We’re looking to add some new elements to the rankings this year, which we detail below as well.
All that glitters is crypto
With $217M in equity financing from some of the biggest-name VCs, membership in the unicorn club, and 13.3 million users, Coinbase is basically slaying.
But its ultimate goal goes beyond helping people buy and sell crypto — it wants to create a new, “open financial system.”
VC rankings – what’s new?
This year, we’re looking to add a few additional VC rankings. Specifically,
top corporate VCs
top seed-stage VCs
top VCs in Europe and Asia
If you’d like to be considered, please update your portfolio investment, exit, and board data via The Editor here.
Hands off
We might as well accept it — driverless cars are coming, and will likely be widely used in the United States within the next two decades. Major corporates like Google, Apple, and Mercedes Benz are already working on building their own autonomous vehicles.
The lovely folks of The World Economic Forum issued this graphical travesty in an article titled, “Perfectionism has become a hidden epidemic among young people.”
It makes zero sense.
That’s hot
AI is everywhere. Funding in the space has consistently increased since 2013, and 2018 has already seen 3 deals adding up to $168M.
Check out which categories are taking off — from enterprise AI to commerce to IoT — with CB Insights’ AI deals tracker heat map.
A-ha! moments
Othman Laraki, co-founder and CEO of cancer-testing pioneer Color Genomics, sees his company as a preventative health player that will operate at a population scale.
He sees the genomics field as one that is currently like computing — a core technology that will have many applications.
In a fireside chat with CNBC’s Chrissy Farr, Othman shared his views on the broader field of genomics and on where Color is heading strategically.
Backstage, he answered questions submitted by CB Insights clients, including the two rules the company follows when it comes to how it handles sensitive private data.
At Future of Fintech 2017, Vladimir Telev, co-founder & CEO of Robinhood, chatted on stage with Fortune’s Jen Wieczner.
The discussion focused on the fintech unicorn hoping “to evolve from a stock-trading app into a financial services firm for every consumer need.”
Last week, Robinhood announced it will soon allow free crypto trading on its app, a step toward that evolution.
Don’t miss the glimpses into the future this year’s Future of Fintech (June 19-21, NYC) speakers offer. Get your ticket before prices go up on Thursday.
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