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Aug 18, 2017

B2B Fintech Is Alive and Well – And Growing: Our August 2017 Fintech Market Update

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Dear Clients and Friends, The market is up, the market is down, and it doesn’t seem to matter right now; interest in the Fintech sector keeps marching on. Our report found here highlights some of the m&a trends and transactions in the seven segments of the Fintech world that we follow, and sometimes lead, and so far, it’s all still pointing up. Please read more in our August Fintech Market Update, here. A recent report by KPMG indicated that in Q2 the global Fintech industry saw $8.4bn in transaction value as a result of around 290 deals – up from…

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Aug 7, 2017

AI Will Change Everything. Be Prepared. Our August M&A Update

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Dear Clients and Friends, Our report found here contains an update on the dozen+ segments of the information industry that we following and sometimes lead. Please click here for our August M&A Update. When I was about 16, I read Robert Heinlein’s book, “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”. Besides espousing some libertarian ideas that I thought were pretty interesting at the time, it also was my first exposure to what we now call “artificial intelligence”. In the book, a series of linked self-learning super computers becomes a single self-aware being – called Mike. A few years later we got HAL, the self-protective, self-aware…

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Jun 26, 2017

Fintech Demand Remains Strong – Our June 2017 Fintech Market Update

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Dear Clients and Friends, Fintech demand remains strong. Our report found here highlights some of the m&a trends and transactions in the seven segments of the Fintech world that we follow and sometimes lead. Please find our latest Fintech m&a Market Update here. The Fintech world is rapidly changing. It is being reshaped by innovative, fast growing companies that have found effective, new ways to solve old problems – and those who would partner with them to help reinvent this world. This week, we announced the completion of our sixth transaction in as many months; our client Investment Metrics, a…

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Jun 21, 2017

Facts can fool you. Our June 2017 Market Update.

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Dear Clients and Friends, Our report found here contains an update on m&a deals, values and trends in the industries that we follow and sometimes lead. Please click here for our full June Market Update. Recently, we saw an interesting set of charts put out by PitchBook on m&a trends in the PE industry. We like PitchBook and respect their work. But sometimes, their data overwhelms us. Several of the recent charts were put under the heading “An expensive market contributes to declining activity”. It showed that transaction multiples for PE-related deals have risen from 8.1x EBITDA in 2010 to…

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May 19, 2017

Three Ways that Politicians Can Help (or Hurt) Fintech in 2017 – Our May 2017 Fintech Market Update

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Dear Clients and Friends, The report found here contains an update on m&a deals, values and trends in the seven sectors of the global Fintech industry that we follow and sometimes lead. Please read the full May 2017 Fintech Market Update here. We live in interesting times. Many of my colleagues who are part of the Fintech world are simultaneously optimistic and nervous. The current business, tax, economic and regulatory environments have combined to make this a great time to be in Fintech. The market is booming. But it’s clear that some politicians around the world are contemplating policies that…

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