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Why Fintech? Why Now? (Portage)

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StudyPortageJanuary 202413 pages20 min readOriginal source
Key number
$1,150 billion
Estimated fintech industry valuation in 2032 p.6
What changed
$62 billion
Private fintech fundraising in 2023 (down from $164 billion in 2021) p.5

Summary

  • Portage manages over $2.5 billion across 86 different investments and three vintages.p.9
  • Fintech venture capital investments grew from $17 billion in 2015 to over $120 billion in 2023.p.5
  • Private fintech fundraising dropped to $62 billion in 2023 from $164 billion in 2021.p.5
  • The fintech industry was valued at $290 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach $1,150 billion by 2032.p.6

Key insights

  1. Financial services represent 20%+ of global GDP.p.2
  2. Net ITD IRR is 31.5% for Fund I, 21.4% for Fund II and 2.9% for Fund III.p.3
  3. US IPOs reached 1,035 in 2021 versus 232 in 2019.p.5
  4. Fintech companies that IPO'd in 2020 and 2021 are on average trading 60%+ below their IPO prices.p.5
  5. JP Morgan alone is investing $12 billion a year to fuel a team of 50,000 technologists.p.7
  6. Portage was founded in 2016 to capitalize on the digitalization of the financial services sector.p.2

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