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This serial founder is taking on Carta with cap table management software she says is better for founders

TechCrunch

Yin Wu has co-founded several companies since graduating from Stanford in 2011, including a computer vision company called Double Labs that sold to Microsoft, where she stayed on for a couple of years as a software engineer. YW: We think there are opportunities to white label the service for accountants and law firms.

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Call center automation software vendor Replicant raises $78M

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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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Gusto: The People Platform for SMBs

Y Combinator

But where there is a gap, there is an opportunity. Gusto launched in 2012 to tackle this opportunity, and more. 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.

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Nelo joins the BNPL rush, with $20M in new funding and the Mexican market in its sights

TechCrunch

On a personal level, having lived in Mexico over the past year (and previously having lived in LatAm in 2011), Schwiep told me that it has been “wild” to witness the market for digital commerce essentially transforming overnight. . “I Nelo raises $3M to grow ‘buy now, pay later’ in Mexico.

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Identity management platform Saviynt secures $205M in debt, appoints new CEO

TechCrunch

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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Mambu raises $135M at a $2B+ valuation for a SaaS platform that powers banking services

TechCrunch

The market that Mambu is courting is the vast opportunity for a new wave of banking and financial services that tap into the growth of smartphone and web usage. Mambu was one of the first companies to leverage the opportunity to move banking software into the cloud,” he said in a statement. That could lead to consolidation, too.

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A Rake Too Far: Optimal Platform Pricing Strategy

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As an example, eBay’s 2011 marketplace revenues were approximately $6.6B As Jeff Bezos is fond of saying, “ your margin is my opportunity.”. 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

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