N26
N26 is a German-licensed digital bank serving 24 European markets with a mobile-first banking platform. It has raised $1.7B, most recently in a Series E round in 2021, and employs 2,349 people across its Berlin headquarters and other European hubs.
The growth story
N26 grew from 1,293 to 2,349 employees between 2020 and 2026, raising $1.7B along the way, most recently a Series E in October 2021.
About
N26 provides a mobile banking app that lets users manage accounts, payments and cards digitally. It targets consumers who prefer online banking over traditional branch services, particularly in Europe where it operates under a German banking license.
The company has scaled rapidly since its 2013 founding, reaching a $1.7B total funding milestone in 2021. Its workforce of 2,349 spans Berlin and other major European cities, serving customers across 24 markets.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is N26's largest function with 142 employees, reflecting the company's tech-driven approach to banking. The Berlin-based leadership team oversees operations across multiple European hubs.
The N26 org chart
Mike Dargan (Chief Executive Officer) leads 58 mapped leaders with 19 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Head of Customer Operations & Head of Regulatory and Consumer Complaints and PreventionExecutive
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 823 (+68% YoY), Information Technology 207 (+23% YoY), Finance 179 (+13% YoY), Operations 139 (+7% YoY), Business Development 117 (+19% YoY), Product Management 106 (+34% YoY).
Talent flow
N26 draws heavily from Berlin's tech ecosystem, with Zalando, Delivery Hero and HelloFresh among its top talent sources. Alumni frequently move to other fintechs like Revolut and Trade Republic, or tech giants like Amazon.
Most common previous employers of N26 staff: Zalando (15), Deloitte (14), EY (12), Delivery Hero (11), Trade Republic (11), HelloFresh (11). Former N26 employees most often moved to Zalando (8), Trade Republic (6), Revolut (6), On (5), Amazon (5), Nubank (5).
Alumni worth knowing
The N26 mafia
N26 alumni have founded 106 companies, including Nextdoor (963 employees) and Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences (102 employees). Several ventures focus on education and language learning.
110Nirav Tolia, was Supervisory Board Member until 2024François Fourmentin, was Entrepreneur in Residence until 2013Nicolas Kopp, was U.S. CEO until 2020Niklas Radner, was Marketing & Sales Manager until 2015Christian Rebernik, was CTO, Managing Director until 2017Hasib Samad, MBA, was Head of Mobile until 2017
Bastian Krapinger-Ruether, was Entrepreneur in Residence, Productmanagement until 2015
Markus Mueller, was Head of Product until 2017
Elliot Boucher, was N26 Ambassador until 2019
Julian Lechner, was Entrepreneur in Residence until 2016
Louis Fosse, was Business Development until 2017
Max Schertel, was Director Of Business Operations until 2020
Alexander Talkanitsa, was Business Operations until 2021
Victor Cazacu, was Head of Mobile until 2015
Alejandro McCormack, was Product Management until 2019
Viktoria Korzhova, was Head of Product Engagement & Memberships, interim (via Product People) until 2024
Marc Schuhbauer, was Senior Legal Advisor / Team-Lead until 2020
Seb Hapte-Selassie, was Business Development & Operations until 2017
Anais Cisneros, was MBA Consultant until 2019
Louis Malphettes, was Strategy and Operations until 2020
Luiz Santana, was Senior Engineering Manager until 2022
Gerrit Glass, was Market Launcher | International Strategy & Operations Lead until 2020
Luuk de Jonge, was Product intern until 2018
Philipp Hövelmann, was Head of Data & Platform (interim GTM Lead) until 2016
Evrard t'Serstevens, was Digital Business Analyst - Automation until 2019
Martin Schilling, was COO until 2020
Sharif Malik, was Engineering Manager until 2020
Fernando Garcia Torrubia, was Senior Business Development Manager Spain until 2019
Jan Tiegges, was Information Technology Operations Analyst until 2021
Kilian Justus, was Product Management Intern until 2017
George Cambanis, was Business Operations until 2018
Lamine Cheloufi, was Head of Product Management until 2015
Johannes R., was Projektmanager until 2017
Shahzeb Khalid, was Operations Intelligence Manager until 2021
Alexander Walsh, was Strategy & Operations Manager until 2020
Mateusz Pniewski, was Business Analyst until 2019
Maximilian M., was Finance & Strategy until 2019
Max Brenssell, was Project Lead until 2019
Alexander Weber, was Chief Growth Officer until 2023
Christian S., was Business Development until 2017
Maritza Bonano, MBA, was Product Growth Manager until 2016
Rafael Roman, was Principal Engineer until 2024
Alexander Baule, was Business Development Intern until 2021
Mateus Mesquita Alves, was Product Lead until 2025
Alexandra Meyer, was Talent Acquisition until 2021
Daniel Hoppe, was Product Management until 2017
Pasquale Marino, was Editor until 2019
Alessandro Markus, was Associate, Product Strategy & Ops until 2020
Joshua Deeks, AICA.,, was Operational Excellence Manager until 2020
Paiak Vaid, was Growth Strategy & Operations Lead until 2020
Lorenzo Bizzi, was Head of AML & Compliance | MLRO - Italy Branch until 2021
Prokopis Gryllos, was Senior Data Scientist until 2021
Malte Berresheim, was Product Manager - Growth until 2019
Karo Hajduk, was HR Manager/ Technology until 2017
Marius Smith, was Global Partnerships Lead until 2020
Carmen Beissner, was Global Director Customer Experience and Operations until 2021
Sabine Krenn, was HR Manager until 2016
Paula Mariani Mazzoni, was Director Of User Experience until 2022
Lukas Roth, was Manager of Customer Experience until 2017
Felix Vemmer, was Operational Intelligence Data Analyst until 2021
Henrik Hagedorn, was Senior Product & Strategic Designer until 2020
Michael Keskerides, was Head of Product until 2021
Cesar S. Cesar ., was Chief Product Officer for Brazil until 2024
Sarunas Legeckas, was Head Of Partnerships (interim) until 2020
Christopher Alexandre Taylor (Chris TDL), was Ambassador until 2017
Ateeb Nawaz, was Interim director of product until 2023
Mohamed H., was Analytics and Business Intelligence Intern until 2019
Bork Morfaw, was Legal Advisor until 2019
Katharina Heller, was Senior Lead PR & Corporate Communications until 2019
Mohamed Berhanu, was General Manager DACH & Northern Europe (Ad interim) until 2022
Samantha Hendricks, was Global Corporate Communication Lead until 2021
Noor van Boven, was Chief People Officer until 2020
Anna Brandt, was Global Strategy Leader - Recruitment, Sourcing & Attraction (via Brandt Talent Solutions) until 2019
Janet Brönstrup (geb. Haupka), was HR Project Manager until 2018
Agostino Calamia, was Data Scientist until 2022
Nadine Capoën, was Project Leader Customer Service (Team KYC) until 2017
Lewis Pierson, was Lead Program Manager until 2021
Alessandro Toscani, was Senior Business Development Italy until 2020
Marta Echarri, was General Manager Spain & Portugal at N26 until 2023
David Quiring, was Founding Designer until 2020
Amr Thameen, was Senior Product Designer until 2022
Louis Schwingenschlögl, was Senior Business Development, Sponsorships & Partnerships Specialist DACH + Global until 2024
Shadi Payandeh, was Global Senior Product Marketing Manager until 2021
Kevin Van De Casteele, was International Support Specialist until 2016
Keith Speres, was Talent Acquisition Lead and IC - PTX - Product, Design and Tech. until 2023
Danilo Maimone, was Brand Ambassador until 2020
Georg Hauer, was General Manager DACH & Northern Europe until 2021
Navin Premkumar, was Brand Ambassador until 2019
Mike Bitencourt, was Insider - Beta Testers until 2023
Lena Kul, was Employee Experience Partner - Product, Growth, Design & UXR until 2021
Gianluigi Davassi, was Lead Technician until 2017
Theodora Georgiou, was Senior Talent Acquisition Partner / Team Lead Via Tribe.xyz until 2022
Swapnil Gupta, was Software Engineer until 2019
Chris Brown, was Director of Employee Experience until 2018
Matthias Fuchs, was Product Owner until 2017
Victor Osakwe, was Fraud & AML Analyst (Intern) until 2019
Prasoon Shukla, was Data Scientist until 2019
Ilter Önder, was Senior Information Technology Compliance Manager until 2020
Marco Brandon Rossini, was Social Media Coordinator until 2020
Amanda Davis, was Senior UX Researcher until 2021
Abhishek G., was Product until 2018
Kristin Maria Wasilewski, was ext. Consultant - HR Manager until 2016
Tomas Hazleton, was UK Chief Risk & Compliance Officer and MLRO (SMF17) until 2020
Sophie Meralli, was Strategy & Operations, US Expansion until 2018
Kat Callow, was Global Senior Social Media Team Lead until 2022Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 35% direct, 32% search, 3% social, 2% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at N26: Microsoft Office (567), English (537), Project Management (506), SQL (485), Microsoft Excel (469), Teamwork (467), Communication (437), Java (395).
Where the team actually sits
N26 people are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (237), Catalonia, Spain (120), Berlin Metropolitan Area (49), Germany (34). 2 offices on record.
Search footprint
N26 attracts about 38,850 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $149K a month if bought through ads. It gained 4,955 ranking keywords and lost 4,898 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.50 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.10 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.70 / 5
Frequently asked
N26 has 2,349 employees as of September 2026.
N26 has raised $1.7B in total, most recently a Series E round in October 2021.
N26 was founded in 2013 by Victor Kiatkowski.
Mike Dargan (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of N26's reporting structure, with 19 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current N26 staff are Zalando (15 people), Deloitte (14 people), EY (12 people).
Former N26 employees most often move to Zalando (8), Trade Republic (6), Revolut (6).
At least 106 companies have a founder who previously worked at N26, including Nextdoor, Cercle des Langues, Rillet.
N26 attracts about 38,850 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $149K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among N26 staff are Microsoft Office, English, Project Management, SQL, Microsoft Excel.
N26 staff are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (237), Catalonia, Spain (120), Berlin Metropolitan Area (49).
N26 has about 823 people in Engineering, up 68% over the past year, as of September 2026.
N26 has about 207 people in Information Technology, up 23% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 591 current and 887 former N26 profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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