Roughly 190 active fintech startups that I am aware of are based in the Greater Boston area, the geography of which runs in my view approximately from Portland in the north to Providence in the south, and west to the Connecticut River. This is down only slightly from last year despite some extensive pruning of the list. While it became clear that more than the usual number of startups had shut down (two that will be missed are MainVest and …
Category: Venture Capital
Partech is a global investment firm headquartered in Paris, with offices in Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi, and San Francisco, and about 70 employees. It was founded in 1982 in San Francisco as a corporate venture arm for the …
There are now nearly 200 active fintech (insurtech, regtech, etc.) startups in the Greater Boston ecosystem, the geography of which runs in my view approximately from Portland in the north to Providence in the south, and …
I’ve learned via Google that, spiritually speaking, the number 1414 represents the power of positive thinking and the importance of having faith in oneself. But we’re here because in 1414 England’s King Henry V passed the Safe Conducts …
January 4, 2023 I follow roughly 180 active fintech (insurtech, regtech, etc.) startups headquartered in Greater Boston which, by my definition, runs from Portland to Providence and as far west as Springfield.1 This is up from …
September 7, 2022 Headquartered in Paris, Societe Generale is the seventh largest bank in Europe and the 18th largest in the world. SocGen, as it’s known, has more than 130,000 employees serving 30 million customers in 61 countries. SocGen …
January 3, 2022 I follow roughly 165 active fintech (insurtech, regtech, etc.) startups headquartered in Greater Boston which, by my definition, runs from Portland to Providence and as far west as Springfield. The number hasn’t changed …
January 1, 2021 2020 was a wretched year by every measure except this one: 46 Boston-based fintech firms raised more than $1.12 billion in private equity and venture capital — significantly more than any previous year except 2018 …
Brewer Lane Venture is a new, Boston-based VC firm focused on early-stage InsurTech and FinTech startups. Former New York Life President and Chief Investment Officer John Kim is the founder, and veteran investor Martha Notaras joined the …
There were at least 35 financing events resulting in more than $540 million in capital raised by Boston-area FinTech startups in 2019 — significantly more than any previous year except 2018 when Cambridge Mobile Telematics raised $500 million …
Risks of a decline in economic growth, not to mention a recession, are clear. Growth in China has already slowed to its lowest pace in nearly 30 years. In the U.S., job growth unexpected stalled in …