Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title CEO & Founder
  • Primary Organization 
    N26
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel

Valentin Stalf is co-founder and CEO of N26. In 2013 he founded N26 with his longtime friend Maximilian Tayenthal. Back then already, both shared a vision of building a bank that the world loves to use.

Since the initial product launch in 2015, N26 has grown to include more than 2.5 million customers across 24 European markets — with plans to

enter the US in 2019. The firm has raised more than USD 500 million from some of the world’s most well-known investors, including Insight Venture Partners, GIC - Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, Tencent, Allianz X, Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital, Battery Ventures, in addition to members of the Zalando management board, and Redalpine Ventures. N26 has more than 800 employees based in in Berlin, New York and Barcelona, who are concentrated on reinventing the banking experience for the digital generation. With its full banking license, state-of-the-art technology and no branch network, N26 is redesigning banking for the 21st century. Before N26, Valentin was an Entrepreneur in Residence for Rocket Internet, an incubator and investor in online startups. There he helped to develop several companies in the mobile payments industry, including payleven and Paymill GmbH. Moreover, he worked in strategy consulting and investment banking.

Valentin has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management and a master’s degree in accounting and finance from the University of St. Gallen. He is currently a member of the advisory board at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Number of Investments 3
Valentin Stalf has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Kitchenful on Oct 21, 2021, when Kitchenful raised
$1.9M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Oct 21, 2021
Kitchenful
Seed Round - Kitchenful
$1.9M
Apr 6, 2021
Kooky
Seed Round - Kooky
€6M
Mar 17, 2021
SEON
Series A - SEON
€10M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 6
Valentin Stalf is the CEO & Founder at N26. Additionally, Valentin Stalf has had 6 past jobs including Entrepreneur in Residence at Rocket Internet.
  • N26 CEO & FounderFeb 2013
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Rocket Internet
Entrepreneur in ResidenceMar 2012Jan 2013
PAYMILL
Head - SalesJul 2012Jan 2013
payleven
Entrepreneur in ResidenceMar 2012Aug 2012
Roland Berger
Consultant - StrategyMay 2010Aug 2010
Deutsche Bank
Team Member - M&AFeb 2010May 2010
Deloitte
Team Member - Corporate FinanceJul 2008Sep 2008
Valentin Stalf studied at University of St. GallenUniversity of St. Gallen, and Sophia University.