1. San Francisco (Silicon Valley)
Top of our list of the world’s top fintech hubs is San Francisco, namely Silicon Valley. There are (at the time of writing) a whopping 506 fintech organisations based in the area, which have seen a total investment of US$32bn across 828 funding rounds. The most recent funding of note is a post-IPO debt for Intuit, a Series C round for CLARA Analytics, a Seed round in Firstcard and a Series C round in BitGo. The area is also home to some leading start-up accelerators and incubators, including Y Combinator, which has led investment in fintechs based in San Francisco. Other investors have flocked to offer funds to fintech startups in the area, Techstars, MassChallenge and 500 Global all included. At the time of writing, there are 11,506 investments in Silicon Valley/San Francisco-based fintechs and 2,614 lead investments.
