UpToMore is a Dutch fintech startup that has been working on one mission since 2020: to break open investing and make it accessible to everyone. After years of building and testing, UpToMore officially launched in June 2025. With its own fully automated investment fund without intermediaries such as banks, UpToMore offers the lowest costs in the Netherlands among asset managers in most cases. Due to the rare UCITS license, which has been granted to only a few parties in the Netherlands, UpToMore can expand freely and without barriers throughout Europe by the end of this year.
UpToMore was founded by Karl de Bolster and Michael van Balen. Two men with extensive experience in the financial world, who have been wondering for years about how complicated investing has been made, especially through jargon and offering unnecessary and unwise choices for the average person. It can and must be done differently.
They are often asked: “isn’t investing just gambling?” Karl explains it soberly: “If you have a financial buffer, have money left over that you don’t need for the next 5 years, and believe that the world economy as a whole will continue to grow, then investing is usually your best move.”
Both are happy to speak to the press and media about what sensible investing really means.
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2025-07-15 | Interview | Quote | Uptomore raises €3 million with the ‘most boring investment app’ |
2025-07-15 | News | MT/Sprout | Fresh funding for Bux challenger UpToMore |
14-07-2025 | News article | Silicon Canals | The Hague’s UpToMore raises €3M to challenge BUX with the ‘most boring investment app in the Netherlands’ |
14-07-2025 | News article | Vectrix | UpToMore raises €3 million |
14-07-2025 | News article | Marketing Report | UpToMore launches investment app without bank or broker |
14-07-2025 | News article | FoundersToday | UpToMore raises €3M to launch Europe’s “Most Boring” Investment App |
14-07-2025 | News article | Startup Rise | UpToMore Raises €3M to Launch Easy Investment App In The Netherlands |
2025-07-14 | News | WijBusinessNieuws | Million-euro investment for new Dutch app UpToMore |
2025-07-14 | News | Bank News | Investing without a bank or broker: million-euro investment for new Dutch app UpToMore |
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14-07-2025 | Investing without a bank or broker |