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Fintech Among Thoma Bravo’s Top Acquisition and Investment Focus
The bear market of 2022 saw stock prices and valuations nosedive, offering plenty of opportunities for investors with a long-term focus to acquire assets or other companies at a discount. Thoma Bravo, a private equity investor specializing in software technology,
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European Fintech Investment Surpassed Asia
Fintech is Europe’s largest venture capital (VC) investment category, receiving 20% of all VC investment in the region between 2017 and 2019 year-to-date (YTD), surpassing enterprise software (17%), health (13%) and transportation (8%), according to the State of European Fintech
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What Are Germany’s Top Funded Fintech Startups Doing With Their Funds?
Fintech continues to thrive in Germany with the number of fintech companies and investment volume steadily growing. Berlin in particular has emerged as one of Europe’s leading fintech hubs, hosting 27% of the country’s fintech companies. Frankfurt and the wider
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10 Most Active VCs in the European Fintech Sector
2018 witnessed an explosion of high-profile venture capital (VC) deals in the European fintech space, surpassing the US by nearly EUR 100 million, according to PitchBook. Just a few weeks ago, UK banking startup OakNorth raised US$440 million from SoftBank’s
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Fintech Startups in Asia Switzerland Should Watch Closely
Asia is witnessing a strong increase in fintech investment as overseas investors search for opportunities in emerging markets and as western banks look to bolster their presence in the region. In the first quarter of 2018, investment into fintech companies
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German Banks Ramp Up Fintech Startup Investment; Commerzbank Leads In Deals
German banks and financial institutions are ramping up fintech investment with Commerzbank, the fourth largest bank by total assets, emerging as the most active bank in terms of number of fintech deals. Germany’s top 10 largest banks are pursuing a
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Top 13 Fintech Investors in London
With significant support from the government, the UK is poised to become the fintech capital of the world, generating already £6.6 billion (US$8.7 billion) in revenues as of 2015 and employing over 60,000 people, second only to California with 74,000,
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