Florian Haagen

Founder and CEO at finAPI

πŸ“ GermanyπŸ”„ Updated September 2026πŸ’Ό 3 investmentsπŸ“… 6 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Nov 2025
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Nov 2025
Calytics develops intelligent SEPA payment solutions that bring security, efficiency, and data-driven intelligence to digital transactions. Our technology enables payment providers, acquirers, and merchants to verify accounts, assess risk, and enhance transaction integrity - all in real time. With deep expertise in financial infrastructure, risk management, and data intelligence, Calytics is building the foundation for trusted, high-performance payment systems across Europe. Our flagship product, DebitGuard, provides seamless account verification and advanced risk assessment for SEPA Direct Debit payments - helping businesses reduce fraud, ensure compliance, and strengthen trust in every transaction.
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Nov 2023
Fair and secure renting with digital tenant referencing. rentcard lets you assess all applicants and select reliable tenants fast. With verified application data, no paperwork, and 100% GDPR compliance.
Founding Board Member
Aug 2020
The Open Finance Association (OFA) is a not-for-profit trade association. It represents companies that believe the next wave of innovation in financial services can be best achieved through access to financial accounts via secure application programming interfaces (APIs). OFA operates from both Brussels and London, helping to shape important open finance developments in both jurisdictions.
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2025
Investor
Nov 2025
Calytics develops intelligent SEPA payment solutions that bring security, efficiency, and data-driven intelligence to digital transactions. Our technology enables payment providers, acquirers, and merchants to verify accounts, assess risk, and enhance transaction integrity - all in real time. With deep expertise in financial infrastructure, risk management, and data intelligence, Calytics is building the foundation for trusted, high-performance payment systems across Europe. Our flagship product, DebitGuard, provides seamless account verification and advanced risk assessment for SEPA Direct Debit payments - helping businesses reduce fraud, ensure compliance, and strengthen trust in every transaction.
2023
Investor
Nov 2023
Fair and secure renting with digital tenant referencing. rentcard lets you assess all applicants and select reliable tenants fast. With verified application data, no paperwork, and 100% GDPR compliance.
2020
Founding Board Member
Aug 2020
The Open Finance Association (OFA) is a not-for-profit trade association. It represents companies that believe the next wave of innovation in financial services can be best achieved through access to financial accounts via secure application programming interfaces (APIs). OFA operates from both Brussels and London, helping to shape important open finance developments in both jurisdictions.
2008
Founder & CEO
Jul 2008
finAPI GmbH is one of Germanys leading open banking providers and is licensed by BaFin as an account information and payment initiation service. The Munich-based company has been developing and implementing excellent software and solutions for the aggregation and analysis of financial data since 2008. The focus is on the product areas of Open Banking, Data Intelligence, KYC, and Payments. Customers already include more than 300 companies from a wide range of industries, including banks, financial service providers, fintechs, insurance companies and software providers. We are currently in a strong growth phase and are looking forward to motivated and dedicated colleagues who want to shape the future of Open Banking with us and drive the digitalization of the financial world. Sounds like an exciting challenge? Then finAPI is the right place for you. Here, you can find our current job offers: www.finapi.io/careers Apply now and join our team!
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