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Argentinian fintech infrastructure startup Geopagos leaves the boot straps behind with $35M funding round

TechCrunch

In a nutshell, Geopagos feels it is in the ideal position of being able to serve as the software enabler that can retrofit incumbents like large banks and launch the enablers like fintechs. Indeed, customers include large financial institutions, fintechs, retailers and software companies, among others.

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These Y Combinator-backed startups are trying to build ‘ChatGPT for X’

TechCrunch

By way of background, Socialcam was a mobile photo-sharing app that Autodesk acquired in 2012, while Triplebyte is a recruiting and technical screening platform aimed at enterprise tech companies. But Ochoa argues that Lasso solves many of the setup problems associated with incumbent RPA solutions while remaining license-free.

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Checkout.com’s new president is bullish on US expansion, says she ‘welcomes’ comparisons to Stripe

TechCrunch

payments landscape is currently dominated by legacy and new-age incumbents, and we know competition would ultimately deliver better outcomes for consumers. Since 2012, we’ve grown to over 1,900 employees in 21 global offices. While we’ve grown a lot in APAC and EMEA, the U.S. How many employees do you have?

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Gusto: The People Platform for SMBs

Y Combinator

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. Upon digging deeper, the founders realized that incumbent providers were overly complex, and more manual than necessary. SMBs had historically been hard to reach.

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Go-to-Market Tactics for Category-Defining Startups

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Another example is Stone, a Brazilian fin-tech unicorn started in 2012, which disrupted the incumbents’ sales strategy by creating a hub-and-spoke model that deployed a passionate salesforce of “Stone Warriors” throughout the country. Putting it all together Quality beats quantity when it comes to launching.

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Codacy nabs $15M to improve code reviews with automation

TechCrunch

He teamed up with Codacy’s other co-founder, João Caxaria, to launch the startup in 2012. Incumbents like Amazon have thrown their hats in the ring, too (see: CodeGuru ). ” “Pulse gathers metrics that enable teams to understand performance without compromising a healthy culture,” Jorge said.

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A Collection of Uncommon Points of View on Startups

Tomasz Tunguz

I wish I had been in Stanford’s CS183 class in 2012, the year Peter Thiel taught it. Second, network effects that enable the business to grow faster as it scales. Most disruptive companies are better, faster, and cheaper versions of incumbents’ products. In other words, founders should build monopolies. (p.