2017 VC FINTECH INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE: AN INVESTOR VIEW

A report produced by Innovate Finance, in collaboration with PitchBook, found that the UK had its best year on record for VC investment into FinTech in 2017 and was a global leader in terms of capital invested and deal volume, second only to the US.

In 2017 in the UK there was $1.8bn of capital invested over 224 deals, a 153% increase Year-over-Year. The report believes this was due to a variety of factors including the fact that the FinTech industry is maturing and that it has a stronger talent base as well as the increased availability of capital.

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