Tonderys shares what makes Marlette Funding different and what he sees in the market for next year; he also provides his take on traditional banks getting into the business and where personal lending overall will be in five years. Source
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CB Insights reports on first quarter 2017 venture capital deals in their "MoneyTree Report" published in collaboration with PwC; globally, venture capitalists invested $27.1 billion in the first quarter with 2,228 deals; deals and investments increased from the fourth quarter of 2016 and were below the first quarter of 2016. Source
Fintech companies raised $2.7 billion from 226 deals in the first quarter of 2017; 22 fintech unicorns in the first quarter with a total value of $77 billion; top funding rounds included Atom and Funding Circle with $100 million each; fintech venture capital funding in Europe increased to $700 million from $200 million in the fourth quarter and is expected to increase from 2016 while the US is expected to report a decrease. Source
Fintech Global provides the top ten deals for the quarter; financing from the top ten deals was $658 million and accounted for 84% of the sector's total financing; Chinese P2P lender Tuandaiwang was the quarter's financing leader obtaining $262.6 million and was the only Asian fintech company in the top ten; Europe reported the majority of top ten financings with five funding deals. Source