Startup funding: 2018 was the year of Fintech startups, ecommerce investments slipped to second place - Inventiva

Startup funding: 2018 was the year of Fintech startups, ecommerce investments slipped to second place - Inventiva
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  • The top 10 deals by value in fintech accounted for 60 percent of total funding raised, once again reflective of the overall trend – that investors are taking pole positions in companies with a proven track record and the ability to scale.
  • Lending came across as the most active category, raising a total of $953.03 million, or 46 percent of the total deal value, doubling its share from 2017.
  • Insuretech accounted for 16 percent of total investments, tripling to $333 million this year (dominated by PolicyBazaar), while the number of deals more than doubled to 9.
  • This is a 61 percent fall from last year when payments firms – including Paytm – had raised $1.59 billion.
  • Activity in the early stage gained solid momentum with the number of deals in the Pre-Series A space rising 10 percent but the total deal value up by 40 percent to $39.38 million.


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