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The buy-side in Fintech M&A
By reading our report, you will understand better what are financial buyers and strategic buyers. How do they differentiate from each other? What are their goals, investment time horizon, and decision criteria? And many more! You will find some of the major deals in 2022 and 2023 in the fintech field. Also, the report analyses overall trends of Fintech M&A in EMEA, APAC, and America. Moreover, BSFS took another approach by giving you an insight into the evolution of the M&A a


VC in Crypto and DeFi: Joystream and Itheum
When venture capital meets decentralization, the result is more than just funding. It's a signal of conviction. In a space where protocols can reshape entire industries overnight, the VCs choosing where to deploy capital are effectively casting votes on the future of Web3. Our report, Venture Capitals in the Crypto and DeFi Industries: Joystream and Itheum , goes beyond the macro trends to zoom in on two projects at the frontier of decentralized innovation. Joystream, a block


VC in Crypto and DeFi: Industry analysis and major investments in 2021
In 2021, venture capital investment in crypto and DeFi reached unprecedented heights, signaling a fundamental shift in how institutional money views decentralized technology. From billion-dollar bets on blockchain infrastructure to seed-stage funding for experimental DeFi protocols, the world's top VCs made it clear: this space is no longer a fringe experiment. Our report, Venture Capitals in the Crypto and DeFi Industries , maps this investment surge across geographies, grow


European VC in Fintech: Equity Research II
Pento payroll company backed by Point Nine Capital Bocconi Students Fintech Society has, through an Equity Research, analysed the payroll company Pento, who is backed by the Fintech-focused European Venture Capital company Point Nine Capital. Pento recently raised $12.7 million in a Series A funding round led by General Catalyst. With this funding round, Pento has been able to disrupt the European payroll market by providing for the first time a fully automated and complete p


European VC in Fintech: Equity Research I
Swile worktech company backed by Index Ventures Bocconi Students Fintech Society has, through an Equity Research, analysed the worktech company Swile, who is backed by the Fintech-focused European venture capital company Index Ventures. Swile recently raised $200 million in a Series D funding round led by SoftBank Group International. With this funding round, Swile is now the second fastest French company to reach unicorn status, meaning that it has a valuation of $1 billion


FINTECH REPORT: Regulation Technology Adoption
Bocconi Students Fintech Society is proud to present our report on the state of Fintech up until 2022, considering three categories:...


EQT Ventures backs Swedish Fintech Juni in a $52M deal
Unique value proposition from Swedish neobanking player attracts investment FinTechs continue to attract remarkable fundings; Juni, a Swedish fintech company that develops a banking app and platform for e-commerce and online marketing entrepreneurs, extended its Series A funding in October 2021, with a $52m deal led by EQT Ventures. Bocconi Students Fintech Society has produced a deal infographic where you can find out more about the parts involved in Juni's deal, along wit


Record-breaking VC investment in fintech in first half of 2021
European VC in Fintech: Industry Analysis Record-breaking VC investment in Fintech in first half of 2021 Technology is continuing to power an unprecedented shift in financial services ecosystems, and FinTechs continue to attract significant amounts of funding despite a challenging and competitive market. Bocconi Students Fintech Society has produced a Venture Capital Investments in Fintech Outlook where you can find out how Venture Capital and FinTechs are taking advantage


Fintech in Numbers & Main Fintech Transactions Trends In 2019 And 2020
Bocconi Students Fintech Society has outlined the most important trends in fintech transactions in 2019 and 2020 with a focus on the midterm outlook and on the biggest recent transactions involving the funding of Klarna and Stripe , two of the highest valued fintech companies in the world . 2020 has been a gamechanger for the fintech industry. The already exponential growth in total value of investments into fintech companies worldwide from 2010 to 2019 (CAGR 38%) is ex


Cryptocurrencies and Sustainability: the Externalities of Innovation
Bitcoin mining consumes more energy than the entire country of Argentina. This is the cold, indisputable data released by a research...


Klarna: a new way of "buying now and paying later"
The Fintech world is constantly changing and surely the ongoing pandemic has accelerated the need to digitalize every aspects of our life...


Enablers of the future of Fintechs: Cloud
Introduction There is a battle waging in the financial sector that is not related to market supremacy, but to the protection of IT assets...


The new era of financial services is called Embedded Finance
Embedded Finance is the next big disruption in financial technology services and, more than everything, is the present and future of...


FinTech in Supply Chain Finance: Geographical analysis
Fintech plays an instrumental role in the development of supply chain, a sector responsible for the manufacturing and logistics of goods...


Fintech Solutions in Supply Chain
A thorough analysis of all the latest instruments in SCF that are allowing more enterprises to conduct successful trade deals Trade...


Blockchain & Supply Chain Management: An Overview
A new technology which is shaping the way we depict supply-chain Nowadays, the supply chain still operates without the additional...


Fintech Prospects in China’s Greater Bay Area
Context In 2016, China published its 13th Five-Year Plan. This document communicates Beijing’s vision and policies for the social and...


Art and Fintech: Fractional Investment
Before we start talking about fractional investments, it is essential to fully understand the concept of tokenization ; In particular,...


Art and FinTech: the Problem of Authenticity
The art world has had lots of issues with fraud and proving chains of custody. This makes art buyers skeptical and increases the need for...


The Big Pump
How a frenetic run on buying GameStop and AMC’s stocks shed new light on the democratization of finance, social media and regulations...
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