TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Today, Akeyless is thriving, Angel tells me — despite fierce competition from incumbents like Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager and Google Cloud’s Secret Manager. According to a 2021 survey from code security platform GitGuardian, three code commits out of 1,000 expose at least one secret.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And on the incumbent side, Google’s competing for dominance with its tensor processing units (TPUs) while Amazon’s betting on Inferentia. NeuReality has been shipping prototypes to partners since May 2021, Tanach says. There’s Hailo , Mythic and Flex Logix , to name a few upstarts.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Venture capitalists helped power this trend by enabling the creation of hundreds of unicorns and counting. In fact, the third quarter of 2021 alone saw the birth of 42 new fintech unicorns, according to CB Insights.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

It puts startups in a difficult spot: if 2020 was about enabling video-based teaching, what might emerge from 2021? We have seen 20 creator led learning platforms across “preK to Gray” learning in addition to incumbents like Teachable and very few have an ability to build a moat in my view. New student collaboration tools?

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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. I think 2021 will be amazing. Ben Wiener, Jumpspeed Ventures.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

What sectors will recover in 2021 and where are the new and unlikely opportunities to invest? At the Urban Innovation Fund, we are spending a lot of time looking at software tools that enable larger hardware systems to work more efficiently. What sectors will recover in 2021, and where are the new and unlikely opportunities to invest?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

They were brought back together by the pandemic to start the e-commerce enablement company. And in January, fulfillment is up 20% compared to November of 2021. Additionally, Melonn works with a range of transportation providers, including incumbents such as FedEx or DHL and last-mile startups, to reduce shipping times and costs. .

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But the company will end 2021 with revenues close to 2x its pre-pandemic peak, in spite of continued low interest rates, reduced travel, and depressed pandemic spending. 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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

In October 2021, Valve banned all blockchain-related games from its Steam platform. Incumbents tend to be more wary of adapting new business models and gaming is no different. Interestingly enough, at the time of writing (Nov 14) MIR4, a crypto-enabled MMORPG on Steam, is running at 88,000 concurrent users.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

We’ve seen companies across the e-commerce infrastructure and enablement ecosystem pick up larger and larger rounds, and CommerceIQ is the latest to secure late-stage financing. The latest capital infusion comes less than a year from a $60 million Series C round that happened in June 2021. Meanwhile, $1.1

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Bhettay wasn’t planning to raise additional funds so soon after the Series B, but said accelerated growth in the business enabled the company to hire more, check off more of the to-do list items over the past eight months and provided a unique opportunity to lean in on partnerships and expand financial plans.

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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.” Canvas Ventures led the company’s seed round in late 2021, w ith participation from Montage Ventures, FJ Labs and Crosscut.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

In other words, it wants to invest in early-stage fintech and enabling technology companies “where opportunities for early partnerships with financial incumbents exist.” Huang also acknowledges that in 2021, the trio stepped back from investing “because it was getting way too frothy.” Want more fintech news in your inbox?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Thndr, launched in late 2020 by Ahmad Hammouda and Seif Amr , is filling the gap by making it easier to open and manage investment accounts, consequently replacing traditionally slow and outdated processes by incumbents. African tech took center stage in 2021. to $5B in 2021.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

While incumbents have pioneered various enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to digitize these processes, companies would still get four to five different software platforms to complete multiple tasks. And our main product is transport management software for shippers enables multi-enterprise collaboration.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Mahmoud, who worked at a startup incubator in Canada while he got the idea for Eksab, said he built the platform with inspiration from incumbents such as Dream 11 , DraftKings and FanDuel as well as newer startups infusing web3 into the world of fantasy sports like Sorare. and Europe.

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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 valuation, which is 85% below its June 2021 raise…As prices and valuations stabilize, we will see deals ramp back up.”. and Mexico. and Mexico.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

He founded the company with his sister — both Congo-born Chinese — in November 2021 after noticing the opportunity to duplicate the success of web3 projects in Southeast Asia across Africa. The company said this would enable students to explore opportunities in play-to-earn gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

auto giant General Motors is betting on Soelect, which is building “fast charge-capable anode technologies that might enable the next generation of batteries for electric vehicles,” TechCrunch reports. But first up is Natasha’s dive into Mos , which founder Amira Yahyaoui says is gunnin’ to become “the incumbent bank in the U.S.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

Finance in 2021, and to Fortune’s 40 under 40 in 2020. payments landscape is currently dominated by legacy and new-age incumbents, and we know competition would ultimately deliver better outcomes for consumers. And before that, she worked at Neuberger Berman and served as a partner at McKinsey & Company.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

As part of the new partnership, the companies said in a press release that Instacart will leverage Adyen functionality, including PINless debit enablement of transactions “to further optimize and improve authorization rates for an even more seamless customer experience.” Pymnts has more here. Another example of fintech for good.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But the company will end 2021 with revenues close to 2x its pre-pandemic peak, in spite of continued low interest rates, reduced travel, and depressed pandemic spending. 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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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

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. I covered the company’s 2021 raise here. These companies, of course, join a plethora of others in the U.S. This means that millions of Hispanic-owned businesses in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

It achieved unicorn status in August 2021 and at the time was eyeing an IPO. Level was founded by Vladimir Korshin, Asa Schachar and Molly Hogan in 2021.” In September 2021, I covered Vouch’s announcement of $90 million in new funding. Both Vouch and Level are Y Combinator alums. billion, had cut 10% of its staff.

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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 Fast slows its roll.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2022

Those apps are increasingly adding an ‘investment button’ that enables consumers to purchase US Equities. “DriveWealth’s vision is to enable every person with a phone to be an investor and I’m excited to join the team to bring this mission to life. For too long, many people in the U.S.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Problems & Ideas: Financing as a service for building electrification Contractor enablement Finding ways (at scale) to add trust as well as ensure accountability Improving the quote lifecycle to reduce time spent (and truck rolls), automate system design, and improve installed system performance.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The company says it plans to extend its Series B funding with a second tranche to be closed ahead of the company launching products powered by its own insurance licence, scheduled for the first half of 2021. “We sell more policies to first-time insurance buyers in Germany than incumbents like Allianz, Axa, Zurich, etc,” he says.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

to enable customers to make online payments using their bank accounts. Shoykhet acknowledges that there’s formidable competition in the payments space — not only from incumbents like Venmo, Amazon and PayPal but from buy now, pay later vendors such as Afterpay and Klarna. But Shoykhet welcomes the rivalry.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

a company that has developed a precision fermentation technology to make animal-free proteins, like eggs, is having a good 2021. The new capital will enable the company to scale production, commercialize further products in its pipeline and expand into new food applications for its technology. “We The EVERY Co. , Europe and Asia.

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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

JUNE 8, 2022

Founded in 2020 and launched in 2021, Juni closed off its Series A only in October of last year (it raised $21.5 Most incumbent banks, and now a fair number of neobanks, target small and medium businesses as customers. It didn’t give actual customer numbers.) “We like companies that use tech in smart ways to decrease costs.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2023

billion raised across 447 deals in 2021. While of course I still believe fintech is in its early innings, I do also think that people went a little too crazy, too fast in 2021 and a lot of companies that probably shouldn’t have gotten funded did. Snafus can happen even when incumbents and fintechs partner. That compares to $25.3

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2023

This, along with the platform’s emphasis on no-code capabilities, differentiates Pando from incumbents like SAP, Oracle, Blue Yonder and E2Open, Jayakrishnan asserts. ” Pando makes a best effort to automate processes around the supply chain.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Wynn started the company in January 2021 with his co-founder Praveen Chekuri after working together at Instacart. Ascend is offering point-of-sale financing to enable insurance brokers to break up those commercial payments into monthly installments. They want all of their money up front so they can invest it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The World Bank estimates that some $589 billion will be sent this way 2021, according to research from the World Bank, up 7.3% on 2020, as parts of the global economy started to claw back growth after a tough 2020 due to Covid-19.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Recently, there’s been rapid digitization of this market , with several startups upending incumbents such as classifieds and hoping to define the new era of used-car-sale platforms. But t he used cars market isn’t only enormous in Egypt; it is in almost every country with a large population globally. Some include U.K.’s

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