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The Future of Corporate Venture Capital

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How has corporate venture capital changed? In the decade since the Great Recession, we have seen digital upstarts – taking advantage of disruptive technologies from AI to IoT – reshape the economy and the corporate pecking order. The post The Future of Corporate Venture Capital appeared first on 500 Startups.

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

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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. But in verticals ranging from freight brokerage to B2B marketplaces, these enablers have repeatedly emerged after an initial disruption.

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Venture capital funding may have slowed, but VC firms have no problems raising new funds

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As the market swoons, venture capital firms continue to announce new funds. With a large population, Pakistan is geographically smaller, well-connected with fewer provinces, has lower regulatory barriers and doesn’t have strong incumbents,” Khurshid, who is originally from Pakistan, said via email. It’s been a busy day for new funds.

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Australian fintech Zeller lands $50M AUD led by Spark Capital at a $400M AUD valuation

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million USD) led by Spark Capital, the investment firm whose portfolio also includes Twitter, Slack and Coinbase. The funding included participation from returning investors Square Peg, Apex Capital Partners and Addition, and brings Zeller’s total raised in under a year to $81 million AUD.

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Sylndr, an online used-car retailer, raises $12.6M pre-seed to disrupt Egypt’s automotive market

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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. Saudi-based early-stage venture capital firm RAED Ventures led the round. Some include U.K.’s

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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

Both Sides of the Table

Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. It should affect how you think if you are an incumbent but also if you’re a startup. It is often LESS performant.

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Make no bones about it, Fuzzy expands reach into pet care market with capital infusion

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In addition, 25% of the capital was raised from underrepresented communities, Bhettay said. Bhettay is also seeing the larger incumbents focus here, as well as marketing dollars, which he considers validation that the market is shifting to the digitalization of pet care. Fuzzy live chat via its app. Image Credits: Fuzzy.

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