CB insights has compiled a list of the top European venture capitalists by country based on the number of portfolio companies they have backed; the list focused on the most active investors of the last five years and included VCs, corporate VCs, growth equity firms and super angels. Source.
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Despite a fall in crypto prices, the creation of digital assets is still high, the bank’s analysts said.
Bram Cohen is looking to address the cost of electricity in bitcoin transactions; he invented BitTorrent, a peer to peer file transfer protocol and is launching a new company called Chia Network; according to TechCrunch, they plan to launch a cryptocurrency based on proofs of time and storage instead of bitcoin’s proofs which burn significant amounts of electricity. Source
Wealth management has always been an industry focused on relationships and face to face interactions with clients; that traditional model...
Remote hiring company Deel has generated $425 million in its most recent Series D funding round, pushing the total amount raised to more than $630 million.
Data from Financial Technology Partners reports over 1,500 funding deals from over 1,700 investors in 2016; these deals accounted for $36 billion in fintech financing; data by fintech category can be seen in the chart below with banking and lending companies accounting for 29% of the year's total deals; payments, loyalty and ecommerce accounted for 22%; securities, capital markets and wealth management also reported substantial interest from investors with 19% of the deals funded. Source

LendIt Fintech held the 5th annual industry awards to celebrate the top fintech influencers and innovators.
Brazil's Minister of Finance criticized "stratospheric" revolving credit card interest rates amid a campaign to push through economic reforms.
While shares of the buy now, pay later business are down 77% from November, Max Levchin expects lending models to set the company apart. ...






