2012 incumbents investment 
Haystack
NOVEMBER 25, 2018
Had I begun this tradition earlier, for those wondering, it would’ve been Airbnb in 2012, and Uber in 2011.). This could also be the signature investment for CRV’s Max Gazor, who joined the firm a bit after 2010 and has quietly been making great enterprise picks.
Tomasz Tunguz
JULY 13, 2015
Earlier this week, we examined the trends in the major categories of startup investment including eCommerce, Software, Social Networking and Education. Each year, starting in mid-2012 through mid-2015, these sectors have grown their investment dollars by more than 145%, according to Mattermark data.
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TechCrunch
AUGUST 4, 2022
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.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
APRIL 22, 2020
The “incumbent provider” of English proficiency tests, Test Of English As A Foreign Language (aka TOEFL), has had all of the companies and universities who accept it locked up for many years. But in some markets, incumbency matters more than better. It is two sides of the same coin. It costs less ($49 vs $205).
Tomasz Tunguz
OCTOBER 21, 2017
Over that 20 year period, annual SaaS investment has increased 20x, peaking in 2014 at $7B. In 2012 ChiefMartec landscape counted 350 vendors selling to sales and marketing. Incumbent client/server technologies have lost their market dominance to new incumbents. Venture capitalists have financed many of those businesses.
Haystack
JUNE 5, 2018
As expected, many developers didn’t love the news that some of their work would be concentrated in the hands of a tech incumbent. 6/ “Gitting Liquid” Back in 2012, right around when I first moved here and was figuring out what VC was, I knew many of the larger firms were figuring out a way to invest in GitHub.
TechCrunch
APRIL 4, 2023
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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