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The Future of Corporate Venture Capital

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Conventional wisdom dictated that incumbents should focus their innovation efforts on R&D and growing their cash cows while investing in a few startups. But the rate of change has accelerated and with it, the balance of internal versus external investment. We believe the new corporate landscape calls for new strategies.

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The next wave of supply-chain innovation will be driven by startups that help incumbents win

TechCrunch

For years, the prevailing narrative for innovation in supply chain has focused on the disruptors: Upstarts that enter the industry with new technologies and business models to displace incumbents. Enablers take on the unglamorous role of helping incumbents stay relevant. The quiet engines driving transformation.

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Parafin Transforming Delivery of Small Business Financial Services Closes $100M Series C

American Entrepreneurship

The recent closing of a $100 million Series C financing at a $750 million valuation positions the company for accelerated growth. Incumbent methods systematically bias against women- and minority-owned businesses. This has historically hindered small business growth.

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Israeli fintech Personetics raises $85M for tools to help incumbents personalize banking services to compete with neobanks

TechCrunch

Today a startup that is building tools to help incumbent address this challenge is announcing a round of funding on the back of a lot of demand for its services. “T hey are seeing the impact of the alternatives,” he said, with the migration away from the incumbents happening gradually. That’s a common thing.”

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NeuReality lands $35M to bring AI accelerator chips to market

TechCrunch

Inferencing chips accelerate the AI inferencing process, which is where AI systems generate outputs (e.g., And on the incumbent side, Google’s competing for dominance with its tensor processing units (TPUs) while Amazon’s betting on Inferentia. The growing demand for AI, particularly generative AI (i.e.,

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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

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One, it usually implies that you’re going to start going cash flow negative to accelerate growth. We’ve seen studies on how men and women get asked different questions, but I also think it’s incumbent upon all founders to control the conversation. What are the characteristics of this product? That adds risk.

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SXSW 2022: Building the Sustainable Startups of the Future

Revolution

Startups are a Sustainability Accelerant: Unlike industry incumbents with slower, more outdated frameworks, startups often build with sustainability at the forefront of their business?—?even even (and especially) as the company scales. So, what does the future hold for sustainable startups? That’s to be determined.