{"id":14890,"date":"2016-10-04T16:53:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T14:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=14890"},"modified":"2021-03-30T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T13:08:10","slug":"lendstar-million-investment-for-fintech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/14890\/lendstar-million-investment-for-fintech\/","title":{"rendered":"Lendstar: Million-dollar investment for FinTech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><p><strong>The social payment app Lendstar is raising seven-figure capital from existing and new investors. The previous lead investor, DvH Ventures, is among the backers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14894\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_14894\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Lendstar_Christopher-Kampshoff_CEO.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14894\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14894 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Lendstar_Christopher-Kampshoff_CEO-220x220.jpg\" alt=\"CEO Christopher Kampshoff (Photo: Lendstar)\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Lendstar_Christopher-Kampshoff_CEO-220x220.jpg 220w, https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Lendstar_Christopher-Kampshoff_CEO-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_14894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CEO Christopher Kampshoff (Photo: Lendstar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The app has already garnered well over 100,000 downloads. Users can connect their checking account to the app and send, share, and lend money to each other.<\/p>\n<p>The investment capital will primarily be used for marketing and further team development. Christopher Kampshoff, founder and CEO of Lendstar, says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&quot;We have not only succeeded in positioning a successful product on the market and becoming the market leader in Germany, but also in establishing a functioning business model. And we have done so in a market that was long considered difficult to monetize.&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>LendstarPAY offers online shops a new payment method<\/h3>\n<p>Online shops will soon be able to offer the new LendstarPAY product as a payment method. Investor and &quot;lion&quot; Jochen Schweizer has already integrated LendstarPAY into his company&#039;s app. The startup has also already secured seven banks as cooperation partners. 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