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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incumbents peer-to-peer health opportunity 87

Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

There are many reasons for that, such as private equity and crossover investors investing earlier, or the fact that LPs in VC funds are affected by public market swings and could, theoretically, hit some VC firms to feel the pinch. could become even more attractive regions for investment. I am expecting a downturn at some point.

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opportunity incumbents VC culture 76

TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The latest to show its hand is Berlin-based Flink , which today is announcing that it has raised a hefty $52 million in seed financing. Related: goPuff itself is also looking to expand into Europe and is currently in talks to acquire or invest in the U.K.’s unicorn goPuff. ’s Fancy , which some have dubbed a mini goPuff).

startup 101

startup incumbents financing finance 101

TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2022

voting rights tied to its original investment, “contingent on the final settlement of certain legal proceedings (which has not yet occurred).” As these technologies proliferate in everyday life, we’ll witness the advent of the Internet of Payments …Together, sooner than you might think, the newcomers will unseat the incumbents.

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incumbents SaaS angel investing ventures 136

TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Retail investment behemoth Robinhood laid off 23% of its staff — just 3 months after letting go of 9% of its workforce. PitchBook reported that “on the heels of a breakthrough year for fintech investment, VC activity in the sector is simmering down.” Specifically, it said, in Q2 2022, “ VC investment in fintech companies fell 17.8%

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real estate VC mix-use opportunity 106

TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2021

That became $4 trillion in mid-2018. Myles Udland , a reporter at our sister publication Yahoo Finance, has at least part of the puzzle in a piece he wrote this week. Locke said that the venture market for insurtech investments is “definitely more aggressive” this year than last. Fair enough. Various and sundry.

incumbents 106

incumbents mix-use capital venture capital 106

TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

According to an HBS case study , “in December 2018 the interest rate in Brazil for corporate loans was 52.3%, for consumer loans it was 120.0% Brazil’s banking system is a massive market, and one ill-served by incumbents. and for credit card indebtedness it was 272.42%.” Nubank is on its way to realizing that objective.

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incumbents pitching strategy disruption 99

Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Whereas in 2016 I struggled to come up with one, and whereas in 2017 it was obvious it was Coinbase, with 2018 comes the most money poured into U.S. In 2018, it was that kind year. This is the company, in my opinion, which only first appeared on the radar of most investors in 2018.

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incumbents accelerator venture capital financing 127

TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

In a statement, Luke Sarsfield, co-head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, said: “Employers are looking to provide their employees tailored solutions and customizable advice that can better support individual saving and investing needs to help improve retirement savings outcomes. That deal closed last week.

startup 110

startup financing finance incumbents 110

Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer. This did not happen by magic. expectations.

peer-to-peer 101

peer-to-peer incumbents financing finance 101

Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Monzo’s culture of customer obsession allowed it to use the crisis to thoughtfully build a beloved consumer and SMB product that has changed personal finance in the UK. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer expectations. This did not happen by magic.

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peer-to-peer incumbents financing finance 40

TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Here are the investors in their own words, for any TechCrunch reader who is interested in hiring, investing or founding a company in the country. What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? What’s your latest, most exciting investment? Oh, and one more thing. We just launched Extra Crunch in Israel.

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startup mix-use SaaS advice 141

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

CVS Care Clinic Price Schedule: Benchmark Healthcare Investments. Our venture capital firm, Benchmark, has made four investments consistent with the “customer-first” theme. By 2018, they will operate 75 offices in 8 markets with over 400 primary care clinicians. healthcare market. The timing can be tricky, however.

health 59

health hospitality networking mix-use 59

TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

The funding brings the total investment to date for Portland, Oregon-based Sila to $20 million. The company was founded in 2018 by Shamir Karkal, Angela Angelovska, Isaac Hines and Alex Lipton to simplify digital payments and storage in a regulatory compliant way and build on blockchain technology.

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development real estate incumbents ventures 103