Qwist
Qwist provides financial data aggregation and open banking solutions, connecting third-party providers with bank account information. The Berlin-based company, founded in 2019, has raised $26M in funding and employs 94 people.
The growth story
Qwist grew from 87 to 94 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $26M along the way, most recently a Series A in June 2021.
About
Qwist builds software that aggregates financial data and connects third-party providers with bank account information, primarily serving banks and businesses that need access to customer financial data. The company claims it can connect to 99% of customer bank accounts.
The company raised $26M in a Series A round in June 2021, with investors including Berliner Volksbank Ventures and finleap. It has grown to 94 employees since its 2019 founding.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Qwist's largest function, with 23 employees. The company has a median tenure of 2 years, suggesting moderate turnover.
The Qwist org chart
Matt Colebourne (CEO Qwist) leads 30 mapped leaders with 10 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
- General Counsel | Chief Legal Officer | Compliance & Risk Officer | Authorized Signatory | LawyerExecutive
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 28 (-22% YoY), Information Technology 11 (-15% YoY), Sales 9 (-10% YoY), Business Development 8 (0% YoY), Product Management 5 (-29% YoY), Customer Success and Support 4 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Qwist hires from financial technology firms like MyValue Solutions and ndgit, with multiple hires from each. Alumni frequently move to Deloitte and Zalando. Employees come from universities including Freie Universität Berlin and Imperial College London.
Most common previous employers of Qwist staff: MyValue Solutions (3), ndgit (3), Searchmetrics (part of Conductor) (2), Ladenzeile (2), PAIR Finance (2), Lendico Deutschland (2). Former Qwist employees most often moved to Deloitte (5), Zalando (4), BWI (4), finbyte (3), EPI Company (3), Liechtenstein Life | Prosperity (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Qwist mafia
Qwist alumni have founded 8 companies, including forward earth (35 staff) and Amara (6 staff).
8Micha Schildmann, was Product Lead (external) until 2019Philipp Hartz, was Member of the Advisory Board until 2020Anish Bivalkar, was Vice President of Engineering until 2025Steven Koehnke, was Head of IT until 2019Maurice Henry Büttgenbach, was Working Student until 2016Tonny Mutai, was Senior Software Engineer until 2021
Yadigar Zengin, was Senior Software Engineer until 2021
Jessica Tarasoff, was Senior Product Designer until 2021Web traffic
Traffic mix: 0% direct, 0% search, 0% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Qwist: Project Management (23), JavaScript (18), Java (18), SQL (18), Microsoft Office (17), English (16), Leadership (16), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (15).
Where the team actually sits
Qwist people are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (22), Bavaria, Germany (8), Germany (6), Berlin Metropolitan Area (5). 3 offices on record.
Search footprint
Qwist attracts about 128 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $2K a month if bought through ads. It gained 165 ranking keywords and lost 41 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.30 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.30 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.10 / 5
Frequently asked
Qwist has 94 employees as of September 2026.
Qwist has raised $26M in total, most recently a Series A round in June 2021.
Qwist was founded in 2019 by Helmut Kranzmaier.
Matt Colebourne (CEO Qwist) sits at the top of Qwist's reporting structure, with 10 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Qwist staff are MyValue Solutions (3 people), ndgit (3 people), Searchmetrics (part of Conductor) (2 people).
Former Qwist employees most often move to Deloitte (5), Zalando (4), BWI (4).
At least 8 companies have a founder who previously worked at Qwist, including forward earth, Amara, MarathiReferrals.
Qwist attracts about 128 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $2K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Qwist staff are Project Management, JavaScript, Java, SQL, Microsoft Office.
Qwist staff are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (22), Bavaria, Germany (8), Germany (6).
Qwist has about 28 people in Engineering, down 22% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Qwist has about 11 people in Information Technology, down 15% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 73 current and 288 former Qwist profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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