In this week’s edition of fintech and health, we look at the rise of corporate venture capital in India, ponder about the future about neobanks and then chuckle at the absurdity of the self optimization culture in health and the absurdity of biohacking fads.
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Fintech is hot🔥 right now. Everybody and their grandmother want to do some “fintech”. Q2, 2021 was the best quarter on record for fintech with $33.7 billion in funding – $1 out of every $5 VC dollars, according to CB Insights. But most of the money is still going into payments and lending. Deals in […]
Everything is fintech, and fintech is hot right now. According to CB Insights, Q1’21 was the best quarter on record for fintech, with $22.8 billion in funding. The same story is playing in India. According to Bain, fintech VC funding has grown from about $700 million in 2018 to $1.2 billion in 2020. Just halfway […]