TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

“In today’s economic environment, Teampay’s software-led approach has proven resilient — as we saw in late 2020 to 2021, when the economy rebounds, Teampay benefits disproportionately through accelerated growth … We increased our debt facility for additional flexibility in uncertain times.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Challenger banks continue to make significant waves in the world of finance, with smaller outfits luring customers away from incumbents by providing an easier way for them to not only engage with basic banking services, but to tap into a wave of technology that brings more personalization and often better deals into the equation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

“The valuation we received is great recognition of the value our employees and stakeholders have helped to create, as well as the exciting opportunities ahead for OneStream.”. OneStream said annual recurring revenue grew 85% in 2020, with customers growing by 40% to 650 enterprises.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

Here’s a workshop planned for a big 2020 conference ( www.bit.ly/2020ecosysPDW For 2020 MSME Day, I wrote an essay for the UN on how ESHIP can keep supporting the SDGs [ www.bit.ly/MSMEday_ESHIP As ecosystem builders, we are new entrants coping with well-entrenched incumbents who are well-motivated to hold their turf.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

The only worry is incumbents might want to eat into Duplo’s meal — but then again, the market is massive. Founded in : 2020. Founded in: 2020. That’s where Plumter sees an opportunity and is pitching to help African importers process payments to China/APAC within 48 hours. Founded in : 2020.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

billion in venture capital across 265 deals during 2020, compared to $1.32 It puts startups in a difficult spot: if 2020 was about enabling video-based teaching, what might emerge from 2021? What opportunities are fading as the space matures? What opportunities are fading as the space matures? billion the prior year.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Israel’s startup ecosystem raised record amounts of funding and produced 19 IPOs in 2020, despite the pandemic. What are some overlooked opportunities right now? Data-driven AppsFlyer, spearheaded by Oren Kaniel, is an exciting mobile-attribution company that is rapidly growing ($200 million+ ARR in 2020) yet maintains a unique DNA.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

The data is based on a sample of 2,500 companies that have used AngelList to syndicate deals from 2013 through 2020. Fifth Wall’s Brendan Wallace and Hippo’s Assaf Wand discuss proptech’s biggest opportunities. What is the biggest opportunity for proptech founders? So it was with OKR-focused startups toward the start of 2020.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Launched in 2020, Solana gained worldwide renown for being one of the fastest blockchains with a rapidly growing developer ecosystem. Hear from its creator Anatoly Yakovenko about the opportunities and challenges ahead as Solana seeks to take web3 to mobile devices in a push for mass adoption.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It laid bare its weaknesses, and conversely, uncovered potential opportunities. Following up on our May of 2020 survey of the sector and about the impact of COVID-19 in particular , TechCrunch spoke with 10 investors about the state of mobility, which trends they’re most excited about and what they’re looking for in their next investments.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer. When they joined, Monzo was generating $69M in revenues (in April 2020). expectations. to expect.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

. “Our Tech Scouting program gives us unique insight about where opportunities for hyper-growth exist. But anticipating opportunity isn’t sufficient – we need to deploy capital to move at digital speed,” said Brian MacCarthy, vice president of tech scouting and ventures at Booz Allen.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

And even though investment activity decreased this year, it still remains well above where it was in 2019 and 2020. Infrastructure providers have a unique opportunity to be a bright spot amidst all the doom and gloom.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

“We don’t want to be elitist, we don’t want to do this for a very small category of people because we really want to become the incumbent bank in the U.S.,” Banks are trying to become relevant, but students don’t buy the BS that incumbents are doing.” Yahyaoui said, starting with students. That’s the goal.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We profiled Rebag back in 2015, when its name included two “g’s,” (gotta love URL availability) and had raised $4 million in seed funding to go after incumbents like The RealReal. The “last time” was a $15 million Series D round in 2020, also led by Novator. The marketplace now has more than 30,000 items.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Sales in this area topped $100 billion in 2020 , driven by the 48 million dogs and cats that were adopted over the past three years. The big story in 2020 was that everyone needed telehealth services for themselves, and we saw that transfer to pets and then exacerbated by the industry,” he added. Pets are big business.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Pivoting from growth at all costs in 2020 and 2021 to efficiency in 2022 and 2023 meant slashing budgets, shelving new projects, doing RIFs, and picking fights with your cloud provider over your bills. A Great company has a strong, defensible business model that can win market share from incumbents.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

For me, there was a huge opportunity in a space that the incumbents were not able to capture because a lot of it is the economics of their model and misaligned incentives.The world continues to unfortunately be made up of haves and have nots….There In 2020, it was $41 million. And if so, why? Walsh: It was 100% worth it.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Former Zillow executives Greg Schwartz and Carey Armstrong founded Stamford, CT-based Tomo in the fall of 2020 to take on big banks when it comes to providing mortgages to consumers. And it’s because the incumbents have no reason to fundamentally change.”. No doubt it has plenty of competition.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Recognizing an opportunity for further growth, Vladimirskiy and Nerdio’s co-founder, former Microsoft exec Joseph Landes, decided to spin-off Nerdio as a separate company and sell Adar to a private equity firm in January 2020. Survey data illustrates the dramatic shift.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

When we covered the company’s most recent funding round before this — a $30 million raise in November 2020 — the startup was valued at $310 million. Meanwhile, Marshmallow’s novel, big-data approach and successful traction in the market speak for themselves. “They are big companies and stuck in their ways.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Founded in September 2020, the New York-based company – which was previously named Unlock – said it uses data science to “ identify, underwrite and close transactions 10x faster than incumbents.” ” It describes itself as a “managed marketplace.” commercial real estate value.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

to “scale given the market opportunity.” He claims that the startup currently has “several hundred” customers and that it’s been profitable and debt-free since Q4 2020. ProsperOps helps these businesses save real money by automatically identifying savings opportunities that may otherwise go unnoticed.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

The fintech then launched its product in October 2020 and today offers a checking account combined with a software layer that aims to help SMBs manage their financials. For its part, Patrick Backhouse of Greenoaks Capital believes that Brazil has an “enormous” SME economy that has historically been “underserved by incumbent banks.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

A flurry of fintechs emerged in hope of meeting that demand while incumbent banks clamored to step up their own digital games. For NorthOne, that only means opportunity. “A Battery Ventures led NorthOne’s $21 million Series A in March of 2020 and is doubling down on its investment with the new raise.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Since launching its first brokerage product in July of 2020, Flink has surpassed 1 million users and 800,000 active brokerage accounts. The banks and incumbents take advantage of that and make people feel like they’re not smart enough to manage their money. The demand for what Flink has to offer is clear.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

million seed financing in the summer of 2020. The pair teamed up in 2020 to come up with a platform that would give FP&A teams the ability to “seamlessly” work across planning and reporting cycles. If you see a gap in an opportunity, you can immediately put resources toward that in days, not months,” she said.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

NFX and existing backers Pear and Mexico-based Wollef (formely known as Jaguar Ventures) doubled down on their investment, which values Melonn “in the neighborhood” of $100 million post-money and brings the Bogota-based startup’s total raised to $24 million since its November 2020 inception.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

In addition to the opportunity to work with Saiprasad, Hariharan said the driver for going after new funding — especially when its seed fund is still firmly in the bank — was seeing the $4.5 digital shopping companies in 2021, up from $23 billion in 2020. digital shopping companies in 2021, up from $23 billion in 2020.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Finance in 2021, and to Fortune’s 40 under 40 in 2020. TechCrunch reached out to Dufétel to find out more about her plans as Checkout.com’s new president, including what’s in store for the company this year, her thoughts on the future of payments generally and why she sees so much opportunity in the U.S. Congrats on your new role!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

s SB Opportunity Fund. Joining TTV in doubling down on their investment in the company were Owl Ventures, SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund, Mubadala Capital and Next Play Capital. I think that’s a big moat around any of the incumbents,” he said. “In the company says.

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Hunter Walk

MAY 17, 2024

Are there specific paths/opportunities in AI that you believe startups are actually better qualified to take advantage of than incumbents? Like everyone else, we went distributed overnight in March 2020. KS: Isn’t this the trillion-dollar question?

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

A recent survey by TechCrunch+ indicates that investors and founders are, instead of simply looking for attractive opportunities, increasingly putting their minds to building the foundations for an industry that can employ the power of psychedelics to change lives.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. 2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer expectations. When they joined, Monzo was generating $69M in revenues (in April 2020).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

In 2020, digital bank Varo became the first-ever all-digital nationally chartered U.S. This is particularly interesting because many of the existing corporate card players often point to Concur as an incumbent that they are trying to replace. We also saw these decisions as an opportunity to build a longer runway.”

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

The 2020 Effect?—?Institutional In 2020, the world changed dramatically. In the risk-on environment of 2020–21, I turned to my favorite asset class?—?cryptocurrency. 2017 versus 2020: Live Use Cases Everything was looking very different from the 2017 bull market. By 2020–2021, things started to look very different.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Indeed, rape kits donated by another private manufacturer were reportedly used in April 2020 in Monterey County, California, under a temporary process developed for the pandemic. “I Critics cast the startup’s entrepreneurial approach as greedy opportunism. And that makes me feel even more strongly about standing behind Leda Health.”.

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