BKN301 announced that it has closed a €21.5 million Series B round to support the next stage of its global growth and product development. The round includes participation from Simest SpA, CDP Venture Capital SGR, Azimut Italia, FNDX VC, and Alisei Forinvestments of Aldo Fumagalli.
BKN301 is a fintech company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that offers a modern Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) and payments platform designed to help banks, fintechs, and digital platforms integrate and scale financial services efficiently.
Founded in 2021, the company provides what it describes as a “fintech architecture” via its “Orchestrator” product. This unified API layer brings together core banking, open banking, payment processing, and AI/GenAI capabilities into a single modular platform.
At its core, BKN301 targets organizations that want to embed financial services (such as payments, card issuance, e-wallets, and cross-border transactions) into their businesses without building extensive, legacy banking infrastructure themselves. By doing so, it aims to reduce the complexity often associated with launching new financial service offerings—such as integration burdens, regulatory compliance, and vendor fragmentation—and enable faster product launches, greater geographic reach (especially into emerging markets), and lower total cost of ownership.
In addition, BKN301 emphasizes its mission around financial inclusion, global scale, and working across “barriers” in underserved markets. For example, its web site notes a focus on EMEA, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), North Africa and emerging regions, where banking infrastructure may be less developed but digital penetration is high.
The company reiterated its mission to make business finance seamless, scalable, and accessible for modern teams worldwide. Since its founding, BKN301 has aimed to eliminate pain points created by manual workflows, disconnected financial systems, and operational inefficiencies.
According to the announcement, the investment will help accelerate the company’s infrastructure development and broaden its reach as demand for modern B2B financial solutions increases.
