# House of Finance & Tech Berlin

> House of Finance & Tech Berlin is a fintech ecosystem company connecting scale-ups, financial institutions, investors, regulators and policymakers through research, coaching, matchmaking, events and an industry-specific campus. Launched with Berlin public funding in 2024, it shifted to a privately supported operating model in January 2026.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** Berlin, Germany
- **Founders:** Berlin Finance Initiative (Institutional founding initiator), Berlin Partner (Institutional founding initiator)
- **Products:** Scale-up Academy, Fintech Immersion Programme, Financial Wellbeing Score, HoFT Campus, Ecosystem membership
- **Notable:** Launched in 2024 with public and private institutional backing., Established Scale-up Academy tracks in 2025., Published financial wellbeing research with Roland Berger and the Financial Health Initiative.

## Products & services

- **Scale-up Academy** — Coaching and expert access for fintech scale-ups across regulation, fundraising and European market entry.
- **Fintech Immersion Programme** — Berlin preparation, target-market delegation and follow-up; EU and Berlin co-financing.
- **Financial Wellbeing Score** — Public self-assessment and research using a CFPB-based financial wellbeing methodology.
- **HoFT Campus** — Application-based fintech workspace, showroom, meeting rooms and event hosting at Backfabrik; desks from €350 net/month.
- **Ecosystem membership** — Tiered access to intelligence, curated matching, workshops and agenda-setting events.
- **European FinWell Database** — HoFT reports tracking 10,000+ companies across 47 countries; profiles, export and API access vary by service level.
- **Workplace financial wellbeing services** — Workforce diagnostics, provider assessment and introductions, engagement design and repeated measurement.

## Achievements

- Launched in 2024 with public and private institutional backing.
- Established Scale-up Academy tracks in 2025.
- Published financial wellbeing research with Roland Berger and the Financial Health Initiative.
- Completed the planned transition from Berlin institutional funding to association-backed operation in January 2026.
- Completed a London fintech immersion delegation in April 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Association-backed operating model began after institutional public funding ended on 31 December 2025.
- **2026-04** — London immersion delegation completed; lessons published in May.
- **2026-07** — Workplace financial wellbeing findings discussed in Beyond the Paycheck, based on 5,020 employees across 13 industries.
- **2026-09** — Website announced the RegCircle PSD3/PSR session for 6 November and FinWell Summit for 2 December 2026; both remain upcoming at research date.

## Links

- Website: https://hoft.berlin/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hoftberlin/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HouseofFinanceTech

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Last updated: 2026-10-08