• High-Tech Gründerfonds, Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital and several business angels invest around 1.9 million euros in a seed financing round
• anybill creates new dimensions in the payment ecosystem and enables the transfer of digital documents across industries through a dense network of cash register software partners

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Munich/Regensburg. The tech company anybill has received seed financing of 1.9 million euros — the High-Tech Gründerfonds and Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital as well as other business angels, including PAYONE founders Jan Kaniess and Carl Frederic Zitscher. The financing will primarily be used to expand the acceptance infrastructure and product development.

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The document issuance obligation that came into force in 2020, which states, on the one hand, that a document must be issued for every business transaction and, on the other hand, defines that the receipt can also be issued digitally, has created a fundamental requirement for everyone who issues cash receipts. anybill aims to deliver a digital receipt for every payment — in merchant apps, banking and payment apps or without an application — where consumers Expect receipts from tomorrow. For comprehensive technical coverage, anybill relies on cash register integrations and has already gained more than 35 POS partners in recent months. With the flexible and scalable API services, retailers of all sizes and industries have the opportunity to issue digital receipts. anybill acts as a technical enabler and, via SDK modules, enables digital documents to be used as an embedded service in third-party applications, such as banking or merchant apps. In addition to numerous cash register software integrations, the company was able to acquire the first major paying customers as well as SMEs and banks.

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In acceptance applications from the partner ecosystem, digital documents and purchasing details can be managed and also approved for further processing. Possible examples include exports for accounting applications or warranty purposes. The aim is to enable digital receipt receipt, in particular, to be fully integrated and also linked to card payment - without further mention of an email address or mobile number.

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Beyond Payment - Towards a Digital Receipt Scheme

Lea Frank is co-founder and CEO of anybill and is convinced of this: “With the support of know-how and the right network gained from the financing round, we are taking a decisive step closer to our goal as an enabler for the issuance, acceptance and further processing of digital purchasing documents. We add an additional layer to the existing payment infrastructure to enrich transactions with purchasing information. Through our POS ecosystem on the one hand and our partner network on the other, we bring both worlds together and thus offer a unique technical basis. We provide genuine value-added payment services and can significantly contribute to enabling full automation of digital document management in the future.”

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anybill was founded in December 2019 by Lea Frank, Tobias Gubo and Patrick Göttler. The company currently employs around 25 people at its locations in Regensburg and Munich. In the future, the team in particular will be expanded and the partner and acceptance network expanded.

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Louis Heinz, senior investment manager at High-Tech Gründerfonds, comments:

“From the outset, we were convinced that the most promising way to set up holistic document management was via a broad POS network and integration with third-party payment & retail providers. This is exactly where anybill has shown strong development in recent months and we are pleased to support the team in the next phase of growth. ”

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About the High-Tech Gründerfonds

‍The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances technology start-ups with growth potential. With a volume of around 900 million euros spread across three funds and an international partner network, HTGF has supported more than 650 start-ups since 2005. His team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts supports young companies with know-how, entrepreneurial spirit and passion. The focus is on high-tech start-ups in the areas of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have invested more than 3.5 billion euros in the HTGF portfolio in more than 1,800 follow-up financing rounds. In addition, the fund has already successfully sold shares in more than 140 companies.

Fund investors in the public-private partnership include the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, KfW Capital, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and 32 companies.

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About Ilavska Vuillermoz CapitaliLavska

Vuillermoz Capital (IVC) is a Luxembourgish private equity firm founded in 2019. IVC's Venture Capital FinTech arm has already invested in companies such as N26, Penta, Solarisbank and many other well-known FinTechs. anybill is one of the fund's first early-stage investments.

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About anybill

anybill aims to deliver a digital receipt for every payment — in merchant apps, banking and payment apps, or without an application — where tomorrow's consumers expect receipts. For comprehensive technical coverage, anybill relies on cash register integrations and, with flexible and scalable API services, retailers of all sizes and industries have the option of issuing digital receipts. anybill acts as a technical enabler and uses SDK modules to use digital receipts as an embedded service in third-party applications, such as banking or merchant apps. anybill was founded in December 2019 by Lea Frank, Tobias Gubo and Patrick Göttler and has locations in Regensburg and Munich.

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