Trade Republic reaches a valuation of 12.5 billion after the entry of the Arnault and Agnelli families

Trade Republic lays the foundations to consolidate its growth after becoming the second technology company in Europe behind Revolut. The German neobank has closed a secondary financing round of 1,200 million that boost the group’s valuation in 12,500 million with which it supports its long-term growth plan of becoming one of the main digital banking and savings platforms.

The round has seduced funds such as Wellington Management, the Singapore Sovereign Fund (GIC), Fidelity and Khosla Venturestogether with Lingotto Innovation, linked to the family Agnelli -the founders of Fiat- and Aglaéthe technology investment arm of the Arnault family. Other existing ones such as Founders Fund, Sequoia, Accel, TCV and Thrive Capital have also participated, which have increased their participation.

“Become in the second technological company in Europe and first in Germany reinforces the credibility of the model and confirms that long-term savings and investment are already a priority for millions of Spaniards and Europeans,” he points out. the country manager in Spain and Portugal of Trade Republic, who highlights that the transaction reinforces the shareholder base “even more” on which the group is based, which is profitable for three years and, therefore, does not require new capital.

In the different financing rounds, Trade Republic has raised more than 1,000 million in primary capital throughout your financing rounds after obtaining the full banking license from the European Central Bank (ECB) in 2023. In the last twelve months, the neobank has focused its offer on France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands and Austriasomething that has been achieved with the launch of savings accounts for minors and the expansion of its catalog with new asset classes such as private markets, fixed income and a cryptocurrency wallet.

Trade Republic has doubled its client base to more than ten million people managing €150 billion in assets. “This transaction underlines that the cultural shift towards retail investment in Europe it has only just begun, especially as governments like Germany push for pension reforms to encourage private investment in shares among the population,” says Christian Hecker, co-founder of Trade Republic.

Nationally, 2025 has been a year of expansion for Trade Republic after obtaining the license by the Bank of Spain (BdE) to operate as a branch and begin offering bank accounts with Spanish Iban. Its objective is to position itself as a international alternative to local entitieswith the focus on a new generation of savers. In this sense, they have promoted access to 2,000 investment funds from different managers and to venture capital by lowering the minimum entry ticket to one euro.

a few weeks ago Revolut reached a valuation of 75 billion dollars (about 64 billion euros) at the current exchange rate, backed by Nvidia and Fidelity. To put it in context, CaixaBank’s valuation is currently around 72.6 billion. On your side, Trade Republic With those 12.5 billion, it is close to Bankinter (12.6 billion) and Sabadell Bankwhose capitalization is around 16,000 million.