2015 incumbents investment venture capital 
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. But which lesser known startup sectors are starting to raise venture dollars? Semiconductor investment fell 31% per year. Email and dating’s decline are less obvious.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
we take for granted the ability to invest and trade in the stock market. For Mexico City-born Sergio Jiménez Amozurrutia, the fact that in his country of more than 120 million people, only a tiny fraction of the population have the ability to invest in the capital markets just didn’t seem right. Here in the U.S.,
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TechCrunch
MAY 25, 2022
A recent ZDNet piece reaffirms that the AI edge chip market is booming, fueled by “staggering” venture capital financing in the hundreds of millions of dollars. He has a deep history of investing in deep tech startups that have gone on to disrupt industries across AI, data, semiconductors, among others.”
TechCrunch
JUNE 30, 2021
And it’s because the incumbents have no reason to fundamentally change.”. billion in 2015. “We In fact, the investment represents NFX’s largest initial investment to date. In fact, the investment represents NFX’s largest initial investment to date. No doubt it has plenty of competition.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 15, 2023
On Friday, January 13, investment giant BlackRock announced it was acquiring a minority stake in SMB 401(k) provider startup Human Interest. For one, as one source told me, BlackRock’s investment is a show of faith in the SMB 401(k) market — one where the firm hasn’t historically played. Consolidation everywhere.
Tomasz Tunguz
JUNE 20, 2016
In 2014, that figure fell to 1186 and in 2015, we count 481. 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.
Haystack
MAY 4, 2019
As an investor in startups, there is considerable conventional wisdom around the idea of investing only in the Bay Area. For me, as a seed investor, I started to feel this struggle back in 2015. Until then, the overwhelming majority of Haystack investments were in the Bay Area. “Get a plane!
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