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The Top 6 Posts of 2016

Tomasz Tunguz

2016 was a year of change for SaaS, and most of the story was the public market. The Hottest Startup Sectors In 2016 - published on January 3rd, this post reviewed the patterns of investment in startups, and in particular, the sectors where investors were increasing their investment the fastest. The end of the year is fast approaching.

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Asset Management Is a Peculiar Industry Ripe for Disruption

David Teten VC

However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. Rolling ten-year returns have steadily declined across hedge fund strategies. Lowe; “2016 Partner Compensation Survey”; 2016. Green Bar: Bloomberg.

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MakeSpace Raises an Additional $17.5 million and Unveils Strategy to Make Public Storage the Next Blockbuster Video

Both Sides of the Table

million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. Fragmented markets can be a great target for disruption. MakeSpace , the leading provider of next-generation storage for consumers, today announced an additional $17.5

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“Putting adVenture back into Venture Capital!”- Jeshua Soh’s Unique Approach to Investing

AsiaTechDaily

“My work with startups and the ecosystem began in 2016 when I founded Startupmedia to help startups and the ecosystem tell their stories and school myself in starting/scaling businesses. Jeshua’s Fundraising Strategies for Founders: Consider whether venture capital funding is essential; not all businesses need it.

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Extra Crunch roundup: DTC strategy, IPO analysis, Zoom’s future product plans

TechCrunch

” TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 is underway! Today, “we’re seeing the value of low, mid and high-multiples SaaS companies each find a comfortable trading range after a bull run since early 2016, albeit one with caveats,” he writes. Choices and constraints: How DTC companies decide which strategy to follow.

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Data wants to disrupt your deal flow (again)

TechCrunch

I don’t want to get into the due diligence conversation yet again, and investors leaning on data to dictate their investment decisions is anything but a new strategy. Lucky for Raad Ahmed and Ashish Walia, the co-founders of Lawtrades, defining the term has been a conversation that’s been in the works since 2016.

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Disruptive Innovation in SaaS by Competing with Non-Consumption

Tomasz Tunguz

But to incite disruption requires a different set of marketing skills. He says, “A new-market disruption is an innovation that enables a larger population of people, who previously lacked the money or skill, now to begin buying and using a product and doing the job for themselves.”.