2013 incumbents investing 
Haystack
NOVEMBER 25, 2018
As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. 5/ The Enduring Allure Of Platform Potential: Revenue is important.
Andreessen Horowitz
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with co-founder and CEO of Mercury Immad Akhund about the idea of a minimum delightful product in fintech, doing the spreadsheet math on unit economics early on, and how to compete in a category already filled with incumbents. Immad Akhund: Sure. And does anyone care?
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TechCrunch
AUGUST 4, 2022
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. Geopagos , a payments infrastructure startup based in Buenos Aires, has raised $35 million in a round led by Riverwood Capital.
abovethecrowd.com
JUNE 17, 2014
First, they believe that the current offerings from the financial incumbents are lacking. In 2013 there were 967 million FPS transactions. Regulation becomes the friend of the incumbent in highly regulated industries through a process known as regulatory capture. The basis of this argument is really two fold.
Haystack
JUNE 29, 2018
One analyst estimated $15b+ of incumbent market value was wiped out. PillPack raised a bit over $100M and, if the rumors are true, getting purchased for $1B (or close to it) for a company formed in 2013 is a fantastic outcome in a relatively short period of time. So, I met TJ once just to hang out, and I loved the kid.
Tomasz Tunguz
JUNE 20, 2016
In 2011-2013, about 1450 software companies were founded each year on average. This is counterintuitive considering the broader venture capital backdrop of near record venture investment in software. Third, the recent concentration of seed investments in fewer companies might contribute to a decreased rate of founding.
TechCrunch
MAY 22, 2022
One day, we’re reading about investment giants like Tiger Global seeing about $17 billion in losses. One day, I’m having a fintech-focused VC tell me they haven’t invested in any startups since last October. Once the deal closes, Flink says it will create new financial products “for millions of Mexicans to invest.”. “At
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