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Financial Technology Startup Landscape Trends and Insights

October 10, 2016

Financial technology report outline

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This report provides an overview of the financial technology (fintech) sector and is broken down into three sections

Sector Description

High-level sector metrics with sub-category

definitions

Trends & Insights

Infographics and data points around the

fintech sector

Quarterly Activity

Major funding and exit events from the previous

90 days

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Financial Technology Sector Description

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Financial Technology

1,913 companies across 16 categories from 58 countries

with $53.3B in funding

Startups are creating new financial business lines and disrupting old ones

Lending Personal Finance Payments Equity Financing Remittances

Retail Investing Institutional Investing

Security Online Banking Research & Data Crowdfunding Business Tools Infrastructure

The graphic above shows a sampling of companies in each category

Financial technology startups play in many different categories (1 of 2)

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Banking Infrastructure 114 Startups, $1.5B Total Funding Solutions that improve the operations of financial back offices and between financial institutions.

Business Lending 181 Startups, $9.8B Total Funding Alternative or streamlined ways for companies to raise debt and have their credit risk assessed.

Consumer and Commercial Banking 66 Startups, $1.5B Total Funding New ways for consumers and enterprises to interface with digital banking services.

Consumer Lending 264 Startups, $16.7B Total Funding Alternative or streamlined ways for consumers to raise debt and have their credit risk assessed.

Consumer Payments 182 Startups, $9.5B Total Funding Payment companies centered around issuers and consumers, like mobile wallets and P2P payments.

Crowdfunding 68 Startups, $436M Total Funding New ways for consumers and enterprises to raise non-equity/non-debt financing.

Equity Financing 137 Startups, $738M Total Funding Ways for companies to raise equity capital and for investors to participate in private securities markets.

Financial Research and Data 79 Startups, $824M Total Funding Information services that enable investors to make better investment decisions.

Category stats as of October, 2016

Financial technology startups play in many different categories (2 of 2)

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Financial Transaction Security 101 Startups, $1.6B Total Funding Technologies to secure transactions, authenticate users, and prevent fraud.

Institutional Investing 142 Startups, $781M Total Funding Startups assisting professional traders in ways to manage their portfolios and optimize returns.

International Money Transfer 59 Startups, $1.5B Total Funding Companies that allow businesses and individuals to send money abroad easily and cheaply.

Payments Backend and Infrastructure 181 Startups, $10.4B Total Funding Payment companies centered around issuers/acquirers and the infrastructure enabling payments.

Personal Finance 194 Startups, $2.7B Total Funding Companies that help consumers track their personal finances for budgeting optimization.

Point of Sale (POS) Payments 164 Startups, $7.6B Total Funding Payment companies centered around acquirers, providing physical payment solutions for businesses.

Retail Investing 150 Startups, $1.6B Total Funding Ways for consumers to invest in various securities using streamlined and new interfaces.

Small and Medium Business (SMB) Tools 183 Startups, $7.3B Total Funding Tools that help SMBs manage their finances, payroll, taxes, and accounting functions.

Category stats as of October, 2016

Financial Technology Trends & Insights

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Lending and Payments are dominating fintech startup activity

Within fintech, lending and payments categories account for 73% of all venture funding and 43% of total startup companies

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Funding into financial technology has grown rapidly

Overall fintech VC funding grew at a CAGR of 75% from 2010-2015, and 2016 is on pace to be the highest funding year ever

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More fintech startups are starting to show traction

2016 has seen an expansion of Series B funding, implying that VCs are happy enough with startup performance to provide follow on investments

Financial Technology Funding By Type Over Time

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Mid-age fintech startups lead in VC funding

Since 2005, 34% of total fintech funding has gone into startups founded in 2011 and 2012

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Financial technology startups are a global phenomenon

Financial Technology Startup Count by Country

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Top VC investors are making bets in fintech categories

Selected Investor Activity in Financial Technology

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M&A dominates the growing set of fintech exit activity

Exits within the fintech sector grew by 400% between 2010 and 2015, with 2016 on pace to be the year with highest amount of exits

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Recent financial technology funding events

There have been 162 funding events in the past 90 days, providing $3.4 billion in capital

Funding Statistics from Last 90 Days*

Company Amount Funding Type

$449,000,000 Series F

$310,000,000 Series C

$300,000,000 Debt Financing

$220,000,000 Private Equity

$180,000,000 Series E

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Recent financial technology exit events

There have been 15 fintech exit events in the past 90 days, consisting of 12 acquisitions and 3 IPOs

Notable Recent Financial Technology Acquisitions

Company Acquirer Amount Date

$460,000,000 Oct 3, 2016

$130,000,000 Sept 14, 2016

$42,800,000 July 13, 2016

$40,000,000 Sept 30, 2016

$7,300,000 Sept 29, 2016

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