Stated facts & numbers

Ingels founded Clear2Pay at age 28 and sold it in 2014 to FIS, a large American player. (0:12:15, Ben's Mentors 2026-01-21)
During the 2008 banking crisis Clear2Pay had €5M monthly payroll and banks didn't pay invoices for six months. (1:24:02, Ben's Mentors 2026-01-21)
Clear2Pay was founded in 1999 and grew in ~15 years to 20 countries and about 1,200 employees. (0:03:07, BlackBird Business Events 2024-10-24)
Clear2Pay was sold in 2014 to FIS for €375 million. (0:03:07, BlackBird Business Events 2024-10-24)
Ingels was 28 years old when he founded Clear2Pay, after ~6 years in bank venture capital including work in the US. (0:04:08, BlackBird Business Events 2024-10-24)
In 2009 Ingels convinced Aquiline Capital Partners to invest $50 million in Clear2Pay, pitching with a single slide; Intel was also an investor. (0:05:08, BlackBird Business Events 2024-10-24)
Ingels left Clear2Pay three months after the sale, despite the norm of staying one or two years. (0:28:44, BlackBird Business Events 2024-10-24)
Jürgen Ingels sold Clear2Pay in 2014 and then set up venture capital fund Smartfin Capital. (0:03:38, De CFO Podcast 2026-03-30)