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We could talk a lot about why Transtar Networks hybrid-cloud solution is the perfect infrastructure for FinTechs/Financial institutions looking to be compliant and more secure. However, as you can see, the cost-cutting alone makes this a game-changer. We don’t know anyone who shouldn’t talk to Luciano Rod about this! Stockholm Fintech Week Robin Egerot Lana Brandorne Grace Marshall Peter Larsson Richard Garnier

More to come! If you’re an issuer or acquirer of card schemes then Torus willl be your best friend. Take the chance to talk to Kirill Lisitsyn at Stockholm Fintech Week to learn how you can boost your earnings! Robin Egerot Lana Brandorne Grace Marshall Peter Larsson Richard Garnier

Another of our impressive founders on stage at Stockholm Fintech Week! Mari-Liis Soe (Kurg) at Complok changing the game of RegTech! Lana Brandorne Grace Marshall Peter Larsson Richard Garnier Robin Egerot

A lot of Goose Valley portfolio companies making their mark on Stockholm Fintech Week. Mats Persson Bergius at Lunar presenting the banking-as-a-service part, Moonrise. Lana Brandorne Grace Marshall Peter Larsson Richard Garnier

New funding alert ?? We are happy to announce Alfvén & Didrikson investing in Open Payments! They bring a strong FinTech track record and experience that will be important on the next part of the journey. We look forward to continue working with Louise Brandt, the team and the great group of investors backing them: Industrifonden, Luminar Ventures, Brightly Ventures and Global Brain Corporation https://lnkd.in/dvxnuRxK Robin Egerot Lana Brandorne Richard Garnier Peter Larsson Grace Marshall Emil Ahlanzberg M?ns Alfven

?? Excited to announce that one of our latest portfolio company founders, Kirill Lisitsyn, Co-Founder of Torus, will be speaking at Stockholm Fintech Week on card payments profitability. ?? With over a decade of experience at Accenture and Mastercard, Kirill is now leveraging his expertise to empower mid-market players with data-driven insights. His talk will explore scheme fees analysis and how understanding these fees can significantly boost profitability in a high-volume, low-margin world. We at Goose Valley Ventures are also the official partner of Investor-Startup Matchmaking at Stockholm Fintech Week. We are thrilled to support the next wave of fintech superstars in Nordics and Baltics. Come say hi to the Goose Valley team! Robin Egerot Richard Garnier Lana Brandorne Grace Marshall Love Dager

Great to see Goose Valley Ventures moving Baltic FinTech on to the list through Torus! Kirill Lisitsyn Lana Brandorne Richard Garnier Peter Larsson

Excited to welcome Transtar to the Goose Valley Ventures portfolio! ???? Why are we backing Transtar? ?? Exceptional leadership: Co-founder and CEO Luciano Rod brings 15+ years of experience in systems engineering, cloud operations, and regulatory compliance. ?? Founder-market fit: A team deeply attuned to the challenges of launching secure, compliant financial services in Europe’s regulated market. ?? Innovative product: Transtar’s Zircon Cloud platform is simplifying cloud infrastructure for FinTechs, offering compliant, cost-efficient solutions with features like automated testing and real-time monitoring. ?? Strong early traction: Over 13,000 paid users, €600,000 in ARR, and operations spanning 11+ countries—all in just 15 months. Why Transtar matters: For FinTech companies and SMBs, Transtar makes launching and scaling secure financial services faster and more affordable: ? Deploy compliant infrastructure in minutes. ? Reduce cloud costs by up to 60%. ? Scale efficiently with tools built for FinTech needs. We’re thrilled to partner with Transtar on their mission to empower European FinTechs with secure and scalable infrastructure. Let’s shape the future of financial services together! ???? Kudos to Robin Egerot for leading the process on our side, and to Luciano Rod and the Transtar team for entrusting us with this journey. Read more about our investment in Transtar link in the comments. Richard Garnier Lana Brandorne Peter Larsson Grace Marshall

Great to see two of our portfolio companies on the list for FinTechs, Torus and Lunar! Lana Brandorne Richard Garnier Robin Egerot Peter Larsson

If you want to be the best you have to work with the best. With Goose Valley we have high ambitions when building a leading FinTech investor and target to work with people who know what it takes. Therefore we are happy to announce that we now have an advisory board to support us in our mission. ? Kanishk Walia?has c.15 years of experience in the broader financial services and fintech ecosystem.?More specifically, he has spent the past decade deeply immersed in the fintech vertical, with just under half that time as a founder and CEO of a B2B fintech, building AI/ ML driven credit risk assessment software for banks, lenders and insurers, and the remainder as a venture and growth investor in B2B software and fintech companies, having invested in c.25 Pre-Seed to Series B, fintech start-ups over that period.?Kanishk?holds a Bachelors in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. ? We have had the pleasure to work with him recently as an advisor to Springboard and he brings great expertise within the FinTech, both as an investor and as an operator. He was critical in the work of building our Springboard portfolio and picking really strong FinTechs. All in all, we are very happy to welcome?Kanishk?to the advisory board and very lucky to be working with him! Robin Egerot Richard Garnier Lana Brandorne Peter Larsson