German FinTech Investments 2019: Breaking Through €3bn Mark
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German FinTech Investments 2019: Breaking Through €3bn Mark
The state of global FinTech VC is subject to continuous debate. While international data points for 2019 are not yet out, we review German numbers below:
- Record Year on most measures
- Total Investments exceed €3bn
- Equity Investments at almost €1.7bn
FY 2019 – A Total of More Than €3bn Invested For The 1st Time
- Total investments including equity VC, debt and M&A exceed €3bn for the 1st time, almost double yoy
- Equity VC investments came in at €1.7bn, reaching yet another record high
- Equity VC investment growth slightly down at 44% yoy after 59% 2018 (2017: +10% yoy, 2016: +47% yoy, 2015: +145% yoy)
- Number of equity VC deals increased again by 8% yoy to 141 after a decline in deal count 2018, revisions throughout the year might push total deals 2019 to a new record high even, which currently stands at 144 (2017)
- Funding environment 2019 probably as good as it gets benefiting from a lot of very large rounds, 2020 might feel negative impact of WeWork’s failed IPO and related negativ impact on investor sentiment
- Top 10 deals accounted for almost 2/3 of German FinTech equity VC (61% or €1.040m)
- FinTech yet again represents more than a quarter or 27% of all German equity Venture Capital
