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
A new report by CB Insights shows European banks are placing strategic bets across wealth management, lending, payments, regulatory technology and also blockchain. The data was compiled from from 2012 to Q2 2018. Source.
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.
CB Insights reports on first quarter 2017 venture capital deals in their "MoneyTree Report" published in collaboration with PwC; globally, venture capitalists invested $27.1 billion in the first quarter with 2,228 deals; deals and investments increased from the fourth quarter of 2016 and were below the first quarter of 2016. Source
In partnership with The New York Times, CB Insights reports on the top 100 venture capitalists; top on the list is Bill Gurley from Benchmark; notable increases from 2016 include Founders Fund's Brian Singerman who moved to fifth and Lightspeed Venture Partners' Ravi Mhatre who is ranked sixth. 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
41 fintech artificial intelligence deals occurred in the first quarter of 2017; other top industries for investment in the first quarter included sales and client relationship management and health care; overall, there have been 2,320 total deals from the first quarter of 2012 through the first quarter of 2017 accounting for investment of $15.4 billion. Source
Fintech companies raised $2.7 billion from 226 deals in the first quarter of 2017; 22 fintech unicorns in the first quarter with a total value of $77 billion; top funding rounds included Atom and Funding Circle with $100 million each; fintech venture capital funding in Europe increased to $700 million from $200 million in the fourth quarter and is expected to increase from 2016 while the US is expected to report a decrease. Source
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According to data from CB Insights global venture capital funding into fintech dropped 45 percent from Q4 and 25 percent...