fintech startups

6 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Nov 9, 2015 by Hussein Kanji · across every show →

Everything said about fintech startups, oldest first

Nov 9, 2015 bearish
Insight
Kanji: Fintech startups are unbundling HSBC's website pixel by pixel
“You can basically take the HSBC webpage and start tearing it apart. There's a startup, you know, for every little pixel, right, on the HSBC webpage doing a different service. There's a startup going after them, right? It's a bunch of piranhas attacking, attack…”
Hussein Kanji Nov 9, 2015 ▶ 25:22 20 VC 086: Starting A New Venture Fund and How London Compares To The US with Hussein Kanji @ Hoxton Ventures
Nov 11, 2015 bearish
Opinion
Zink: High demand is driving bubble-like valuations in fintech startups
“Yes. I, in many ways, I find it scary, but that's supply and demand speaking. I think we spoke about the cycle. I think we will see that changing as the cycle changes.”
Jeppe Zink Nov 11, 2015 ▶ 10:38 20 VC 087: From The Investors Of Spotify, TrustPilot and Klarna with Jeppe Zink, General Partner @ Northzone
Nov 11, 2015 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Zink: Second-wave fintech startups will soon disrupt first-wave pioneers
“I think if you look at the next five, 10 years, I think we're going to have a second wave of companies that say, compared to this first wave, isn't there a better way of doing it? And I think you will find much more sophisticated setups structurally within the…”
Jeppe Zink Nov 11, 2015 ▶ 9:41 20 VC 087: From The Investors Of Spotify, TrustPilot and Klarna with Jeppe Zink, General Partner @ Northzone
Sep 13, 2017 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Generalist VCs assuming fintech startups can break regulatory rules will fail
“I think the good companies, they are having sector-specific funds in, and the ones that are getting funded, like, I think it's because the investors actually just don't understand what They're investing either, and think they'll just be able to break some of t…”
Kathleen Utecht Sep 13, 2017 ▶ 12:52 20VC: Why VC Is A Lifestyle Not A Job, Why You Must Do Post-mortems On Good and Bad Deals & Why Society Is On A Downgrade with Kathleen Utecht, Managing Partner @ Core Innovation Capital
Sep 8, 2020
Insight
Strange: Fintech unbundling requires a high-pain-point wedge for CAC efficiency
“You can't just unbundle, pick a product and go. You've got to find a high consumer pain point wedge that is going to enable to get you customers cost effectively.”
Angela Strange Sep 8, 2020 ▶ 21:52 20VC: a16z's Angela Strange on Why Every Company Will Be A Fintech Company, How Founders Should Think About Niches and Optimal Insertion Points, How To Transition To Become The System of Record & Are We Entering A Period of Bundling Or Unbundling for Fint
Jul 17, 2023
Insight
Mohnot: Over-funding duplicate startups destroys sector profitability through price competition
“In 20, 20, 20, 21, every company we funded, there were five companies just like it. Also with great founders, with great investors. And so what ended up happening is a bunch of capital went into these companies and five companies serving the same customer set.…”
Sheel Mohnot Jul 17, 2023 ▶ 18:23 Sheel Mohnot: How I Got Married in the Metaverse; Founder vs Product vs Market | E1035 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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