# Marco Cancellieri

> Marco Cancellieri is the Italian software engineer and Trade Republic co-founder who turned a hackathon introduction into a working broker-app prototype almost overnight. As the company’s mobile product specialist and Head of Mobile, he helped build a phone-first investing experience that grew from a small Munich project into a Berlin-based bank serving 10 million customers across 18 European countries and overseeing €150 billion in assets.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Head of Mobile at Trade Republic
- **Organizations:** Trade Republic Bank GmbH, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- **Nationality:** Italian
- **Education:** Media Informatics (left before completing the degree), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Rupprecht-Gymnasium München
- **Known for:** Co-founded Trade Republic and built its original mobile-app prototype., Helped turn Trade Republic from a hackathon-era project into a fully licensed European bank serving 10 million customers in 18 countries., Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in Finance in 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Met Christian Hecker and Thomas Pischke at a Munich hackathon and began developing the first broker-app prototype the next day; the trio founded the venture that became Trade Republic.
- **2016** — Developed early prototypes while the team joined Comdirect’s startup incubator and tested the product at programming competitions and hackathons.
- **2018** — The company received its German securities-trading-bank license in December.
- **2019** — Trade Republic opened its mobile brokerage service to the public in Germany.
- **2021** — Trade Republic raised a $900 million Series C at a reported $5.3 billion valuation and passed one million customers.
- **2022** — Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in Finance.
- **2023** — Published and open-sourced Cilicon, Trade Republic’s macOS virtualization tool; the company said it made mobile continuous integration three times faster. Trade Republic also received a full European banking license.
- **2025** — Trade Republic reported 8 million customers and more than €100 billion in assets as it expanded local banking products in Europe.
- **2026** — Trade Republic reported 10 million customers, €150 billion in assets and operations across 18 countries.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Trade Republic and built its original mobile-app prototype.
- Helped turn Trade Republic from a hackathon-era project into a fully licensed European bank serving 10 million customers in 18 countries.
- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in Finance in 2022.
- Won first prize at AngelHack Zurich in 2015 for DietScope.
- Placed third at the UniCredit Appathon in Germany in 2015 with CouchBanking for Apple TV.
- Won first prize at TV Hackday in 2016 with FLIXRAY.
- Created and open-sourced Cilicon, a macOS tool that helped Trade Republic make mobile continuous integration three times faster.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Trade Republic’s public company profile lists 10 million customers, €150 billion in assets and a presence in 18 countries.
- **2026-06** — Trade Republic highlighted new product work including 24/7 phone support, Best Price order routing, access to 30 exchanges and IPO access.
- **2025-09** — Cancellieri amplified Trade Republic’s product keynote on LinkedIn as the company continued widening its banking and savings offering.

## Links

- Website: https://traderepublic.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-cancellieri-5a48b2a2
- GitHub: https://github.com/marcocanc

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Last updated: 2026-09-26