Alfred, formerly CFO of Zappos, invests in a range of areas from mobile to consumer services to marketplaces.
Sequoia, of course, has a long history investing in fintech companies. They invested in PayPal before fintech was even a thing. And they now count current fintech unicorns like Stripe and Klarna as well as Chinese fintech unicorns JD Finance and Rong360 in their portfolio.
Regarded by their VC peers as the best VC in the game, we’re excited to dig into where Alfred and the Sequoia team see and don’t see opportunities in fintech.
Perhaps surprisingly, Microsoft leads the pack with over 200 AI-related patent applications since 2009, while Google comes in second with over 150.
So, you’re a doctor?
The USA churns out more PhDs than any other country.
But on a per capita basis, Germany outdoes the USA.
A look at the insurance landscape
We look at insurer and reinsurer investment activity from 2012 to 2016. On a year-over-year basis, private tech investments involving (re)insurer participation rose 49% in 2016 and 257% from 2014′s tally.
Business Insider. Julien Rath (@julien_rath) dives into how Paris could be closing in on London as Europe’s startup capital and refers to CB Insights investment data.