Y Combinator

AUGUST 30, 2021

In the long run, software platforms have the potential to be much larger than traditional incumbents. Upon digging deeper, the founders realized that incumbent providers were overly complex, and more manual than necessary. Incumbents relied primarily on sales teams, which Gusto suspected actually limited their reach among SMBs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Last week, Paystand — a blockchain-enabled B2B payments startup — announced it had acquired Mexican fintech Yaydoo — creating a new unicorn in the resulting new entity. billion, “the largest percentage drop since Q3 2018.” Since its founding in 2018, Legalpad says it has helped thousands of workers relocate to the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Image Credits: Baselit With Baselit, for example, a marketplace could enable its sellers to ask “Which of my product goes out of stock most frequently?” But Ochoa argues that Lasso solves many of the setup problems associated with incumbent RPA solutions while remaining license-free. In 2020, backers poured $296.4

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

“This caught our attention — we spent months talking to and building for enterprise users at warehouses, factories, freight yards and ports and eventually, in 2018, decided to start Pando to solve for global logistics through a software-as-a-service platform offering.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

With the global insurtech market worth over $5 trillion, there are different opportunities to be tapped despite the presence of large incumbents. Jonathan Stewart joined as a co-founder leading sales and partnerships in 2018. In Africa, one startup is carving a niche for itself. Hopley launched Root in 2016 to cater to this need.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

.” De Gruchy — who has a fascinating history, having studied cage fighting and served as an army officer before pivoting to a quieter, white-collar career in due diligence analysis — founded Infogrid in 2018. Infogrid helps our clients to provide exactly this, which improves their rental yields and asset values.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Showing that there’s real investor enthusiasm for identity management platforms, Saviynt , which enables companies to secure apps, data and infrastructure in a single platform, today announced that it raised $205 million in debt from AB Private Credit Investors’ Tech Capital Solutions group. from last year’s $1.3

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer expectations. Monzo attacked incumbent models by creating an entirely app-based experience where customers could open a checking account from their phone for free. Traditional banks have not been able to keep pace.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

Even well-established brands like Toys “R” Us and Sears are not immune to these trends, both declaring bankruptcy in 2018. Macy’s, its better-faring competitor, is moving away from physical storefronts, cutting its square footage by 13% between 2015 and 2018. of spending with US merchants in 2018. buyout by Dollar Tree.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

These tools might enable online booking, provide the ability for more frequent customer-provider communication, facilitate surveys and feedback, automate follow-up correspondence, and anticipate customer needs. By 2018, they will operate 75 offices in 8 markets with over 400 primary care clinicians.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Loris was launched in 2018 by Nancy Lublin, the former CEO of nonprofit social advocacy group Do Something and the founder of the Crisis Text Line, a suicide prevention organization. Call center service provider incumbents like Dialpad offer sentiment analysis features, as well, as do companies including Cogito , Saygent and SugarCRM.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The direct listing enables them to go public without raising capital. Software M&A in 2019 reached about $170B up from $136B in 2018, up 25%. And incumbents desire as much of that as possible for themselves. Startups begin to siphon off important but underserved segments of SaaS incumbent's customer bases.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

It’s another example of an incumbent recognizing that it makes more sense to buy a company that has developed technology that it wants rather than building it out itself – a process that would take far longer and require more resources than a simple acquisition would. “We

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Convinced that there’s room for another startup in the burgeoning space, Jason Dorfman co-founded Orum with Karthik Viswanathan in 2018. “ Orum enables teams to make hundreds of calls in just minutes, while helping automate lead data and improve it over time.” ” Orum solves a real problem.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

SaaS models and cloud technologies have eliminated some of the barriers for Israeli companies and enable companies to quickly set up and set up a proof of concept. Riskified makes e-ommerce easier and safer and enables a thriving e-commerce environment. Led by CEO Pavel Gurevich the company is seeing excellent traction.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Rivian emerged from stealth in 2018 with a pair of vehicles that helped it become the buzziest EV automaker since Tesla. So how should startups that have incumbents to take on, other startups to best, or both, approach the balance between growth and spend this year? Rivian Grows Up. with RJ Scaringe (Rivian).

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