Gaming fintech Tradelite raises money from business angels

The Munich-based company wants to combine video games and financial education. They are now receiving capital from the gaming world for this idea.

A different take on financial gambling: Munich-based start-up Tradelite Solutions wants to enable video game developers to impart financial knowledge via games. With the idea, the company has now successfully raised money from some business angels for the first time. The money comes, among others, from Heiko Hubertz, founder of the games companies Bigpoint and Whow-Games. The company was silent about the amount of the round. "In addition to the actual capital, it was important for us to receive further strategic impetus from our business angels to open up the growing market of currently three billion video gamers worldwide to the topic of finance and the stock market," says co-founder and CEO Tracy Chang.

With its in-house "Financial Entertainment Platform", Tradelite wants to enable developers to integrate financial and capital market data into their games, both historically and in real time. The company said it sees itself as a complement to existing platforms such as Unity. The Tradelite offering is intended primarily to equip casual games that focus on imparting knowledge.

Tracy Chang, Matthias Kröner and Uwe Franke founded the start-up last year. Kröner was previously involved in the founding of the fintechs DAB Bank and Fidor Bank.