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 last year’s count, mostly because I’ve become … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]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 has a longstanding commitment to digital transformation, … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]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 much since 2020 despite the higher-than-usual number … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]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 (the year SoftBank dropped $500 million on … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]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 firm in January as … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]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 (all from Softbank) on … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ ]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 February. The European Central … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]BlackFin Capital Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in financial services investments across Europe, with offices in Paris, Brussels, and Frankfurt. The firm manages two buyout funds and recently closed its first FinTech venture fund, BlackFin … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]It will be hard not to reach for superlatives in discussing the fundraising success of greater Boston FinTech firms in 2018. There were at least 31 disclosed financing events resulting in more than $1.3 billion in capital raised — roughly … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ ]Nyca Partners is a FinTech-focused venture firm based in New York, targeting firms that will transform payments, credit models, digital advice, and financial infrastructure. It is one of the most active FinTech venture firms globally and has made ten or … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]“I’m not even sure what I want, but that’s not the point – it’s that I want it now.”
“Whenever the old gives way to the new, everybody with vested interests in the old starts crying that the world will stop. There aren’t many people with vested interests in the new.”
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
.@enfusion, a provider of investment management software, analytics, and managed services for asset managers and hedge funds, is looking for a new #CMO in NYC: http://bit.ly/3lv2iep
News that Wingspan, the platform for managing freelancer payroll, raised a $14MM Series A, has me wondering which names of other failed fintech startups should be recycled.
What exactly was McKinsey doing for SVB?
Useful and timely advice on cash management policies for startups from @goodwinlaw: http://bit.ly/3JnaHZg
What are the prospects for disgorgement? http://bit.ly/3JHyDYC
