One of the ways savvy financial services firms are trying to separate the signal from the noise is via feeds that alert them to the Fin Tech activity of smart VCs.
We’re seeing a number of financial services firms (banks, credit card, insurance, consumer finance companies, etc) waking up to the changes occurring and coming as a result of emerging Fin Tech companies and technologies.
Some are tracking the Fin Tech space and looking at these companies from an M&A or investment perspective, but more often than not, it is strategy/innovation teams or folks from the CTO’s office. Their focus areas include:
- Understanding disruptive emerging trends and technologies that may impact their business
- Identifying specific tech companies they should be partnering with or buying technology from
- Stalking the moves of their competitive peers within the Fin Tech space
While tracking the entire Fin Tech investment & startup ecosystem is useful (we’ve tracked 512 financing and exits in 2014 already), one of the ways savvy financial services firms are trying to separate the signal from the noise is via feeds that alert them to the Fin Tech activity of smart VCs.
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There are a small # of VC firms who generate most of the returns in venture (the good ol’ VC power law). We highlight the areas of Fin Tech some of the smart money is focused on.