Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 21, 2022

Second, UBP reduced friction for individual developers to tinker with the APIs. UBP enabled the company to manage COGs and gross profit. UBP presented an opportunity to reinvent the account executive (AE) compensation model. As small companies like Uber grew on the iOS store, their Twilio usage blossomed.

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startup incumbents accelerator sustainability 63

TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

In a nutshell, Geopagos feels it is in the ideal position of being able to serve as the software enabler that can retrofit incumbents like large banks and launch the enablers like fintechs. This spells ample opportunity for payments infrastructure providers such as Geopagos.

startup 84

startup incumbents financing finance 84

TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

The Israeli startup provides software-based internet routing solutions to service providers to run them as virtualized services over “ white box ” generic architecture, and today it is announcing $262 million in equity funding to continue expanding its technology, its geographical footprint, and its business development.

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networking peer-to-peer incumbents innovation 77

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In a recent survey by Zapier — not the most unbiased source, granted, given that the company sells automation software — about 44% of employees say that automation saves them time while almost a third (33%) say it enables them to accomplish more with fewer resources. Fair question. After all, Jiffy.ai After all, Jiffy.ai

incumbents 92

incumbents support SaaS pitching 92

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Hoag notes that Teampay is low-code and doesn’t require custom development. “Enterprises crave control and visibility over the finances, and this not only helps the IT department, but [also] enables all departments to make better aligned business decisions,” he added. Image Credits: Teampay.

economic environments 86

economic environments incumbents financing finance 86

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. Image Credits: Fuzzy.

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capital incumbents education health 98

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Flatfile recently released a software development kit that will allow developers to build on top of Flatfile’s components to access import, match, merge and export functions. “[The] platform enables companies to leverage their data sooner. . “[The] platform enables companies to leverage their data sooner.

startup 74

startup incumbents enablement development 74

TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

It requires the technical and financial know-how to develop and implement a new backbone in a highly regulated industry,” said Strange, who joined Vesta’s board as part of the financing. ” “This is very contrary to the incumbents,” Yu told TechCrunch. “We

peer-to-peer 97

peer-to-peer incumbents financing finance 97

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

million in seed funding to further develop its tools for more accurate data and analytics. The CPG industry is in the middle of a rapid change where we see all of these emerging, digital native and mission-driven brands rapidly eating share from incumbents,” he added. Cresicor’s opportunity to go beyond trade is significant.

startup 80

startup incumbents development capital 80

TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Looking ahead, the startup plans to use its new capital toward product development, growth, operations and building out a credit offering. Existing services are expensive and inefficient, creating opportunities for technology enabled service providers to offer better and cheaper services,” he said. “We

incumbents 96

incumbents capital financing finance 96

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

With the global insurtech market worth over $5 trillion, there are different opportunities to be tapped despite the presence of large incumbents. By way of using APIs, Root is helping businesses and developers launch insurance products faster than the traditional way. In Africa, one startup is carving a niche for itself.

incumbents 86

incumbents innovation development venture capital 86

Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 28, 2021

One of the most memorable parts of the session is when modified shared with us that the most common pricing mistake in a land and expand motion is to cede too much value in the free/lesser product, scuttling any expansion opportunity. Sometimes, entering the market with a different pricing model disrupts incumbents. A hybrid approach.

frameworks 105

frameworks strategy incumbents startup 105

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.

innovation 86

innovation incumbents frameworks support 86

TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

Challenger banks continue to make significant advances in attracting customers away from the big incumbents by providing more modern, user-friendly tools to manage their money. These will typically be at incumbent banks, but they do not offer the same ranges of services to customers.

incumbents 126

incumbents financing finance startup 126

Y Combinator

AUGUST 30, 2021

But where there is a gap, there is an opportunity. Gusto launched in 2012 to tackle this opportunity, and more. In the long run, software platforms have the potential to be much larger than traditional incumbents. Gusto saw an opportunity to upend the way payroll was done. SMBs had historically been hard to reach.

incumbents 87

incumbents peer-to-peer health opportunity 87

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

It developed payments APIs to automate end-to-end insurance payments and to offer a buy now, pay later financing option for distribution of commissions and carrier payables, something co-founder and co-CEO Andrew Wynn, said was rather unique to commercial insurance. This is the first funding for the company that is live in 20 states.

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financing finance incumbents disruption 83

TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

On one hand, it’s hugely popular, with 10 of the top 20 or so most popular apps in regional rankings being those that enable crypto trading. “ We look forward to supporting the team in developing next generation digital-first financial services in the Nordics and beyond.”

incumbents 95

incumbents strategy capital culture 95

TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

It puts startups in a difficult spot: if 2020 was about enabling video-based teaching, what might emerge from 2021? What opportunities are fading as the space matures? We are still not driving enough people to competency whether in prek12, higher ed or workforce so the opportunity remains vast. New student collaboration tools?

education 134

education venture capital ventures opportunity 134

TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2023

Vouch hopes to leverage Level’s expertise in developing underwriting technologies to underwrite and support complex insurance products. ” 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?”.

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incumbents energy board investing 117

TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Last week, Paystand — a blockchain-enabled B2B payments startup — announced it had acquired Mexican fintech Yaydoo — creating a new unicorn in the resulting new entity. The company has raised over $86 million over its lifetime and counts NewView Capital and SoftBank’s SB Opportunity Fund among its backers. and Mexico. and Mexico.

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real estate VC mix-use opportunity 106

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Market Opportunity. We always say that great opportunities are composed of a world-class team addressing a big & disruptive market opportunity. By definition the market is already large and therefore crowded or it’s nascent and the opportunity is not totally clear. But what about markets?

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entrepreneurs incumbents VC disruption 330

TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

The company claims to be the first supermarket in Mexico with no physical store that enables customers to buy groceries directly from its website, or an app, and Jüsto will deliver the order to the customer’s location of choice. The global pandemic helped a lot in terms of grocery adoption in Latin America,” he added. is poised to be a $187.7

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capital venture capital incumbents sustainability 92

TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

And finally, we will invest in our employees by launching additional professional development programs.” Replicant provides agents with call summaries and measures trends like overall customer satisfaction, average handle time, competitor mentions, defective products and upsell opportunities. “Automation is now part of the.

incumbents 94

incumbents development culture support 94

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In its own words, Mountain View-based Vareto is developing a new platform for FP&A (financial planning & analysis) teams with the goal of “building the future of financial planning.”. If you see a gap in an opportunity, you can immediately put resources toward that in days, not months,” she said. Talk about validation.

financing 98

financing finance incumbents collaboration 98

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

This is particularly interesting because many of the existing corporate card players often point to Concur as an incumbent that they are trying to replace. The market remains volatile and we saw layoffs as an opportunity to use data and technology to streamline our approach and improve our customer experience. Seen on TechCrunch.

real estate 82

real estate incumbents opportunity founder 82

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. Pinduoduo’s team purchase is often compared to Groupon in the US because they both enable a form of group buying. But first, a bit of background. But the models are actually very different.

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accelerator networking enablement opportunity 134

TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

As interest in webhooks continues to soar due to their importance in helping web applications communicate with each other in real-time, Convoy’s play, which allows developers globally simply plug its webhooks infrastructure and focus on building their APIs and products, is meritorious. . Website : [link]. Founded in : 2019.

startup 91

startup hospitality health financing 91

Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 28, 2012

It would be foolish for any investor to write off consumer investing as a category because of the massive opportunity consumer internet companies offer. It depends on the incumbents successfully developing new revenue models that can be either syndicated to or replicated by new startups. Fatigue is too strong a characterization.

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investing investment social gaming incumbents 40

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Entrepreneurs accurately recognize that the connective tissue of the Internet provides an opportunity to link the players in a particular market, reducing friction in both the buying and selling experience. But we have also invested in several companies that we thought had marketplace opportunities that simply did not play out as expected.

networking 101

networking opportunity enablement incumbents 101

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. Before the 2010s, most studios developed their own internal engines to build their games. EA’s Frostbite, Infinity Ward Engine, etc).

incumbents 145

incumbents creativity development enablement 145

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. Does the ability to make users collective owners in the platform’s success give you an advantage over web2 incumbents? What’s your web3 strategy?

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frameworks founder incumbents disruption 91

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A fantasy sports exchange founded by Irish betting veteran Paddy Power is bringing NFT-enabled live trading to rugby fans in a bid to expand globally. That’s why we’re Miami-based now, and that’s kind of opening plenty of opportunities for us,” Power said. NFTs are such an exciting buzzword, and the U.S.

incumbents 87

incumbents startup media enablement 87

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Code review is a key step during the software development process — it’s when people check a program by viewing and reading parts of the source code. But despite its importance, not all developers are pleased with the way traditional code reviews work. Pulse aims to help in this process.”

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culture leadership incumbents development 76

OurCrowd

AUGUST 14, 2019

Today’s digital e-commerce successes aren’t merely developing strategies to expand beyond borders as quickly as possible – they are a new generation of firms that are “born online” and later build out physical spaces as they grow. Other born-online companies include Warby Parker, Bonobos, Everlane and Allbirds.

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sustainability incumbents technology strategy 51

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Unicorn Flexport is revolutionizing the world of logistics , serving as a freight forwarder with software that enables customers to manage their shipments. But it can certainly help provide additional valuable information to customers, importers and exporters,” Chen said, adding, “We try to empower incumbents to compete with Flexport.

incumbents 70

incumbents transportation capital enablement 70

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

By providing these products as a unified strategic solution, the goal is to enable hardware manufacturers the ability to get to production volume without investing in the specialized facilities or headcount historically needed to manage electronic components. “That was the insight that Cofactr was born out of.

incumbents 77

incumbents ventures opportunity enablement 77

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

million of Series A investment, led by Integrated Capital, to continue developing its line of healthier food brands. In addition, a direct customer feedback loop enables The Naked Market to quickly gauge which products are winning with consumers so they can be scaled. Food and beverage startup The Naked Market bagged $27.5

capital 86

capital incumbents venture capital enablement 86