Valuation scaled from €250M to €1B.
Unicorn status, built on Azure.
A legacy on-premises deposit platform was rebuilt on Azure microservices and layered with AI-driven decision-making — the infrastructure behind a fourfold jump in valuation.
before the migration
unicorn status
company valuation
replacing legacy systems
Client
A German-based FinTech firm specialising in innovative deposit services.
Goal
Modernise deposit services, boost scalability and security, and deliver innovative financial solutions to strengthen the firm’s position as a global FinTech player.
The legacy platform that got them here couldn’t take them further.
The firm was running its deposit services on a legacy on-premises system — the kind of setup that gets a fintech off the ground but buckles under real growth. Every scaling decision ran into the same wall: infrastructure built for a smaller company than the one it was becoming.
Moving to the cloud meant more than a lift-and-shift. Data integrity, security and regulatory compliance all had to hold through the transition, in a sector where a slip on any of the three is existential.
Three constraints were non-negotiable:
- Legacy on-premises architecture with no headroom for scale
- Data integrity, security and regulatory compliance at risk during transformation
- Operations had to scale without losing performance or reliability
Rebuilt on Azure, then made intelligent.
The legacy platform was migrated onto Azure and rearchitected around microservices, trading a monolithic on-premises system for one built to scale and perform under load.
A fintech doesn’t reach unicorn status on infrastructure built for a smaller company.
AI-driven strategies were layered on top to optimise operations, sharpen decision-making, and open up data-driven growth — turning the new infrastructure into a source of ongoing advantage rather than a one-off technical upgrade.
Every technology decision was tied back to business strategy, so the migration supported sustainable expansion rather than just a platform swap.
From €250M to a €1B unicorn.
The cloud-native rebuild gave the business room to grow into, and the AI layer gave it a way to make better use of every dataset along the way. The firm scaled from a €250M valuation to €1B unicorn status, with the infrastructure and decision-making processes in place to sustain it.
* Case studies reflect work undertaken by our Heads of AI either during their tenure with Head of AI or in prior roles before they were part of the Head of AI network; they are provided for illustrative purposes only and are based on conversations with our Heads of AI.
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*Case studies reflect work undertaken by our Heads of AI either during their tenure with Head of AI or in prior roles before they were part of the Head of AI network; they are provided for illustrative purposes only and are based on conversations with our Heads of AI.