Announcing Upvest as Confluent’s 2026 EMEA Data Streaming Startup of the Year

Upvest, a Berlin-based fintech company, is revolutionizing embedded investment solutions for financial institutions by focusing on rapid client onboarding, robust data governance, and operational resilience. Recognized as Confluent's inaugural EMEA Data Streaming Startup of the Year, Upvest is noted for its sophisticated real-time investment infrastructure, which supports major financial institutions like DKB, N26, and Revolut. Since partnering with Confluent in 2021, Upvest has leveraged event-driven architecture to facilitate fast data processing and communication, ensuring compliance with Europe's stringent financial regulations. With Confluent’s cloud-native platform, Upvest achieves high availability and fault tolerance, bolstered by Stream Governance capabilities like Schema Registry for data quality and regulatory compliance. As Upvest continues to expand its transaction volumes, it is poised to enhance its platform with stream processing technologies, such as Confluent Tableflow, to enable real-time analytics and intelligent decision-making, solidifying its position as a leader in building real-time fintech solutions.

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