{"id":11329,"date":"2022-10-13T15:23:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T14:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.x4-technology.com\/?p=11329"},"modified":"2022-12-14T13:04:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T13:04:09","slug":"start-up-to-fintech-unicorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.x4-technology.com\/de\/start-up-to-fintech-unicorn\/","title":{"rendered":"From start-up to fintech unicorn in 3 years with Lukas Wagner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8220;stretch_row&#8220; el_class=&#8220;dark&#8220;][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>Find out how Pipe have gone from start-up to fintech unicorn in 3 years with Lukas Wagner, CFO of Pipe. 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