We co-founded and led Viafintech (Barzahlen) to 100+ FTE — one of the most successful German fintechs, active in 17 markets across the EU and USA — and sold it in 2021 for a €three-digit million amount to NYSE-listed Paysafe Group. Now we're off to our next venture.

This time we're building a global champion for prepaid products: gift cards (Apple, Amazon, Google), airtime and eCash — all in one simple API. Think of finperks as the Stripe/Adyen for all prepaid products and payments.

We started in summer 2025 and in just a few months we have already onboarded 1,000+ brands, with 4 clients currently live. Many people completely underestimate the market size: about €600bn sold per year today, growing to €1.8tn by 2028.

Instead of 5 players in the chain (brand → issuing tech → global distributor → local distributor → client), we connect brands directly with clients via the finperks platform.

We're a team of 20 in Berlin-Charlottenburg. A mix of ou...