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Potential Returns from Investing in Fintech via Equity Crowdfunding

Potential Returns from Investing in Fintech via Equity Crowdfunding

Investing in the fintech sector via equity crowdfunding provides investors with the opportunity to create a large enough portfolio to optimise returns and is showing attractive returns on paper.

Michael Pearson 30th November 202230th November 2022 Innovation and Start-Ups Read more

Update to the UK Fintech Sector Research

Update to the UK Fintech Sector Research

The fintech research programme at Clarus Investments has been expanded and is now tracking over 1,000 fintech companies started in the UK since 2009…

Michael Pearson 11th September 202113th September 2021 Innovation and Start-Ups Read more

Fintech Valuation Trends in the Pandemic

Fintech Valuation Trends in the Pandemic

Our research shows that, on average, the share price at new funding rounds for more established fintech start-ups increased during the first 6 months of the pandemic …

Michael Pearson 25th January 202125th January 2021 Innovation and Start-Ups Read more

Seed Investment in UK Fintech During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Seed Investment in UK Fintech During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Seed funding in UK financial services and fintech start-ups declined by 12% in number and 58% in value in 2020 compared to 2019…

Michael Pearson 13th January 202125th January 2021 Innovation and Start-Ups Read more

Performance, Financing and Valuation of UK Fintech Start-Ups

Performance, Financing and Valuation of UK Fintech Start-Ups

Highlights from the UK Fintech Focus report produced for KPMG and Google Cloud in July 2020, based on our ongoing research programme into UK fintech performance, financing and valuation…

Michael Pearson 12th January 202125th January 2021 Innovation and Start-Ups Read more

What Funding Circle Tells Us About Fintech Valuations

What Funding Circle Tells Us About Fintech Valuations

Funding Circle achieved an IPO in September 2018, raising £300 million and valuing the company at £1.5 billion. Since then the share price has fallen by around 70 percent…

Michael Pearson 25th October 201913th January 2021 Innovation and Start-Ups Read more

Some Insights on Fintech Valuation and Returns

Some Insights on Fintech Valuation and Returns

The returns for early stage investors in our analysis of fintech startups are very good on paper, and although returns decline as companies get older there is no apparent trend up or down…

Michael Pearson 8th June 201927th June 2020 Innovation and Start-Ups Read more

Corporate Investment in Fintech: Recent Developments

Corporate Investment in Fintech: Recent Developments

Corporate investment in fintech startups is growing, and there is participation from corporates across all verticals with an overweight presence in technology and processing services companies…

Michael Pearson 4th June 20196th June 2019 Innovation and Start-Ups Read more

Highlights From The Fintech Financing and Performance Report 2018

The Fintech Financing and Performance Report is a detailed analysis of fintech startups in the UK. The latest update of the report includes an increased sample size and data to the end of September 2018. The 66 companies in the sample…

Michael Pearson 6th November 201815th July 2019 Innovation and Start-Ups Read more

Recent Investment in Open Banking Startups

Open Banking, which in simple terms is the opening of bank customer databases and payments systems to third party applications, is up and running in Europe. This development has already attracted a large number of start-up companies…

Michael Pearson 6th November 2018 Innovation and Start-Ups Read more
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  • Potential Returns from Investing in Fintech via Equity Crowdfunding
  • Update to the UK Fintech Sector Research
  • Fintech Valuation Trends in the Pandemic

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