PitchBook Analyst Note: 2020 Emerging Technology Outlook

Our Emerging Technology Outlook forecasts trends that will shape the mobility, fintech, infosec and IoT verticals in 2020 and reviews predictions from 2019.

2020 predictions:

• We expect electric air taxi startups to receive a record level of VC investment in 2020.
• Autonomous vehicle startups are prime acquisition targets for tech companies and automakers in 2020.
• Bank fees and deposit interest rates will be the next battleground between incumbent banks and fintech companies for retail financial services.
• Large insurance corporations will fuel a record year of insurtech M&A.
• Container security startups will see additional M&A and a mega-deal in 2020.
• Cellular low-power wide-area networks (LPWAN) will continue to grow rapidly and gain the upper hand in the IoT protocol wars.