Financial technology startup quarterly highlights. Includes sector overview and recent quarterly events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more about our research platform for technology startups!

1. July 2018
Q2 Startup Highlights
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY

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FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY
16 Categories
2,420 Companies
$111B Funding
Sector stats are continuously changing,data cumulativethrough June 2018

3. The graphic above shows only a sampling of companiesin each category. Data cumulativethrough June 2018
FINANCIAL
TECHNOLOGY
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Crowdfunding
(81Companies)
ConsumerandCommercialBanking
(82Companies)
InternationalMoneyTransfer
(80Companies)
ResearchandData
(85Companies)
SMBTools
(251Companies)
RetailInvesting
(178Companies)
BankingInfrastructure
(172Companies)
EquityFinancing
(145Companies)
FinancialSecurity
(119Companies)
InstitutionalInvesting
(196Companies)
ConsumerLending
(321Companies)
PersonalFinance
(251Companies)
PaymentsBackend
(227Companies)
ConsumerPayments
(198Companies)
POS Payments
(189Companies)
BusinessLending
(232Companies)
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4. Consumer Lending
Payments Backend
Consumer Payments
Business Lending
SMB Tools
POS Payments
Personal Finance
Retail Investing
Banking Infrastructure
Digital Banking
Transaction Security
Institutional Investing
International TransferResearch and Data
Equity Financing
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 June 2018
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Consumer Payments companies raised the most funding last quarter
Consumer Payments companies raised $15B in Q2 2018,
and its funding more than doubled in size
Total Fintech Category Funding with CurrentQuarter Highlighted
Companiesare categorized by function, and therefore can exist in multiple categories. Data cumulativethrough June 2018
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Financial technology achieved the highest quarterly funding ever in Q2 2018
Funding in Q2 closed at $19B, which grew by 141% from the previous quarterly high
Financial Technology Quarterly Funding Over Time
Data cumulativethrough June2018
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Financial technology funding events were mostly Series A and Series B in Q2 2018
There were 99 funding events in Q2, 56% of which were Series A or Series B
Recent Financial Technology Funding Round Counts
Graph shows only the funding rounds listed therein
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Funding Event

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Financial technology exit activity had the fourth-highest quarter in Q2 2018
There were 21 exit events in Q2, 16 of which were acquisitions
Financial Technology Exit Events Over Time
Data cumulativethrough June2018
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Acquired IPO

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Financial technology innovation is a global phenomenon
Financial Technology Company Count by Country
Data cumulativethrough June2018
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12000
Companies

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