Upvest strengthens engineering leadership to drive its next stage of growth

• Roberto Fajardo, ex-Adyen and Backbase, joins to lead engineering as Upvest scales product delivery across Europe
• Alexander Matthey, CTO of AI-unicorn Parloa, joins the board as Non-Executive Director, further strengthening engineering’s voice in Upvest’s growth journey
• The addition of these top engineering leaders reinforces Upvest’s ambition to lead Europe in investment infrastructure innovation

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Berlin, 13. August 2025 – Upvest, the leading investment infrastructure provider in Europe, today announces two key leadership hires to support its next phase of growth. Roberto Fajardo joins as SVP Engineering and Alexander Matthey joins the board as Non-Executive Director. Together, they bring deep experience in scaling financial infrastructure in regulated spaces and building world-class engineering cultures.

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Roberto Fajardo joins Upvest from listed payments giant Adyen where he led a global engineering team. Prior to that, he spent over seven years at AI-powered banking platform Backbase during a phase of hyper-growth, where he scaled the engineering team responsible for modernising digital banking infrastructure.

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At Upvest, Roberto will lead engineering strategy and organisation as the company continues to rapidly expand its product portfolio.

With a strong track record in leading high-growth tech teams, Roberto will be responsible for driving engineering excellence, accelerating delivery, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement. “Delivering customer value through fast, pragmatic iterations over chasing perfection is a mindset I truly believe in”, he added. “Upvest shares that mindset. It’s an environment where engineers move fast, learn quickly, and build with purpose.”

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In addition, Alexander Matthey is joining Upvest’s board as a Non-Executive Director. Alex brings invaluable expertise in building global platforms, leading through scale, and adopting AI for efficiency gains. As part of the board, he will provide strategic guidance on scaling technology and applying AI across the organisation.

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“Upvest has established itself as the leading player in Europe’s investment infrastructure space,” said Alex. “It’s rare to find a company that combines deep infrastructure capabilities with a culture that’s both ambitious and grounded. I’m excited to support this next chapter in an advisory role.”

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These strategic hires follow a period of rapid growth for Upvest, which secured its €100m Series C funding in 2024 and expanded into the UK market in 2025. With demand rising for modern, API-first investment infrastructure, Upvest is investing heavily in technology and talent to meet the needs of Europe’s leading financial institutions.

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“Roberto and Alex bring a rare combination of infrastructure know-how, hands-on scale-up experience, and visionary thinking,” said Martin Kassing, CEO and co-founder of Upvest. “They share our belief that strong engineering is the foundation for long-term leadership and we’re thrilled to have them on board.”

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About Upvest
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Upvest is on a mission to make investing money as easy as spending it. The company empowers businesses to offer a wide range of investment products and the best user experience in the fields of capital market investment and retirement planning. Upvest’s Investment API is easy to integrate so that fintechs and enterprises alike can save resources and fully focus on their core business.

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Upvest is one of the few fintechs in Europe that can provide its B2B clients with the full range of investment opportunities in the areas of principal broking business, proprietary trading, and safe custody business. The company was founded in 2017 by Martin Kassing and currently employs more than 220 people across its hubs in Berlin, London and Tallinn.

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Upvest Press Contact

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Julieta Varsano

press@upvest.co

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