Bitpanda, one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs, closed a $263 million Series C funding round, the company said Tuesday.

• The round, led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, values the company at $4.1 billion. It comes just months after a $170 million Series B in March that valued the firm at $1.2 billion and made Bitpanda Austria's first-ever tech unicorn.
• The Vienna-based investment platform said it will use the fresh capital to double down on technology, international expansion and growth. 
• Billionaire hedge fund manager Alan Howard, REDO Ventures and existing investors LeadBlock Partners and Jump Capital also participated in the round.
• Founded as a bitcoin exchange in 2014 by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer, Bitpanda has since expanded beyond crypto to offer the trading of stocks, precious metals and exchange-traded funds.

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