A report providing an overview of the Financial Technology (fintech) startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
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Venture Scanner Fintech Report Q3 2017
1. Q3 Startup Market Trends and Insights
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
August 2017
2. Financial technology report outline
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This report provides an overview of the fintech sector and is broken down into three
sections
SectorDescription
High-level sector metrics,
innovation quadrant, and
category definitions
Trends& Insights
Infographics and data points
for the financial technology
sector
QuarterlyActivity
Major funding and exit
events from the previous
90 days
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database and research platform
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Financial technology startups are creating new businesses in 16 categories
The full Venture Scanner market report
and database tracks 2,267 companies
with $72B in funding
FINANCIAL
TECHNOLOGY
The graphic above shows only a sampling of companies in each category, data as of July 2017
Lending PersonalFinance Payments EquityFinancing InternationalTransfer
RetailInvesting InstitutionalInvesting
Security Infrastructure BusinessTools Crowdfunding Research& DataDigitalBanking
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Innovation quadrant for financial technology
This quadrant shows a relative segmentationof the categories with respect to oneanother, data as of July 2017
AverageFunding
ESTABLISHED HEAVYWEIGHTS
PIONEERS DISRUPTORS
AverageAge
Consumer
Lending
Payment
Backend
Consumer
Payments
Business
Lending
POS
Payments
Banking
Infrastructure
Transaction
Security International
Transfer
Equity Financing
Crowdfunding
BusinessTools
Retail Investing
Personal Finance
Digital
Banking
Institutional Investing
Financial Data
6. Financial technology startups play in many different categories (1 of 2)
6Category stats as of July 2017
BankingInfrastructure
148 Startups, $2.2B Total Funding
Companies that improve the operations of financial
institutions, including banking API services and big data
analytics
DigitalBanking
75 Startups, $2B Total Funding
Companies that provide consumer and commercial
banking services digitally, including internet-only
banking institutions and virtual credit cards
BusinessLending
216 Startups, $12B Total Funding
Companies that offer new ways for businesses to obtain
business loans and have their credit risk assessed,
including micro-financing
ConsumerPayments
202 Startups, $13B Total Funding
Companies that are centered around payment issuers and
consumers, including mobile wallets, credit card
aggregators, and peer-to-peer payments
Equity Financing
147 Startups, $802M Total Funding
Companies that help businesses raise capital in exchange
for equity, including crowdsourcing platforms and
secondary markets
ConsumerLending
299Startups, $22B Total Funding
Companies that offer new ways for consumers to obtain
personal loans and have their credit risk assessed,
including peer-to-peer lending platforms
Crowdfunding
83 Startups, $554M Total Funding
Companies that help users raise non-equity and non-debt
financing, including platforms to raise funds for products,
social causes, and creative projects
FinancialResearchand Data
82 Startups, $906M Total Funding
Companies that provide information services that enable
investors to make better decisions, including data APIs
and custom research sources
7. Financial technology startups play in many different categories (2 of 2)
7Category stats as of July 2017
FinancialTransactionSecurity
115 Startups, $2B Total Funding
Companies that help secure transactions, authenticate
users, and prevent fraud by using tools like algorithms
and big data analysis
InternationalMoney Transfer
73 Startups, $1.6B Total Funding
Companies that allow for the sending of money abroad
easily and cheaply, including digital remittances, mobile
top-offs, and gift cards
InstitutionalInvesting
179 Startups, $1.5B Total Funding
Companies that help professional traders and wealth
managers manage their portfolios and optimize their
returns
PersonalFinance
240 Startups, $3.5B Total Funding
Companies that help consumers manage their finances,
including tracking expenses, managing a budget, and
optimizing reward points
RetailInvesting
172 Startups, $2.4B Total Funding
Companies that provide new ways for consumers to invest
in securities, including robo-investors and social investing
networks
PaymentsBackendand Infrastructure
215 Startups, $14B Total Funding
Companies that enable or optimize payment protocols,
including online payment gateways and back-ends for
web or mobile apps
Point of Sale (POS)Payments
180 Startups, $8.8B Total Funding
Companies that are centered around payment acquirers,
including mobile POS terminals and streamlined POS
methods like palm scanners and QR codes
Small and MediumBusinessTools
227Startups, $8.5B Total Funding
Companies that help businesses manage their financial
operations, including tools for payroll, invoicing and
accounting
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Investing into the sector is occurring across a variety of categories
The Business Lending and Consumer Lending categories account for 36% of venture
funding and 19% of totalcompanies in the fintech sector
Venture Investing in Financial Technology
Companiesare categorized by function, and therefore can exist in multiple categories. Data through July 2017
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TotalFunding($B)
VC Funding Count
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VC funding into fintech has grown in recent years
Overall fintech VC fundinggrew ata CAGR of 49% from 2011-2016, and 2017 is
currently at 62% of 2016 funding
Financial Technology Funding Over Time
Data through July 2017
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TotalFunding($B)
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Fintech funding amounts are dominated by early stage events
Financial Technology Funding Amount By Round
59% of 2016 fintech VC funding went into SeriesB events
Graphs shows only the funding rounds listed therein, data through July 2017
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FundingAmount($B)
Late Stage Series D Series C Series B Series A Seed
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Fintech startups founded in 2011 lead in VC funding
Startups founded in 2011 account for 17% of the sectorfunding over the last decade, and
include companies like SoFi, Lufax, and CommonBond
Financial Technology Funding By Vintage Year
Data through July 2017
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TotalFunding($B)
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Fintech startups are a global phenomenon
Financial Technology Startup Count by Country
Data through July 2017
11250
Companies
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A variety of top investors are making bets into fintech
Selected Investor Activity in Financial Technology
The above count represents a subset of overall investor activity, data through July 2017
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NumberofInvestments
Number of Investments Number of Companies Backed
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Exits within the financial technology space have grown in the past few years
Exit events within the fintech sector grew by 350% from 2011 to 2016, and
2017 is currently at 78% of the 2016 total
Financial Technology M&A and IPO Events By Year
Data through July 2017
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NumberofExits
Public Acquired
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Recent financial technology funding statistics
There have been 165 fintech funding events from April 2017 through June 2017
Recent Financial Technology Funding Round Counts
Graph shows only the funding types listed therein, data as of July 2017
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Seed Series A Series B Series C Series D Series E Late Stage
FundingEventCount
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Recent financial technology funding events
Notable Recent Financial Technology Funding Events
Company FundingType Amount Date
Late Stage $1,400,000,000 May 18, 2017
Late Stage $580,000,000 May 12, 2017
Series E $550,000,000 May 8, 2017
Private Equity $300,000,000 June 8, 2017
Private Equity $263,000,000 May 29, 2017
Fintech startups raised $5.8 billion from April 2017 through June 2017
Data as of July 2017
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Recent financial technology exit events
Notable Recent Financial Technology Exit Events
Company Acquirer Amount Date
$230,000,000 April 25, 2017
$145,000,000 June 29, 2017
$100,000,000 Jun 20, 2017
$78,500,000 Jun 13, 2017
Unknown April 4, 2017
There have been 18 fintech exits from April 2017 through June
2017, including 17 acquisitions and 1 IPO
Data as of July 2017
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