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. In this post, we will walk through what drove Monzo’s early success, how it has come to dominate the UK market, and the company’s opportunity to change the landscape of global financial services with its beloved brand.

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peer-to-peer incumbents financing finance 102

Dream It

JULY 24, 2020

This presents a huge opportunity for startups. This is your opportunity to highlight it for them. Build credibility with peers The security community is a tight-knight one. Find out how incumbent products you are likely to replace are performing. However, this means that a CISO sees a LOT of pitches in their role.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Lawrence Kosick is the co-founder of GetSetUp , the largest online learning community designed specifically for older adults. We see an emphasis on young founders (“40 Under 40”), innovative ideas and disruptive challenges to legacy brands, incumbent companies and “old” ways of thinking.

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incumbents peer-to-peer opportunity strategy 101

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. There is something inherently exciting about this growth and the opportunities it implies. It is about building and recreating communities.

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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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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2023

Anthony Cimino Contributor Share on Twitter Anthony Cimino , head of policy at Carta , works with policymakers and innovators to drive economic opportunity through expanding equity ownership and private market liquidity. This negative narrative has immense implications for the venture community. This is an inflection point.

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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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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

It has been a fun opportunity to disrupt everything.”. Goodles is going after the two oldest incumbents in the space, Kraft and Annie’s, to provide a healthy alternative that tackles both better taste and nutrition. We see product differentiation and other flavors targeting adults.

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incumbents communities disruption innovation 87

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

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Bhettay wasn’t planning to raise additional funds so soon after the Series B, but said accelerated growth in the business enabled the company to hire more, check off more of the to-do list items over the past eight months and provided a unique opportunity to lean in on partnerships and expand financial plans. Fuzzy live chat via its app.

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capital incumbents education health 98

American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Comun observed that no incumbent bank offers a full Spanish language banking experience. Comun offers a full banking experience available first in Spanish, bringing the Latino community together around the financial services they need. Comun gained investor support of $4.5M said Mark Selcow, Partner at Costanoa Ventures.

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capital entrepreneurship incumbents innovation 74

TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Companies in this segment work with community pharmacies and lower-end providers such as drug shops to help stock products. It will give these startups access to market opportunities and showcase them to impact investors and venture capitalists. Some include mPharma, Lifestores, Shelf Life, and Maisha Meds.

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Y Combinator

MAY 6, 2020

The success of Pinduoduo in China suggests there is a huge opportunity for social commerce platforms to emerge in other regions. Creating Community via Team Purchase. If there is a gap in the US e-commerce market, it is not just an opportunity to grow domestic online retail. But first, a bit of background.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The banks and incumbents take advantage of that and make people feel like they’re not smart enough to manage their money. Flink has also built a community around the product so that people can share ideas and try to help each other, including a Facebook group made up of more than 35,000 people. . We need to educate on a basic level.”.

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investing investment education incumbents 91

TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

s SB Opportunity Fund. Joining TTV in doubling down on their investment in the company were Owl Ventures, SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund, Mubadala Capital and Next Play Capital. To date, Welcome has opened over 500,000 “fee-free” and bilingual banking accounts for the Hispanic community, according to Hemmat. the company says.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

This includes long-established incumbents such as Unity, developed by tech powerhouse Unity Software, which is currently in the process of merging with IronSource. Put simply, Godot can’t be a community-driven open source project and support consoles at the same time. ” The open source factor. ” Support and services.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

They saw me as an American that could bring them business opportunities and that was it, I felt that I was judged more on the merits of the value that I could bring than I would in the U.S. — Spurred by opportunities, I started a successful import and export business in China, and after a few years I had over 30 employees.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

Daily.dev: “Most upvoted” Image Credits : TechCrunch / screenshot Over time, users accumulate a “ reputation ” score based on their upvotes from the broader Daily.dev community. Kramer reckons that most of the incumbents are either too general or too focused on specific problems.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2023

TechCrunch reached out to Dufétel to find out more about her plans as Checkout.com’s new president, including what’s in store for the company this year, her thoughts on the future of payments generally and why she sees so much opportunity in the U.S. We also asked how she felt about the comparisons to Stripe…and her answer may surprise you.

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Hunter Walk

MAY 17, 2024

Are there specific paths/opportunities in AI that you believe startups are actually better qualified to take advantage of than incumbents? A recent essay covered the ‘AI gold rush’ and as it related to startups operating in this area, very much ‘caution ahead’ in terms of building a sustainable, differentiated business.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

The company has raised over $86 million over its lifetime and counts NewView Capital and SoftBank’s SB Opportunity Fund among its backers. Meanwhile, Yaydoo has raised over $20 million from investors such as Base10 Partners, monashees, SB Opportunity Fund and Leap Global Partners. Guess we’ll see about that.

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real estate VC mix-use opportunity 106

Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

We also see this in our own communities. As ecosystem builders, we are new entrants coping with well-entrenched incumbents who are well-motivated to hold their turf. And again whether it’s ESHIP or a community, who gets funded is a powerful signal of legitimacy. 1) Find ways to reward bold action. Publicity (like this!)

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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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peer-to-peer incumbents financing finance 40

Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Stepping back, it’s interesting to see this cultural shift among larger companies who are comfortable with these co-branding scenarios, which actually may provide better PR and future opportunities to add to their portfolios.

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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. “Today, there are 400+ ketamine clinics in the U.S., To a degree, yes.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 21, 2021

There is a clear opportunity to upend the status quo, but its intricacies have made freight one of the toughest sectors in which to build an online marketplace. In the last few years, incumbents have started to adopt technology to fix inefficiencies, but they’ve focused on tools to streamline individual tasks (e.g.,

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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.”

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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. Being on those lists and getting into certain events has real impact on your opportunity set, and that's not b t at all. Plus, it's a feedback signal. Where did I make that wrong turn?

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peer-to-peer incumbents opportunity media 296

Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Zendesk’s community and referral marketing effort. Execution is a competitive advantage when the team is uniquely qualified to pursue and opportunity. David Duffield founded and ran PeopleSoft before starting Workday, a SaaS disruptor to an incumbent whose business he understood better than anybody else.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

The only worry is incumbents might want to eat into Duplo’s meal — but then again, the market is massive. What it says it does: Moni describes itself as a community bank for Africa. It provides financing to these agents using community and trust-based systems, claiming to do so in five minutes. Remedial Health.

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TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

But one of the things that came out at that time was that Visa in fact did view Plaid as a potential competitor, with one executive likening the startup to an island “volcano” whose capabilities at that time were just “the tip showing above the water,” warning that “what lies beneath, though, is a massive opportunity — one that threatens Visa.”

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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. Buyers now expect stores to offer an opportunity to connect with a brand in a way that is relational rather than purely transactional. “A

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sustainability incumbents technology strategy 51

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

One obvious solution to this list of issues and opportunities is to leverage technology to better serve the needs of the customer. Some members of the “urgent care” community are intelligently rebranding their services as “convenient care.” Service Level – Do your doctors ask you for feedback?

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health hospitality networking mix-use 59

TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

It’s been on the lips of a growing number of investors on the hunt for disruptive opportunities blockchain-based technologies can offer. 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. What’s your web3 strategy?

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frameworks founder incumbents disruption 91

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 17, 2013

Then came client-server, which also launched new winners at the expense of older incumbents. Most interestingly, new company wealth (pure play Internet companies) far exceeds “transitioned wealth” (incumbent companies transitioning their model successfully to the new platform). TripAdvisor and Yelp rule the day, not Frommers and Zagat.

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incumbents real estate disruption development 96

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Its website builder offers creators an expanded set of tools to monetize their community, including through donations, sales, paid requests, affiliate shopping and more. This particular feature comes at an opportune time. Today, TikTok is only beginning to formalize its plans around e-commerce.

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incumbents media strategy communities 99

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

There is a unique window of opportunity today for a new 3D Creation Engine (aka game engine) to revolutionize the way we create games, film, virtual worlds, and simulations. And, in the case of Unity, the damaged trust from their recent pricing change execution has left the community seeking alternatives.

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