chong, Co-Head of Outward VC<\/strong>, said: “Building financial infrastructure for the crypto economy that is fit for purpose is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Januar’s mission of bringing trust and transparency to innovative digital assets and Web3 businesses resonated strongly with us, and we are delighted to support the mission.”<\/p>\n

Simon Ousager, CEO and Co-Founder<\/strong>, said: “We are proud to enable innovative FinTech entrepreneurs to run and grow their digital asset business by providing the financial infrastructure they need to build the financial system of tomorrow.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":534026,"parent":0,"template":"","categories":[11385,11396,11387],"tags":[11708,11777,12917,26191,12851,11508,11515,22882,16004,26192,12905],"class_list":["post-534024","ibsi_news","type-ibsi_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","category-cryptocurrency","category-investment-management","tag-asset-management","tag-crypto","tag-crypto-assets","tag-danish","tag-digital-assets","tag-europe","tag-fintech","tag-funding-news","tag-iban","tag-januar","tag-series-a"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJanuar closes a \u20ac6m seed round, making it the largest in Danish history<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Januar ApS has closed the largest seed round in Danish history, a historic \u20ac6 million round led by Element Ventures, with participation from\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/januar-closes-a-e6m-seed-round-making-it-the-largest-in-danish-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Januar closes a \u20ac6m seed round, making it the largest in Danish history\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IBS Intelligence (IBSi) is the world\u2019s only pure-play Financial Technology focused research, advisory, and fintech news analysis firm, with a 30-year track record and clients globally. 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