Y Combinator

AUGUST 30, 2021

In the long run, software platforms have the potential to be much larger than traditional incumbents. When Gusto founders Josh, Tomer, and Eddie came together in 2011, they saw an unmet need in small business payroll. Incumbents relied primarily on sales teams, which Gusto suspected actually limited their reach among SMBs.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 20, 2016

In 2011-2013, about 1450 software companies were founded each year on average. In addition, the sheer size of the Martech landscape growing to more than 3500 companies up from 150 in 2011 implies torrid growth as well. The rate of new software company formation seems to have declined materially in the past few years. Why could this be?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Image Credits: Saviynt Nayyar founded Saviynt in 2011 and stayed on until 2018 prior to his most recent stint. billion valuation in an IPO two years ago, while startups like ConductorOne — which brings automation to identity and access management — are nipping at incumbents’ heels. from last year’s $1.3

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JULY 2, 2015

For instance, as I’ve previously written , “In 2011, only 28% of Europe’s venture-backed tech deals were seed stage… [but] in 2013 and 2014, roughly half of all European tech venture deals were seed stage.” Moreover, seed funding was scarcer in 2009, so startups that obtained seed funding at that time had passed a tougher screen to do so.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As Vijayan tells it, he knew nothing about cars until joining Tesla in 2011, following a dozen years of working in product development at Oracle, then VMware. Instead, they found themselves tracking incumbents Reynolds & Reynolds, CDKGlobal and Cox Automotive’s Dealertrack — and waiting for a better player to emerge.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

It will be interesting to see how newer entrants in the SaaS banking-platform space disrupt what are, effectively, becoming incumbents in their own right: Mambu is now approaching 10 years old (it was founded in 2011). That could lead to consolidation, too.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

So Yotpo — founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York City — aims to provide all of a brand’s e-commerce marketing needs in a single, integrated platform. These are the mini-brands … the up-and-comer brands that are going to replace the incumbents.”. I like to say that Victoria’s Secret will die by a thousand cuts,” he said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Prior to Replicant, Abraham — who joined eBay in 2011 via the company’s acquisition of Milo.com — did stints as a software engineer at Atomic and smart device company Leeo. He also helped to launch Magneto, a calendaring system, and was COO at Talkdesk for nearly four years.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

The antitrust bills, if passed, could significantly restrict the ability of Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and other tech incumbents to acquire and punish rivals to boost their own products and services. lost its perfect AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor in August 2011, prompting the stock market to plunge more than 5%.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

As an example, eBay’s 2011 marketplace revenues were approximately $6.6B Booking.com was not always the online leader in Europe – in fact they were a disrupter stealing the flag from other large incumbents. against GMS of approximately $68.6B for a rake percentage of just under 10%.

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