A New Kid on the Corporate Venture Block

A New Kid on the Corporate Venture Block

FIS Ventures plans to invest $150 million in fintech start-ups over the next three years.

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Early-Stage Investors Offer Their Outlook

Early-Stage Investors Offer Their Outlook

As negative headlines and gloom-and-doom opinions swirl about the future of start-up investment, the well-known venture capital firm 500 Startups has gone to the source by surveying nearly 140 early-stage investors.

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Record Insurtech Funding in Q4 2019

Record Insurtech Funding in Q4 2019

Quarterly insurtech funding reached an all-time high of $1.99 billion during Q4 2019.

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Goldman Bets on “Card-As-A-Service” & Real Estate Tech Heats Up

Goldman Bets on “Card-As-A-Service” & Real Estate Tech Heats Up

We saw some big deal-making this week. Here’s a roundup of a few.

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VCs Love Challenger Banks

VCs Love Challenger Banks

Challenger banks are all the rage these days. Countless news stories speak of how they are disrupting traditional banking. And they are raking in the dough from venture capitalists.

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Mega-Rounds Drive Fintech Investment in 2019

Mega-Rounds Drive Fintech Investment in 2019

It was a mixed bag for fintech funding during Q2, according to the most recent CB Insights Global Fintech Report released this week. On the positive side, there were 25 mega-rounds (i.e., rounds of over $100 million), which helped drive global fintech investment.

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Investment in Fintech Keeps on Rollin’

Investment in Fintech Keeps on Rollin’

Despite persistent talk of a fintech bubble, interest in fintech (and more importantly, investment in fintech) shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon.

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