Vienna, Austria-based fintech startup, Bitpanda, which provides an exchange platform for digital assets such as cryptocurrency, has raised $170M (approx €142.56M) in its Series B round of funding. The round has given the startup a ‘unicorn’ status as it is now valued at $1.2B (approx €1B) – also becomes Austria’s first unicorn.
Investors in this round
The round is led by Peter Thiel-backed Valar Ventures, with participation from unnamed partners from DST Global (Yuri Milner’s fund). In addition, new investor DST also participated in this round.