Why everyone is completely wrong about fintech market saturation
“So tell us a bit more about Lightyear and the journey and and how much you've raised through which rounds and and then on to, the sort of vision.”
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and hard to differentiate, but you guys are succeeding. You raised a lot of money building an amazing team. So tell us a bit more about Lightyear and the journey and and how much you've raised through which rounds and and then on to, the sort of vision.
So let's start from the question what you asked here. So the market is incredibly saturated, and how do you differentiate? It's actually pretty insane how wrong is that question. I'm like, I'm getting it asked constantly. Why I'm saying it's wrong is, yes, Europe has like 40,000 financial institutions or something like that, which is a lot. But if you start to think about it, like, where is the money?
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Martin Sokk challenges the common assumption that the fintech market is oversaturated, arguing that this widely-asked question is fundamentally flawed. He points out that while Europe has 40,000+ financial institutions, the real question investors should be asking is where the actual money flows in the market.
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Sokk directly challenges a fundamental assumption that founders and investors commonly hold about fintech market saturation, offering a counterintuitive perspective that reframes how to think about competition.
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