Capstone Headwaters FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY & PAYMENTS Q3 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY OVERVIEW FinTech Industry Overview Year-to-date (YTD) 2019 continues to see strong deal volume and financing across the Financial Technology (FinTech) industry. In Q3, 83 mergers and Payments Industry Overview acquisitions (M&A) were completed in the space and 224 transactions were Unicorns completed YTD. Notable IPOs Financing markets in 2019 have been extremely active. FinTech financings are Select Transactions on pace to have the most active year in terms of total volume of financings in FinTech Coverage Verticals the history of the vertical. This has been driven by numerous late-stage mega- Multiples By Sector rounds ($100 million+) for FinTech startups. While late-stage mega-rounds ran rapid this quarter, early-stage venture capital backed funding dropped quarter- Public Company Data over-quarter. Firm Track Record Notable mega-round financings in Q3 included Klarna, an online payments and CONTRIBUTORS point-of-sale (POS) lender. Klarna received a $460 million equity fundinground led by Dragoneer Investment Group, valuing Klarna at $5.5 billion, post-money. Additionally, C2FO raised $200 million in financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund, David Francione valuing C2FO at $1.3 billion, post-money. Managing Director 617-419-2040 M&A Activity: Financial Technology
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[email protected] 64 50 Number of Transactions 0 Q4 '17 Q1 '18 Q2 '18 Q3 '18 Q4 '18 Q1 '19 Q2 '19 Q3 '19 Source: Capital IQ, PitchBook, and Capstone Headwaters Research 3 www.capstoneheadwaters.com October 2019 Financial Technology & Payments | Q3 2019 PAYMENTS INDUSTRY OVERVIEW – B2B OFFERS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH OPPORTUNITY M&A activity in the Payments industry remained strong with a total of 44 transactions completed in Q3 2019 and 133 transactions completed through YTD 2019.