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Our Innovation Quadrants are a framework to guide you in the startup research and scouting process. The Innovation Quadrant organizes emerging technology categories into four states of innovation by plotting the categories on two axes. One axis uses average age to show maturity. The other uses average funding to give a sense of traction.

Fintech Startups See Accelerated Growth as New Innovations Cool

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The pandemic and resulting economic toll has presented challenging headwinds for startups. In this post we look back on Q2 ending funding trends for fintech startups to determine the trajectory of innovation in this emerging technology sector.

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Fintech Q1 2020 Exit Activity

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The below chart summarizes fintech year-to-date exit activity compared to last year. As you can see, there were 24 exits in Q1 2020, which is a 50% increase from Q1 2019. A quarter of the way through 2020, and we are at 34% of the 2019 full-year exit activity.

Venture Scanner Sector Maps

Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology research areas. We show the categories that make up a sector and a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category. In this post we share our most up-to-date sector maps for all of our 17 sector reports. They are all available for download.

Fintech Q1 2020 Funding

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The below chart summarizes fintech year-to-date funding compared to last year. As you can see, Q1 2020 funding closed at $5.7B, which is a 28% drop from Q1 2019. A quarter of the way through 2020, and we are at 15% of the 2019 full-year funding amount.

Fintech 2019 Exit Activity Dipped After Hitting Record High

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As part of our research process, we track and analyze exit developments within the sector. The below chart shows fintech exit activity over time. As you can see, fintech exit activity achieved a historic high in 2017 and 2018, and then dipped in 2019 to 70 exits.

Fintech 2019 Funding Held Steady

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The below chart shows fintech funding over time and calls out the largest funding round in recent years. As you can see, fintech funding achieved a record year in 2018, and remained stable in 2019 at $39.5B.

Venture Scanner Innovation Quadrants

Our Innovation Quadrants are a framework to guide you in the startup scouting process. The Innovation Quadrant organizes emerging technology categories into four states of innovation by plotting the categories on two axes. One axis uses average age to show maturity. The other uses average funding to give a sense of traction.

Venture Scanner Sector Maps

Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology reports. We show the categories that make up a sector and a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category. In this post we share our most up-to-date sector maps for all of our 17 sector reports. They are all available for download.