According to a new report by CB Insights global fintech funding reached $5.4bn across 323 deals in Q1 2018; deal activity was highest in the U.S. and Asia, Europe on the other hand fell to a five quarter low; early stage companies in Europe were not receiving investments, though later stage companies were still having success; regtech, wealth management and digital banking led the way, while online lenders lagged behind. Source.
Webinar provided a comprehensive overview of funding for fintechs; gave a fintech investment summary for the US, Europe and Asia; included detailed funding levels for insurtech, wealthtech and blockchain/bitcoin. Source
CB Insights reports on the venture capital industries top investors in unicorn exits; Sequoia Capital ranks first on the list of investors investing in unicorn startups with private market exits during 2009 to March 2017; Sequoia Capital has invested in 18 companies with unicorn exits including fintech company Square Capital. Source
Like many other startups, fintechs face challenges with a slowdown of funding and reduced revenues; these companies are more vulnerable...
CB Insights held a webinar discussing fintech trends in Europe; top trends included insurtech expansion, blockchain, open banking and the changing financial services infrastructure; reports that European fintech has raised $2.637 billion in 2017 from 300 deals with record financing in the first quarter of $1.1 billion. Source
According to data from CB Insights global venture capital funding into fintech dropped 45 percent from Q4 and 25 percent...
CB Insights provides a market map with 102 lending, investing and personal finance startups; gives retail consumers an array of options to choose from; includes companies providing innovative solutions across the entire retail banking market. Source
CB Insights has charted a market map of investment and wealth management companies; the market map includes 90 companies in seven main categories with subcategories for client group; for 2016, the firm reports a new high of 74 deals in wealth tech totaling $657 million; Betterment reported the top investment deal in 2016 with a $100 million Series E investment; in 2017 CB Insights reports 17 deals with $130 million in funding and the top investment going to Raisin with a $32 million Series C funding round. Source
CB Insights provides a list of 189 global unicorns from its private market database; 91 companies are located outside of the US; globally by country, China ranks first in number of private market unicorns with 46; Lufax is the top P2P lender globally by valuation at $18.5 billion. Source
Business Insider has put together a list of the 27 fintech unicorns from around the world; data used to determine...