EQUITY RESEARCH | October 24, 2017 The Global Venture Landscape: Decrypting FinTech The Global VC Landscape Asset Managers, AI, & Big Data Global VC funding grew +65% yoy (vs. 18% in 2Q) to just over In response to building structural pressures, asset managers $43bn in 3Q17, marking a multi-year high for investment, led are increasingly looking to alternative ways to generate by accelerating growth in Technology, Healthcare, FinTech, alpha, such as using big data and machine learning – further Heath P. Terry, CFA and Industrials (see pg. 2 dashboard). 3Q marks the second deepening competitive moats between stronger and weaker (212) 357-1849 quarter in a row to surpass $40bn in funding, the only two players. Inside we profile Enigma (data infrastructure
[email protected] quarters to do so in the last 5 years. With a record amount of provider) and Numerai (machine learning hedge fund). Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC dry powder still sitting in funds and larger rounds for more mature companies increasingly common, we expect funding Alexander Blostein, CFA records will continue to be broken. Spotlight On: (212) 357-9976
[email protected] FinTech Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC FinTech VC Moves On from Lending FinTech venture has begun to recover from the lows set in 2H16 following the hard reset in the personal and SMB Adam Hotchkiss $58 bn (212) 902-3941 online lending markets in 1H16. Funding levels have risen by ~25% sequentially for two quarters in a row with a focus on
[email protected] Venture investment in FinTech companies Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC funding early efforts in Blockchain and Payments, as the over the last 5 years, on a 40% 5-year CAGR largest rounds go to regulatory compliance and other Ryan Bailey operational technologies, particularly in Capital Markets.