Y-Combinator sees thousands of applications to its elite accelerator program and accepts close to 200 companies per batch. So they see a huge variety of startups every year. Also, as many of you reading this newsletter will know, they’ve made some prescient investments in the fintech space. These include investments into companies like Stripe, Coinbase and Brex.
In this regard, YC offers an interesting insight into where the hot spots are from a vertical and regional perspective in fintech.
To see where they’re making investments, I thought I’d break down the w2020 batch by category and region.
What were the results?
Most investments are still into US based fintechs. However, this is closely followed by Indian fintech startups.
Alternative lending is, by a small margin, the most popular vertical for investment. This is closely followed by challenger banking, wealth management and payments.
You can check out the raw data by clicking the button below.
Where is YC making its bets in fintech?
Where is YC making its bets in fintech?
Where is YC making its bets in fintech?
Y-Combinator sees thousands of applications to its elite accelerator program and accepts close to 200 companies per batch. So they see a huge variety of startups every year. Also, as many of you reading this newsletter will know, they’ve made some prescient investments in the fintech space. These include investments into companies like Stripe, Coinbase and Brex.
In this regard, YC offers an interesting insight into where the hot spots are from a vertical and regional perspective in fintech.
To see where they’re making investments, I thought I’d break down the w2020 batch by category and region.
What were the results?
Most investments are still into US based fintechs. However, this is closely followed by Indian fintech startups.
Alternative lending is, by a small margin, the most popular vertical for investment. This is closely followed by challenger banking, wealth management and payments.
You can check out the raw data by clicking the button below.
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