Revolution

JUNE 10, 2019

Yet, technology adoption within the real estate community as a means to fundamentally disrupt how physical assets behave and how transactions occur was lagging up until the last couple of years. It is about building and recreating communities. Image courtesy of Mint House Real estate lies at the core of our everyday lives?—?it

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hospitality real estate peer-to-peer mix-use 100

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Or that venture capital is a meritocracy? I’ve backed multiple Black founders and entrepreneurs from the LGBTQ community and so I’ve seen a very wide mix of founders pitch, get funded and get passed on. We know what the racial and gender wealth disparity looks like: This is a lesson taught to be by Jewel from Collab Capital.

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advice pitching venture capital VC 476

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Since its 2017 inception, Mos has opened access to a pool of over $160 billion in financial aid to the more than 400,000 students within its community. 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.,”

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incumbents startup consulting communities 99

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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real estate financing finance incumbents 97

Ecosystem Builder Hub

MAY 21, 2021

As part of the Insights from the Field campaign, I wanted to hear from other ecosystem builders in the field about their approaches to DEI, and hopefully identify specific techniques that they’ve incorporated in their communities. Kate Jackson, an ecosystem builder in the Chicago area, described the ‘why’ of this beautifully.

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peer-to-peer entrepreneurial ecosystem entrepreneurship board 105

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“My dad still eats instant ramen each night, and it is such a massive market: 4 billion packets are sold per year, but it is also a product that has been dominated by the same three incumbents for years.”. The company has amassed a community of 4,000 members that help Immi with rapid taste testing. “We billion of value in the U.S.

incumbents 98

incumbents collaboration capital culture 98

TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

million in seed funding to make its mission a reality, with backers including OSS Capital; Lux Capital; Sisu Game Ventures; and — somewhat notably — Bob Young , the cofounder and former CEO of Red Hat, an enterprise-focused open-source company that IBM went on to acquire for $34 billion in 2019. Distributed.

incumbents 100

incumbents communities support development 100

TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

According to one recent survey (from MLOps Community), 84.3% The market for MLOps services could reach $4 billion by 2025, by one estimation , and includes startups like Databricks, DataRobot, Algorithmia and incumbents like Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services. million in total venture capital.

development 89

development incumbents communities collaboration 89

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The Series B is being led by Spark Capital, with participation also from Unbound, Reid Hoffman and Canaan Partners (both of which led its previous round, a $13.4 At a time when the global economy has been under pressure, Taptap Send saw business grow eight-fold, the company said.

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incumbents communities capital networking 94

TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2021

Right now this care is antiquated and run by incumbents, many of which still run off paper and Excel. Also participating were existing investor 1818 Venture Capital as well as new investors Novit Ventures, Perivoli Innovations, the J.B. The latest to join this race is U.K. startup Lifted , which has now raised $6.2

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ventures incumbents health communities 89

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

(KBIC) — a subsidiary of South Korean consumer bank, Kookmin Bank — along with Barclays, Knollwood Investment Advisory, BAM Ventures, Passport Capital, Ulu Ventures and Strong Ventures. . TomoCredit is a credit card that operates with a debit card model that is issued by Community Federal Savings Bank, a member of the FDIC.

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incumbents financing finance accelerator 101

TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Today’s news comes out from the Middle East and Africa where Eksab , an Egyptian platform that says it’s making football more exciting and interactive for every fan in both regions through gaming and online community building, has raised $ 3million in seed funding. and Europe.

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incumbents incubation investing investment 98

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For Mexico City-born Sergio Jiménez Amozurrutia, the fact that in his country of more than 120 million people, only a tiny fraction of the population have the ability to invest in the capital markets just didn’t seem right. Also, here in Mexico, the population is not that sophisticated like in the U.S. We need to educate on a basic level.”.

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investing investment education incumbents 91

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Founded in 2010, Razor’s Edge funds multistage startups with both commercial and government customers but specializes in ventures that “[help] national security community [members] solve difficult technology problems and advance critical missions,” in its own words. maintain “technological superiority.”

ventures 54

ventures investing investment startup 54

TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

” And this line was the classic motivation for all incumbents buying fintechs: “Why not just bring it in to our platform and get it to customers as quickly as possible?”. He told me: “The question I have is who will capitalize on this bear market to scoop up valuable technology or talent. billion, had cut 10% of its staff.

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incumbents energy board investing 117

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Risk-on, risk-off : The startup fundraising game is in flux at the moment, with some investors putting capital to work in companies that have yet to fully form, as the public market takes body blows and earnings disappoint. and that Mary Ann’s fintech newsletter is coming soon. You can sign up for it here. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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incumbents board enablement startup 89

TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

payments landscape is currently dominated by legacy and new-age incumbents, and we know competition would ultimately deliver better outcomes for consumers. While we’ve grown a lot in APAC and EMEA, the U.S. is the second-largest eCommerce market in the world and there is an extensive, untapped opportunity for growth there. We welcome them.

innovation 86

innovation incumbents frameworks support 86

TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

In announcing the deal, they said: “DeFi-enabled B2B payment networks that are on chain can unlock transformative working capital efficiencies, and make financial services more fair and open, especially in developing markets like LATAM.”. and Mexico. As a result, they may have to sell.”. from the previous quarter” to $24.1

real estate 106

real estate VC mix-use opportunity 106

Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Not yet profitable but invaluable to developers worldwide, the decade-old company bootstrapped, differentiated from formidable competitors GitLab and Atlassian’s BitBucket, weathered leadership upheavals, and eventually ingested lots of venture capital which helped them weather the challenges they faced.

leadership 71

leadership incumbents culture networking 71

TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2022

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. Most importantly, he’s been building a true community of fintech enthusiasts all around the world. The meteor is about to hit.

incumbents 136

incumbents SaaS angel investing ventures 136

TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

Previously relegated to underground communities and rave culture, drugs like ketamine, MDMA (commonly known as ecstasy) and psilocybin are now being studied to develop therapies to treat everything from PTSD to cluster headaches. R&D-driven psychedelic companies usually need a lot of capital and tend to IPO early. To a degree, yes.

health 94

health startup incumbents ventures 94

TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

The first iteration of the app launched last August, and in the intervening months the company raised an “over-subscribed” $700,000 pre-seed round of funding from backers including early-stage Swiss venture capital (VC) firm Wingman Ventures, as well as U.S.-based ”

incumbents 88

incumbents VC support venture capital 88

TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Abdigani Diriye, Khalid Keenan and Youcef Oudjidane, the other co-founders, have combined experience across engineering, investment banking and venture capital. The only worry is incumbents might want to eat into Duplo’s meal — but then again, the market is massive. Bloom’s offering allows Sudanese to save in U.S.

startup 91

startup hospitality health financing 91

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The duo formally founded Tea out of Puerto Rico last November, with the company emerging from stealth in March backed by $8 million in funding from notable backers including the venture capital arm of crypto giant Binance. “We have a long list of potential revenue-generating outcomes depending on what the community finds most useful.”

development 97

development incumbents communities venture capital 97

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A new startup is setting out to help companies build and harness communities around their products, enabling them to side-step multiple disparate tools and manage everything in a single platform. funds, including J&T Ventures, Credo Ventures, Mxv Capital, and Plug & Play Tech Center. Community meets product.

communities 82

communities mix-use incumbents disruption 82

TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

If the people who form the backbone of your community do not feel good about your project or their participation, you’re in big trouble. Does the ability to make users collective owners in the platform’s success give you an advantage over web2 incumbents?

frameworks 91

frameworks founder incumbents disruption 91

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. Access to capital through overdrafts and Monzo credit products. Early success: Foundations built on product and community. Outperforming incumbents with modern experience and digital infrastructure.

peer-to-peer 101

peer-to-peer incumbents financing finance 101

OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

While incumbent competitor Mattress Firm began a process of consolidation and subsequently filed for bankruptcy in 2018, Casper announced it would be opening 200 retail locations across the US. A big part of this is building a community of people that value sleep and want to share that with us,” says Casper SVP of Experience Eleanor Morgan.

sustainability 51

sustainability incumbents technology strategy 51

WSJ - The Accelerators

JULY 2, 2015

Metrics matter most in Series B, or as the venture community likes to say: “There’s nothing like numbers to screw up a good story,” and render a promising startup unfinanceable. is the primary provider of venture capital to itself and the rest of the world, the companies vying for these funds are now more global than ever.

ventures 28

ventures incumbents venture capital financing 28

TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

has raised $ 30 million in new capital to help these individuals not only adjust to – but feel comfortable and “thrive” in – their new environment. based company’s $35 million Series B in April 2021, which was co-led by TTV Capital, Owl Ventures and SoftBank Group Corp.’s s SB Opportunity Fund. the company says. the company says.

education 78

education communities incumbents health 78

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. Venmo) or split the bill (e.g.,

peer-to-peer 40

peer-to-peer incumbents financing finance 40

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 14, 2013

Instead of running a series of interviews of everyone in the NYC tech community, I'm going to use proxies--media lists, suggestions from others. Self promotion when you've got nothing to back it up rings hollow, but if you're doing great work, it's incumbent upon you to make sure your story gets out there and people know what you're up to.

peer-to-peer 332

peer-to-peer incumbents opportunity media 332

TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

We’re also building a growing stable of podcasts focused on the most critical topics relating to the startup and venture capital worlds. Finally, there’s Equity , TechCrunch’s long-running, Webby-award-winning podcast focused on venture capital and the latest startup news, hosted by Natasha , Mary Ann and Alex.

venture capital 73

venture capital SaaS incumbents ventures 73

TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

They raised huge sums of capital and put forth a number of high-profile, richly valued IPOs. Oh, and if you are building a so-called “web3” startup, well, there’s lots of capital in the market for your work. Let’s see if the startup can tackle the public incumbent, itself a former startup. Now onto the rest of the news!

incumbents 81

incumbents VC networking entrepreneurs 81

TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Companies in this segment work with community pharmacies and lower-end providers such as drug shops to help stock products. Last year, two talking points from Salient’s report were the need for increased capital from Africa-based investors and more money to flow into women-led startups.

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investing investment health startup 114

Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 9, 2013

The return of venture backed hardware startups has engendered a community of companies who have successfully unified talents in hardware and software design: Nest, FitBit, Electric Imp, Jawbone, Sonos, Basis, Leap Motion, Boxee and many more. The fastest path to that end for incumbents is acquisition of startups like these.

incumbents 40

incumbents startup enablement communities 40

TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

I’ve come to realize, in reporting on startups and venture capital pretty much exclusively for the past 5 years — and for many more before that in one capacity or another — that nothing is black and white, things aren’t always what they seem and they can change in the blink of an eye. .”

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real estate ventures venture capital financing 92