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Fintech 2019 Funding Held Steady
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.
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Notable Fintech Startups and Varo Money Profile
To give you a view into our research, here is an excerpt from our Fintech Quarterly Review. Our Quarterly Reviews summarize startup activity in technology sectors, provide key analyst takeaways, and profile notable startups.
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Financial Technology Sector Overview - Q3 2019 Update
In this post we examine the different components of the financial technology (fintech) ecosystem. We will illustrate what the categories of innovation are and how they compare with one another.
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Consumer Lending Leads Financial Technology Funding
The financial technology (fintech) industry has seen $161B in all-time funding through Q3 2019. Let's examine the graphic below and analyze which of the 16 fintech categories are leading the sector in total funding amounts.
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Payments Backend Leads Financial Technology Exit Activity
How do the different financial technology (fintech) categories compare in terms of exit activity? Let’s find out in the graph below, which shows the number of all-time fintech acquisitions and IPOs by category through Q3 2019.
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Financial Technology Report Highlights – Q3 2019
Here is our Q3 2019 summary report on the financial technology startup sector. The following report includes a sector overview and recent activity.
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Fintech Funding in 2019 Projected To Dip After Staggering Growth in 2018
How is the funding environment shaping up for financial technology in 2019? As we pass the mid-year mark, let's see how the year-to-date metrics compare to the historical trends. The graph below shows fintech total funding by year, stacked by quarters.
Financial Technology Investor Activity Remained Stable In Recent Years
How has investor appetite in financial technology evolved throughout the years? In this blog post we examine the total investments by year into this sector to help answer that question. The graph below shows the total number of investors in all deals stacked by quarters.
Financial Technology Exit Activity in 2019 Projected To Be Relatively Equal To 2018
How has the exit activity for financial technology developed in the first half of 2019? This blog post explores fintech exit metrics through Q2 2019 and compares them to previous years. The graph below shows the number of fintech exits by year, stacked by quarters.
Financial Technology Report Highlights – Q2 2019
Here is our Q2 2019 summary report on the financial technology startup sector. The following report includes a sector overview and recent activity.