At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here). In January, we added 9 new unicorns for a month-end total of 134. The total value is now $1.42 trillion up from $1.25 trillion last month. Unicorn count: Beginning...
Interview with Meratas founder Darius Gold by Jason Calacanis (62 minutes; 25 Nov 2020) Despite our current struggles, there are so many good things happening that will change the way we live. One promising new area is the income-sharing agreement (ISA) used to fund...
Fintech Startup Interviews: Vauban founder Remy Astie (22 minutes, 17 Nov 2020) My favorite conference is Finovate, the best TV show is Shark Tank, and my go-to podcast is The Pitch. So, I can't believe I missed this competition 2 months ago that is mashup of all...
Full recording of the CEE/SME Banking Club conference with 6 fintech startup pitches (9 hours; 25 Nov 2020) With the holidays, it's been harder to find new fintech startup pitches to showcase here. The most recent event was the CEE SME Banking Club Conference which...
3-min overview of Rho Banking from Kruze Consulting (accountants) In July, we put together a list of the top eight challenger banks in the U.S. SMB space, and Rho wasn't even on it. Fast forward 6 months and Rho has equaled the funding of its primary competitors (not...
Lucy 4-min pitch & promo video According to Exton Consulting (as of July 2020), there 256 challenger banks worldwide. Entrepreneurs everywhere are seizing the opportunity provided by low-fixed-cost banking-as-a-service tools and loosening of regulatory...
At FintechLIVE, we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here). In December, we added 6 new unicorns, and lost one, ending at 125. The total value is now $1.25 trillion up from $1.1 trillion last month. Unicorn count: Beginning =...
The Information just published its first ranking of hot startups called: TI50. The subscription-based publication has become one of the pre-eminent tech publications since its founding in 2013. I've been a customer since the beginning and can vouch for the...
Plug and Play's Insurtech Batch 9: 23 startup pitches (1 hour, 45 minutes with some additional content) Last week we linked to the 21 fintech pitches (excluding insurance) at Plug and Play accelerator's Winter Summit. This week we bring you the Insurtech section with...
One of the upsides of 2020 is the rich stream of fintech startup pitches we've consumed from the comfort of our home office. And one of the biggest sources is the Plug and Play accelerator. We've posted previous pitch days here, here and here. The latest batch debuted...
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