E-bikes and scooters, you had a good run. A Swedish startup is bringing pogo sticks to San Francisco. So now, in addition to dodging poop (human) on the streets of SF, you’ll also have to look out for pogo sticks.
#changetheworld
The category is: sustainable chic
Fashion is one of the world’s most wasteful industries, and a huge contributor to pollution.
The textiles industry alone uses nearly 98M tons of oil each year. And after use, 73% of clothes end up in landfills or are incinerated.
But with changing consumer demands and new innovations in technology, the fashion world is starting to change. From alternative fabrics to regenerative farming, we examine how it’s happening here.
Over 2,000 disclosed investors have backed 344+ unicorn companies around the world.
We take a look at the top unicorn hunters and analyze which ones could see big returns if their billion-dollar portfolio companies exit at their private market valuations. Check it out here.
Do it for the children
Great growth hack.
Let’s get together, yeah yeah yeah
Banks with less than $10B of assets under management are losing the battle for consumer deposits.
We take a look at which small banks are teaming up with fintech companies to stay relevant by launching new banking products and accruing deposits.
US lawmakers are launching an antitrust investigation into the country’s biggest tech companies. This could ultimately lead to the first overhaul of antitrust rules in decades.
The outcome of the investigation is still TBD, but big tech’s effects on major industries are undeniable. We’ve looked at how Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple are:
We’ve also analyzed how Google, Amazon, and Apple are each making moves in the healthcare industry.
Startups galore
There are 261 startups attending or speaking at this year’s Future of Fintech.
And a big contingent are global. Here’s a small selection of the global startups that will be in attendance.
A total of 52 countries are represented in this year’s attendees, making this our most global Future of Fintech ever. We also have simultaneous translation into Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish.
Save $500 with code globalfintech.
Juul > bitcoin
FYI, we’re done talking about bitcoin. It’s all about Juul now on earnings calls, according to our earnings transcript search engine.
Anyway, life is fleeting
Corporate accelerators have had a resurgence following the success of Techstars and Y Combinator — but 60% fail after only 2 years.
The rapidly changing fintech space provides lots of opportunities for disruption. Marketing orgs within fintech companies can capitalize on these opportunities by using AI, machine learning, and natural language processing to distill value from their first-party data.
Leading fintech marketers can rise above the rest by harnessing consumer signals from first-party and third-party data clouds to deliver valuable, personalized experiences at scale.
Anyway, life is fleeting