- Private equity pumped $203 billion into fintech deals last year.
- Deals in fintech are expected to continue to increase over the next four years.
- Insider spoke with five private-equity firms about the types of companies they are focused on.
Financial technology is a fragmented industry with plenty of room for consolidation. And private equity is increasingly moving in to help businesses scale and get in on the next batch of market leaders.
PE firms pumped approximately $203 billion into fintech across 167 transactions last year, according to the investment bank Financial Technology Partners’ annual report.
Further accelerating the deal environment are startups rethinking their plans to go public. Valuations in the public markets fell in the fourth quarter of 2021 and continued to stay low into 2022, spooking some fintechs.
That’s created a perfect storm for PE investors to make deals, experts previously told Insider.
Insider spoke with managing directors at five…
