TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This is where Wynn believes Ascend is competing, though some incumbents are offering premium financing, but not in the digital way Ascend is. Not only did he like how quickly the team was moving to create momentum around themselves in terms of securing early pilots with customers, but also getting well known digital-first companies on board.

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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. Outperforming incumbents with modern experience and digital infrastructure. Monzo has also been able to move faster than incumbents because of its forward-looking approach to building banking infrastructure.

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peer-to-peer incumbents financing finance 101

TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

In many cases, they are dealing with a foreign and complex financial system, may struggle with finding adequate housing and health care and just generally feeling lost. There is no requirement for health insurance, all immigration statuses are accepted and the offering includes bilingual customer service.

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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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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Most frequently people use this phrase in association with personal technology devices (heart-monitors, exercise accessories, sleep monitors, etc) that allow consumers to take direct control of their health information. practice of employer sponsored health care coverage. healthcare system rarely thinks of the patient as a customer.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 26, 2021

Even with $125K from YC and $1–2M in venture funding, a startup’s credit limit is still likely to tap out at $20K from an incumbent creditor—which is not nearly enough to cover software, marketing, and other expenses. incumbent offerings which only offered end-of-month reconciliation). The incumbent system involves three key “stacks.”

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incumbents financing finance enablement 124

TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Such an example is Augury from our portfolio that has developed an end-to-end solution to provide manufacturers with early, actionable and comprehensive insights into machine health and performance. DevOps, martech, digital health. Games, vertical AI and AI agencies, digital health. the speed of creating vaccines).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Cityblock Health has experienced considerable growth on the back of a care model designed to actually meet the recipients of care where they already are, while still satisfying the needs of payers. 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?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

How should they think about competition, strategic investment versus top-tier VC firms and how to build their board? Our health status should be as accessible as our checking account balance. And the pandemic has cast the spotlight on high-potential categories, including health, mobility and cybersecurity.

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startup construction VC health 78

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I think it started with eBay, but then we got into more vertical specific ones, like Zillow, Grubhub, OpenTable and Uber that I’m on the board of. Ezra Klein : You’re talking here about electronic health records. Our firm has been fortunate enough to be an investor in numerous “marketplaces”. Bill Gurley : Absolutely.

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health VC hospitality disruption 43

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 6, 2024

Perhaps had the Republican party done this eight years ago and not gotten on board the Trump train, there would still be anyone left in the voting pool who cared for that message, but it was all too little too late. I’m not sure what the GOP could have done to change their outcome.

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