Frankfurt am Main, 13 June 2017 – The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has also advised the Frankfurt-based FinTech awamo GmbH on its second seed financing round. After a first financing round in 2015 the company's financing volume could now be increased to EUR 2 million.

Among the investors of the current financing round are Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG), a subsidiary of the development bank KfW, and elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization, a leading Swiss foundation focussing its investments on the social impact sector. The engagement of these two renowned companies reflects the successful development of awamo GmbH since 2015. Apart from the institutional sponsors also private investors such as Bernard Wendeln, co-founder of the first German social venture capital fund BonVenture, and Jochen Berger, founder of intergenia, could be won. With the additional capital the start-up intends to roll out its service throughout Uganda and prepare the market entry in Kenya and Tanzania. Here the management will be supported by a newly formed, yet experienced supervisory board with the relevant network.

FinTech awamo GmbH was founded in 2015 by Benedikt Kramer, Philipp Neub and Roland Claussen and operates in the microfinance sector. It offers mobile, biometric comprehensive solutions to non-regulated microfinance institutions in the sub-Saharan region of Africa. The software digitises business processes, thus facilitating the work of the lenders. This way people with no regular access to financial services can for the first time obtain credits. The start-up awamo GmbH has its registered office in Frankfurt am Main and maintains a subsidiary with two branch offices in Uganda.

The advisory services rendered to awamo GmbH by the team of BEITEN BURKHARDT's Frankfurt office which frequently advises participation rounds on both the investor and the start-up side once again shows the growing importance of FinTechs in Germany, thus proving the versatile commitment of the law firm's corporate / M&A practice to the start-up scene on the one hand and the investors on the other.

Advisor awamo:
BEITEN BURKHARDT: Dr Gesine von der Groeben (in charge) and Dr Mario Riechmann – both Corporate / M&A in Frankfurt am Main

Contact:
Dr Gesine von der Groeben
Phone: +49 69  75 60 95 – 393
E-mail: Gesine.vonderGroeben@bblaw.com

Public Relations:
Frauke Reuther
Phone: +49 69 75 60 95 – 570
E-mail: Frauke.Reuther@bblaw.com