NZ fintech startups need a viable domestic market: VC firm

NZ fintech startups need a viable domestic market: VC firm
Marty Kerr is a co-founder and partner of the NZ Fintech Fund. (Image: LinkedIn)
Greg Hurrell
New Zealand fintech startups need to show they can make it domestically before looking at export opportunities, according to one venture capital firm.It’s one of the primary filters for the NZ Fintech Fund (NZFF) when making an investment decision.At a time when finance for financial technology companies is falling around the world, not every startup is going to attract the capital it is looking for.Last month, British analysts Fintech Global projected that global fintech funding would drop by 4% in 2025 because of investors’ reduce...

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