CB Insights has analyzed 1,098 startups which raised capital from 2008 to 2010; only 46% followed with a second funding round and 14% achieved a fourth round of funding; only 10 companies or 0.91% achieved unicorn status with a valuation of $1 billion and approximately 70% of the startups have failed. Source
Like many other startups, fintechs face challenges with a slowdown of funding and reduced revenues; these companies are more vulnerable...
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
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
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
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 has released their latest report which highlights investments in fintech and sector trends to watch; they found in...
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
According to data from CB Insights global venture capital funding into fintech dropped 45 percent from Q4 and 25 percent...
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