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Why @UpfrontVC invested in Disruptive Rental Car Startup @Skurt

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a classic “innovator’s dilemma,” making this market ripe for disruption. Surely the startup can do better. I’ve looked at many companies trying to disrupt this market and I’ve seen very interesting solutions and feel certain one or a few will stick and become big.

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Why AI Won't Be the Investment Opportunity Everyone Thinks It Is

This is going to be BIG.

When I think about true disruptions in tech—the ones that enable huge investor outcomes because they create generational behavior change, entirely new markets, and populate whole business ecosystems out of nothing—location-aware mobile devices stand out to me as right up there with the web itself. Was this episode from five years ago?

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“Putting adVenture back into Venture Capital!”- Jeshua Soh’s Unique Approach to Investing

AsiaTechDaily

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.”

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Disrupt 2023 Audience Choice voting ends today

TechCrunch

Today is last day to cast your vote for Audience Choice roundtables and breakouts at Disrupt 2023. You pick the sessions you want at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Specifically, you help decide which of the 17 roundtable discussions and 15 breakout sessions will earn a spot on the Disrupt agenda. Voting ends at 11:59pm PDT tonight.

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VCs at Freestyle, Plexo Capital and Sequoia join Startup Battlefield judges

TechCrunch

Twenty of the most promising and creative early-stage startups — chosen from the elite Startup Battlefield 200 — will bring the heat for $100,000 in the world-renown Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. Did you miss the other Startup Battlefield VC judges?

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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. But the rate of change has accelerated and with it, the balance of internal versus external investment.

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Discover the Disrupt 2023 Fintech Stage

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt , the premier event for startup investors and founders, is coming back in 2023 with an enhanced new format. Disrupt will have six industry tracks , each with its own stage, including AI , fintech , hardware , SaaS , security and sustainability.