Sweden's Mynt acquires Estonian fintech startup CostPocket
What's the deal? Swedish fintech company Mynt has acquired CostPocketDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, an Estonian startup founded a decade ago. The two companies had already worked together before the acquisition.
What do they do? CostPocket builds expense and receipt management tools for businesses. Mynt is a Swedish financial technology company that offers spend management services.
Why now? The prior partnership between the two firms laid the groundwork for the deal. Buying CostPocket lets Mynt fold an existing collaborator directly into its product.
What changes? The acquisition is set to reshape CostPocket's product and open new options for its customers in Estonia and Finland. CostPocket chief executive officer Toni Kristian Kivinen has addressed the company's future independence, brand, and team.
The signal: The deal marks another Nordic buyer picking up an Estonian software startup, a pattern of consolidation in the region's fintech sector as larger players absorb the smaller specialists they already work with.
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