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promising startups.A few years ago, few people would have bet on a startup creating a bank from scratch
N26 now has over 1.5 million clients and a ton of funding.N26 originally launched at TechCrunch Disrupt London back in 2014
The company didn't win the Startup Battlefield
At the time, the company was called Number26 and they had 0 client
It was probably too early and too risky for our panel of judges
They let me test the product back when everything was in German
And it always feels great when Startup Battlefield companies graduate and come back to Disrupt as regular speakers.But N26 also faces a lot
The conference will take place on November 29-30 and you can buy your ticket right now.In addition to fireside chats and panels, like this
one, new startups will participate in the Startup Battlefield Europe to win the highly coveted Battlefield cup.Valentin Stalf CEO
Co-founder, N26Born in Vienna, Valentin studied Accounting Finance (M.A
HSG) at the University of St
Gallen, Sophia University in Tokyo and the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
During his studies he worked in a number of fields including Strategy Consulting and Investment Banking/Mergers Acquisition
Before he founded N26 together with Maximilian Tayenthal, he was with the Internet Incubator Rocket Internet as Entrepreneur in Residence
and involved in building different companies
