• AI-powered instant diagnostics
• Passive patient monitoring
• New techniques in medical research and drug discovery

Take me home, fintech roads

Fintech is a rapidly maturing space, with mega-rounds comprising 60% of all fintech funding in Q3'20. See all of the top-funded fintech companies across 44 US states in this graphic. 

Some of the companies featured on this graphic will also be at our Future of Fintech conference next week. Take a look here.

I know what you’re doing next summer
 

Predictive analytics is upending the traditional pricing models that P&C insurers use. 

From analyzing biometric behavior to predicting preferences, Expert Intelligence clients can take a look at the vendors offering predictive analytics in this report. 

Had them apple-bottom genes
 

The omics industry — which leverages genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic data — is changing the way we utilize biological data. 

From genetic risk assessment to drug development, clients can see 60+ omics companies transforming healthcare here.

Final call

This is your last chance to get a ticket to the Future of Fintech (November 16-18).
 

The Future of Fintech features over 50 hours of content focused on banking, payments, insurance, and wealth tech, as well as 65+ fireside chats, 12 startup presentations from fintech all-stars, and analyst Q&As with exclusive data and research. 
 

Check out the full agenda here. Save $400 with code finalchance.

90%: Pharma giant Pfizer said that a coronavirus vaccine it developed with BioNTech could be 90% effective at preventing Covid-19, based upon early results from testing. Developing a vaccine is just one step toward a broader reopening, and some measures to combat Covid-19 could remain in place long after the pandemic subsides. We look at 24 industries that will shape the post-Covid world in this report. 

496 unicorns: Online events platform Hopin and mortgage marketplace Better became unicorns after closing deals at $1B+ valuations. There are currently 496 unicorns in the world worth a combined total of $1,575B. See which ones are the most valuable in this infographic. 

2 passengers: Virgin Hyperloop conducted its first test with passengers, transporting 2 occupants at speeds reaching 107 mph. It eventually aims to reach speeds of more than 600 mph. Elon Musk kickstarted the drive to develop hyperloop technology in 2012. We look at how he hopes it could disrupt transportation in this report. 

$500M: Autonomous delivery company Nuro raised $500M in fresh funding at a valuation of $5B — an 85% increase in valuation since its previous funding round last year. The company has benefited from a surge in demand for e-commerce and grocery delivery amid the pandemic. We analyze the trends shaping these spaces in our latest State Of Retail report. 

$267M: Cybersecurity platform SentinelOne closed a $267M mega-round. The deal values the company — featured in our latest CB Insights AI 100 cohort — at $3.1B, almost 3x the valuation it was given just 9 months ago. Endpoint security companies like SentinelOne have seen a spike in interest amid the global shift to remote work. See emerging cybersecurity trends and high-momentum startups in the space in our 2020 Cyber Defenders report.

130K e-scooters: Ride-hailing service Bolt said that it’s aiming to deploy 130,000 e-scooters across 100 European cities. We dig into the trends driving the rise of micromobility here.

Corporate brands are embracing memes — and they’re hiring strategists to help.

These professional memers help companies lean into turbid, chaotic, teenage-like humor in their attempts to achieve viral fame.

Efforts have ranged from feuding with other social media brands (see: Popeye's vs. Chick-fil-A), hopping onto current microtrends ("How It Started/How It's Going"), or even posting sad tweets to appeal to millennial anxiety.

Have a great rest of the week.

Marcelo