Funding numbers are just like weather predictions lots of different forecast and it turns always out to be slightly different..funding levels up and down, asia up. Let's see overall continues to be strong momentum in the different markets with more health valuation levels
U.K. FinTech startups raised $173 million across 16 deals in Q4 2016, an increase of $95 million from Q3, according to a report from CB Insights. The report, The Global FinTech Report Full Year 2016, from the company which tracks venture capital investment, looked at FinTech venture capital across markets in Europe, Asia and North America. The results found that investment within financial technology firms had risen by 122 percent between October and December 2016 with the number of deals taking place increasing by 33 percent. Despite an increase in U.K. financial technology investment during Q4 2016, across the whole year the amount raised only amounted to $494 million compared to $962 million in 2015. During Q4 2015, U.K. FinTech funding reached $275 million.
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/uk-fintech-funding-bounces-back-q4-2016/