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Fintech in Stockholm

7 April 2016

Robin Teigland, Professor, SSE – robin.teigland@hhs.se

Claire Ingram, PHD Candidate, SSE – claire.ingram@hhs.se

Nicholas Wesley-James, MSc Candidate, SSE – nick.wesleyjames@gmail.com

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Highlights from last years report

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531.9m USD Invested in Stockholm Fintech companies over 2010-

2014

18.7% Of total EU Fintech funding invested in Stockholm

companies over 2010-2014

7.7% Of total EU Fintech deals involved Stockholm

companies over 2010-2014

Stockholm’s Path to Fintech Success

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Over the past year

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Stockholm Fintechs moving in on traditional bank territory

5 Inspiration from CB Insights, SEB base webpage slightly modified to make more room

137.7m USD in funding to Stockholm Fintech Companies in 2015

66.6m USD Intel, Zouk Capital,

Creandum, Dawn Capital, Index Ventures, MCI Capital, Northzone

15.0m USD Accel, Creandum, GP

Bullhound, Martin Wattin

10.0m USD Northzone, White

Star Capital

1.9m USD Undisclosed

1.4m USD Northzone,

Undisclosed Angels

0.6m USD Peter Gyllenhammar

0.6m USD NFT Ventures

0.5m USD Andreas Bonnier

0.7m USD Crowdfunding,

Techstars

Undisclosed Undisclosed Aggregate Media

Undisclosed NFT Ventures

Undisclosed NFT Ventures

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38.0m USD Kinnevik, LeapFrog

0.7m USD NFT Ventures

0.5m USD Karl Johan Persson

1.2m USD Staffan Persson, Thord

Wilkne

Undisclosed NFT Ventures

Continued Strong Investments in Stockholm Fintech Companies

7 2015 estimate based on 2014 growth rates.

m USD

658.5m USD Invested over the past 5 years

>14bn SEK Estimated 2015 Revenue for Stockholm Fintechs

>5800 Estimated 2015 Employment for Stockholm Fintechs

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Investments in Stockholm Fintech Companies

Two payments rock stars paving the way

8 Description and total funding taken from Crunchbase

Klarna provides e-commerce payment solutions for merchants and shoppers.

Founded: 2005 2014 Employees: 1 017 2014 Revenue: 2 200m SEK Disclosed funding to date: 291.3m USD

iZettle, a leading mobile payments company, offers small businesses portable point of sale

solutions and free sales overview tools.

Founded: 2010 2014 Employees: 167 2014 Revenue: 190m SEK Disclosed funding to date: 244.0m USD

Who invests in Stockholm Fintech Companies?

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Stockholm Fintech at a glance

Stockholm hits 100 Fintech companies in 2015

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FinTech Companies in Stockholm by Segment

Payments

Other FinTech

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Trading and Banking Tech

Wealth Management

Crypto Currency

Crowdfunding

Acquired companies included in these totals

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Implication of the Payment Services Directive

• Payment services directives 2 passed on January 12

• Must be included in domestic legislation in 2 years

• Among other things, requires that banks open up, operate as APIs

• Intention is to improve consumer experience

• Some precedent (e.g. Tink), but no longer discretionary

• What does this mean for FinTech?

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Questions?

14 Image credit investstockholm.com

Acknowledgements Björn Bergstrom, Industrifonden, for help identifying companies Stockholm Community, for helping crowdsource companies

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