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Which Categories of Seed Startups are Thriving? Which Aren't?

Tomasz Tunguz

Which sectors see more startup company formation than others? Eight years ago, there were nearly zero AI startups seeded. Blockchain - another exponential curve that shows growth from 0 to 200 startups in eight years. Consumer preferences are evolving and startups are rising to meet the demand. Let’s take a look.

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

TechCrunch

That’s the vibe one gets from Y Combinator’s Winter 2023 batch, which features no fewer than four startups that claim to be building a “ChatGPT for X.” The first ChatGPT-inflected startup that caught our eye was Yuma , whose customer demographic is primarily — but not exclusively — Shopify merchants.

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The Breakout Tech Company Of 2018

Haystack

It’s that time of year, where I — as a committee of one judge, me — select one startup in the tech ecosystem that “broke out” and has the makings of an even larger outcome should things continue to go right. You may look at this and think to yourself “well, of course, how controversial is those?”

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

TechCrunch

Geopagos , a payments infrastructure startup based in Buenos Aires, has raised $35 million in a round led by Riverwood Capital. Founded in 2013, the Argentinian startup serves as a white label infrastructure software provider, with the aim of giving businesses the ability to launch financial services.

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The Rising Stakes in SaaS

Tomasz Tunguz

In 2012 ChiefMartec landscape counted 350 vendors selling to sales and marketing. This sea of SaaS startups have reshaped the market. Incumbent client/server technologies have lost their market dominance to new incumbents. Incumbent client/server technologies have lost their market dominance to new incumbents.

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Avant doubles down on digital banking with Zero Financial acquisition

TechCrunch

Founded in 2012, Chicago-based Avant started out primarily as an online lender targeting “underserved consumers,” but is evolving into digital banking with this acquisition. The challenger bank was created to target millennials dissatisfied with the incumbent banking options. million consumers to $7.5

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Go-to-Market Tactics for Category-Defining Startups

Entrepreneur's Handbook

a critical juncture of your venture’s life cycle, as a majority of startups have only one chance to make a strong first impression. Devising an effective go-to-market strategy requires thinking beyond traditional approaches towards growth, which are often not optimal for category-defining startups.

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