English private equity investor Pollen Street Capital acquired a majority stake in Berlin-based debt collection startup Pair Finance in October. "The purchase price is said to be just over €100 million, (...)," FinanceFWD wrote at the time about the takeover.

Stephan Stricker achieved a multi-million exit with the debt collection start-up Pair Finance. Although his fingertips are already itching again, he did not announce a new project in the interview.

Making consumers aware of a (purchase) decision at the right time, on the right channel, and with the right product is a proven method in digital marketing. The precise matching of consumer and product is achieved, for example, through (re- or lookalike) targeting.

Pair Finance, the leading fintech for AI-based debt collection in Germany and Austria, appointed Liva Zepa as its first Director Innovation in early October. In the newly created position, the ESMT scholar will focus on product development and growth opportunities.

The debt collection fintech Pair Finance has a designated Director Innovation with immediate effect. She is named Liva Zepa and comes from the Australian digital debt collection Indebted, where she was Vice President and Managing Director for the European market.

Managing Director Central Europe of international digital debt collection company InDebted joins Germany's leading fintech for digital debt collection, PAIR Finance. ESMT scholarship holder is responsible for product strategy around artificial intelligence and digital consumer communications.

Fintech Pair Finance, which specializes in AI-based debt collection, appoints Liva Zepa as its first "Director Innovation." In the newly created position, Zepa will focus on product development and lead the data science and behavioral science teams, with the goal of further developing the platform's AI.

In today's lunchtime episode, we speak with Stephan Stricker, Founder and CEO of Pair Finance, about Pollen Street's acquisition of a majority stake in the FinTech.

Berlin-based digital debt collection specialist Pair Finance has a new majority shareholder. For around 60 million euros, the English private equity firm Pollen Street Capital is taking over the fintech company. With the new investor, Pair Finance wants to push the internationalization of its business.

The Berlin-based debt collection start-up Pair Finance has a new owner: the British investment company Pollen Street Capital is taking over around 60 percent of the shares. First the industry magazine Insurance Monitor reported on the deal.

Founder and CEO Stephan Stricker sees great growth opportunities for his debt collection fintech with the new majority shareholder Pollen Street Capital. The sale is the second major exit after the Penta-Qonto deal.

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