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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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Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021

TechCrunch

For the fourth straight year, the publicly traded fintechs massively outperformed the incumbent financial services providers as well as every mainstream stock index. For the fourth straight year, the publicly traded fintechs massively outperformed the incumbent financial services providers as well as every mainstream stock index.

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Trends in Early Stage SaaS Fundraising Market of 2016

Tomasz Tunguz

The exuberant acquisition environment should enable some early-stage companies to menace their incumbents and take share, as those behemoths are distracted by M&A. Many of the most of apparent and immediate opportunities in the software market have been filled by now SaaS incumbents.

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After raising $10M, Breeze breathes fresh air into a stagnant disability insurance market

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billion as of this year and was declining slightly since 2016, IBIS World reported. Lisa Dolan, managing director at Link Ventures, said she found the company while examining web traffic data, where Breeze was listed among industry incumbents among consumers searching for disability. market for disability insurance was valued at $19.1

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Truepill’s latest funding boosts valuation to $1.6B as it works on B2B side of healthcare

TechCrunch

After developing a network of telehealth, diagnostics and pharmacies for consumers, digital health company Truepill is targeting healthcare incumbents like health payers, providers and employer groups. The company’s “big focus is continuing the vision of transforming healthcare,” said Sid Viswanathan, president and co-founder of Truepill.

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Digital freight forwarder Forto raises another $50M in round led by Inven Capital

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It’s now raised $103 million since its launch in 2016. “Forto has proven to be essential in a sector which is under increasing pressure amidst a global pandemic and is dominated by fragmented, non-digital incumbents,” added Michiel Kotting, partner at Northzone.

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The Metric that Matters for Startups in 2016

Tomasz Tunguz

In 2016, the question that will immediately follow, “What is your annual growth rate?” Inexpensive equity dollars enable capital-intensive companies to amass the warchest necessary to dethrone incumbents. 2015 is the end of an era, the era of startup growth at any cost. ” will be “What are your unit economics?”