Finanzen.net Group Snaps Up Ai Investing Startup Vickii

The AI fintech Vickii has been acquired by the finanzen.net Group, a German financial portal and parent company of the neo-broker finanzen.net ZERO. 

Vickii began as a student project in Münster. At just 20 years old, Jai Bheeman, Lukas Söllner, and Alexander Brils founded the fintech while still at university, with the ambition to rethink investing for a digital generation. From the outset, the idea was clear: investing must be intuitive, easy to understand and personalised – and artificial intelligence is the key to scaling this experience.

Over time, early prototypes evolved into a powerful AI engine that simplifies complex market data and supports better investment decisions. Vickii grew to a high-five-figure user base and raised more than €2 million from investors, laying the foundation for a successful exit.

 With this acquisition, Vickii’s technology and team will scale their impact within a European platform reaching millions of users.

“When we founded Vickii, our mission was to make investing clearer and easier for everyone. With the finanzen.net Group, we can now take this mission onto a much bigger stage,” says Jai Bheeman, CTO of Vickii.

The integration provides an ideal environment to accelerate this vision: access to millions of users, an execution-driven business model rather than subscriptions or advertising, and a flexible setup that enables AI features to be brought to market faster, more data-driven and effectively.

“We never doubted our vision – this acquisition shows that we were right,” adds Alexander Brils, CPO of Vickii. 

“A (neo)broker had long been the logical exit route. That the right opportunity has emerged now was not something we could have predicted. With finanzen.net ZERO, we can realise our ideas faster and at greater scale, in an excellent environment.”

With the acquisition of Vickii, the finanzen.net Group is deliberately strengthening its expertise in user-centric, AI-powered financial content and brokerage.

The existing technologies and competencies will be gradually integrated into the finanzen.net portal and the group’s own broker, finanzen.net ZERO.

The aim is to offer investors clearer support for decision-making throughout the entire user journey – from information and analysis to concrete investment decisions.

“AI, when used pragmatically, can create significant value for users. We want to provide our readers with more clearly structured information and give our investors a better orientation. The Vickii team strengthens us precisely in this user-focused application of artificial intelligence,” says Muhamad Chahrour, CEO of the finanzen.net Group.

The Vickii founders will continue to contribute their expertise to the development and advancement of AI-supported products and content within the finanzen.net Group. 

The parties have agreed not to disclose the financial details of the transaction.

Lead image: Jai Bheeman, Lukas Söllner, Alexander Brils. Photo: uncredited.