Stockholm FinTech презентация

Stockholm FinTech An overview of the FinTech industry in the greater Stockholm Region Robin Teigland Stockholm School of Economics robin.teigland@hhs.se www.slideshare.net/eteigland @RobinTeigland September 2015

In just the past few years in Stockholm…

Stockholm #2 FinTech city in EU

”New” FinTech on par with ”Old” FinTech

International investors noticing Stockholm

Stockholm – The Ideal FinTech Location The Nordic tech and financial hub Supportive local startup ecosystem High-tech early adopters provide test market Natural global focus ”Down-to-earth” Swedish leadership style Relatively low wage costs Strong government and social security benefits

FinTech – An increasingly crowded space Growing number of entrepreneurs with experience from established finance industry Increasing number of FinTech incubators Collaboration among established banks Open innovation through open APIs Other big non-banking entrants

Major actors running incubators

Betting on the Blockchain - Together

Opening up innovation…

IBM + Samsung

Under-representation in reports Before 2014 Stockholm investments were small VC vs PE, Stockholm is PE heavy Certain databases simply missing information London suffers also, $ 539 M self-reported often higher than attributed numbers

Consistent exits

Segments Cryptocurrency: Bitjoin, ChromaWay, Cryex, KnCMiner, Safello

Segments (cont'd) Payments: Accumulate, Allopass, Babs Paylink, betalo, Billhop, iZettle, Klarna, Mondido, MPS (Mobile Payment Solutions), PayAir, Payex, Payground, Payson, Prello, Qliro AB, Seamless Payments, Trustly, Vaulted Payments, wywallet (4T Sverige)