Financial Technology (fintech) startup quarterly highlights. Includes a sector summary with a deep dive on recent events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our dynamic research reports!

1. January 2019
Q4 Report Highlights
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY

2. A snapshot of quarterly highlights for our financial technology dynamic report
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The following changes have occurred since last quarter
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Data cumulativethrough December2018
-24%
Funding Amount
-28%
Number of Investments
-4%
Number of Exits

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FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
16 Categories
2,575 Companies
$125B Funding
Reports stats are continuously changing,data cumulativethrough December2018
3,742 Investors

4. The graphic above shows only a sampling of companiesin each category. Data cumulativethrough December2018
FINANCIAL
TECHNOLOGY
The Venture Scanner financial technology
report currently tracks 2,575 financial
technology startups with $125B in funding
Crowdfunding
(87Companies)
ConsumerandCommercialBanking
(90Companies)
InternationalMoneyTransfer
(82Companies)
ResearchandData
(87Companies)
SMBTools
(289Companies)
RetailInvesting
(185Companies)
BankingInfrastructure
(177Companies)
EquityFinancing
(147Companies)
FinancialSecurity
(120Companies)
InstitutionalInvesting
(215Companies)
ConsumerLending
(345Companies)
PersonalFinance
(267Companies)
PaymentsBackend
(233Companies)
ConsumerPayments
(207Companies)
POS Payments
(196Companies)
BusinessLending
(241Companies)
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5. Business Lending
Consumer Lending
SMB Tools
Digital Banking
Consumer Payments
Infrastructure
Personal Finance
POS Payments
International Transfer
Equity Financing
Payments Backend
Institutional Investing
Retail Investing
Research and Data
Transaction Security
Crowdfunding
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Innovation quadrant for financial technology
AverageFunding of Companiesin Category
ESTABLISHED HEAVYWEIGHTS
PIONEERS DISRUPTORS
AverageAgeofCompaniesinCategory
This quadrant shows a relative segmentationof the categories with respect to oneanother, data cumulativethrough December2018
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Financial technology funding skyrocketed in 2018
Funding last quarter was at $6.4B, and 2018 funding was 78% higher than 2017 funding
Financial Technology Funding Over Time
Data cumulativethrough December2018
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Consumer Lending category leads financial technology funding
The Business Lending category saw the most funding last quarter with $3.4B
Financial Technology Category Funding
Companiesare categorized by function and can exist in multiple categories. Data cumulativethrough December2018
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Financial technology investor activity saw a decline last quarter
There were 337 investments in Q4 2018, which is a drop of 27% from Q4 2017
Financial Technology Investors by Quarter
Data cumulativethrough December2018
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Financial technology exit activity has been on a steady upward trend
There were 25 exit events last quarter, which was 9% higher than Q4 2017
Financial Technology Exit Events Over Time
Data cumulativethrough December2018
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