American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Coyote Ventures : Jessica Karr launched Coyote Ventures in 2021 to address the $1T opportunity in women’s health and wellness that has been historically marginalized. Fika Ventures , co-founded by Eva Ho and TX Zhuo, raised a $160 million fund 3 and a $35 million opportunity fund.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

To meet the changing startup landscape, we’re refreshing and reimagining TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 in a big way, with more of what you love and new ways to accelerate your growth — new stages, new content, and new opportunities. Oh, and if you were laid off recently, we are offering a free Expo+ pass to TC Disrupt 2023.

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Revolution

JANUARY 9, 2019

The new year is the perfect time to take on new challenges and pursue new opportunities. Senior Software Engineer at Zylo Location: Indianapolis, IN Zylo is the leading enterprise SaaS optimization platform that transforms how companies manage and optimize their SaaS applications. Looking for more opportunities?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

The capital will enable us to bring in the best talent, make strategic acquisitions and expand into Europe, which is important to us.”. Meanwhile, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock led the Series E investment, with new investors Schonfeld, Invus Opportunities, CreditEase and H.I.G.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. Finishing is the ripest for disruption. Travis Connors, Building Ventures At Building Ventures, we see enormous opportunities developing for the use of robotics in construction over the next 20 years.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

million round of funding from SoftBank Opportunity Fund and Redhawk VC. Not only is it costly to facilitate online payments for pharmacies, but they also have their own pharmacy management systems and workflows that can be easily disrupted by moving to a new payments system. HealNow has closed a $1.3

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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. The emergence of generative AI, cloud computing, and new spatial platforms is poised to disrupt 3D creation end-to-end.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

If you had adopted that, this was a logical next step that you could apply, which again, was like a playbook that you could run over top of a new technological disruption that had happened. This showed up in the SaaS-pocalypse. And this is my third SaaS company. There weren’t really SaaS products or APIs at that point.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

At the time, custom-built solutions were the trend, and — according to Romero — he and his friend had the opportunity to build an asset allocation software for a mutual fund company. “Our reasoning back then was we wanted to invest in our core SaaS solutions and the specialized services surrounding them,” Romero said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Decipad , a no-code startup that’s aiming to disrupt spreadsheets with accessible tools that empower people to play around with numbers, has nabbed $5 million in seed funding. We see ourselves as a service enabling communities and businesses to create value through what they create on Decipad , not a vertical SaaS tool.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Change management is how an organization makes improvements to its internal processes without disrupting the day-to-day workflow and at a minimal cost. . Let us say a SaaS company is introducing a new tool that gathers customer support data and feedback in real-time to enhance customer experience. Minimizing disruptions.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 28, 2021

Should you price your SaaS per seat or per use? 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. A hybrid approach. Segment is a good example of this.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

While DocSend has 17,000 customers, Houston says the acquisition gives the company the opportunity to get in front of a much larger customer base as part of Dropbox. It’s worth noting that Box offers a similar secure document sharing capability enabling users to share a link instead of using an attachment.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

E-commerce, fintechs and the rapid digitization of the region’s SME workforce are a few of the factors reshaping the landscape for Southeast Asia’s startups, but supply chain technology is also a major opportunity, Anand says. How to root out shadow IT and maximize SaaS investments. How do you chase away the shadows?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Sweetgreen’s IPO pricing guidance illuminates valuation range for tech-enabled companies. That’s a lot of lettuce, but the pricing shows how much tech-enabled DTC firms can flex, writes Alex Wilhelm, who compared Sweetgreen’s range to IPO pricing for Allbirds and Rent the Runway. and a valuation between between $2.5

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Among the trends they identified are startups in B2B, business automation processes, e-commerce, AI, SaaS and COVID-19-related solutions, as well as “smart” everything: factories, cities, offices, etc. Still, new opportunities are popping up in remote work, psychedelics and wellness. Innovative. Healthcare, industry 4.0.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

We saw a huge opportunity to support immigrants,” Canals told TechCrunch. “We We both believe in the value of immigrants and how financial access empowers them to power opportunities.”. There is a huge market that is ripe for disruption and they are leaning in to penetrate it.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

Mambu raises $135M at a $2B+ valuation for a SaaS platform that powers banking services. This is “low code,” but it typically means that the company needs to work with third parties to enable all of this. million at today’s rates, but $60 million at the time of the deal closing) in a Series B round of funding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Ascend is offering point-of-sale financing to enable insurance brokers to break up those commercial payments into monthly installments. Our platform not only reduces the friction with payments by enabling customers to pay how they want to pay, but also helps carriers sell more insurance.”. Ascend app.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Alice Deng and Lawrence Murata were working at artificial intelligence companies when they found inspiration from their respective family’s businesses to create Slope , which enables businesses an easy way to offer buy now, pay later services. Checkout is the key to frictionless B2B e-commerce.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

“Mauricio and I had this bold vision of backing as many disruptive entrepreneurs as we could, and leveraging our previous backgrounds and experiences.”. VCs say there are more startup opportunities to chase in Latin America. market in the verticals of e-commerce, marketplaces, fintech and software.

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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.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

Our mission statement is to enable the vision of cultivated meat by reducing its cost and improving its quality,” Guy Nevo Michrowski, ProFuse CEO, tells Amy Teibel in The Times of Israel. EVERY aims to disrupt the $200B egg market by producing egg protein for cooking without chickens. Taranis is raising on the OurCrowd platform.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

According to a recent interview with Founding Partner Andrew Oved, Reformation invests in SaaS (vertical and application software) and consumer product businesses that have achieved $1M-$5M in annualized revenue, while operating capital efficiently. 20% initial ownership. We have a total of 4 Partners and 6 other team members.”.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 25, 2022

The EVERY Company is the first to produce real egg proteins without chickens, disrupting the $200B egg market. Seed will introduce Australian investors to the OC50 fund, which allows them to participate in the next 50 OurCrowd funding opportunities in which OurCrowd invests at least $1M, the Australian Financial Review reports.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 25, 2022

The EVERY Company is the first to produce real egg proteins without chickens, disrupting the $200B egg market. Seed will introduce Australian investors to the OC50 fund, which allows them to participate in the next 50 OurCrowd funding opportunities in which OurCrowd invests at least $1M, the Australian Financial Review reports.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

All VCs, including us, regularly see investment opportunities which don’t fit our mandate. Certain late-stage VCs have invested in some of my past funds, partly to motivate us to refer future investment opportunities to them. Our goal is to invest in, coinvest with, and/or recruit founders in transition. Monetizing our deal flow.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

According to a recent interview with Founding Partner Andrew Oved, Reformation invests in SaaS (vertical and application software) and consumer product businesses that have achieved $1M-$5M in annualized revenue, while operating capital efficiently. The firm uses whichever structure best fits a given investment opportunity. .

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Major capital market disruptions often bring a “VC Reset,” as venture firms rethink fundamentals, often pressured to do so by limited partners. Several top-tier funds recently redefined themselves as “investment advisors,” enabling them to place long-term bets by holding rather than distributing IPO shares.

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OurCrowd

MAY 30, 2021

The SaaS solution helps banks, institutions, and businesses increase transfer volumes without the risk of exploitation from terrorist financing, money laundering, and human trafficking by providing full visibility across complex cross-border transaction paths. See some opportunities below: Ux Writer for HoneyBook (Israel).

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David Teten VC

MARCH 18, 2021

“Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. In turn, investors are overwhelmed with poorly qualified opportunities. For example, Point Nine Capital focuses on B2B SaaS and marketplaces at the seed stage, across many industries. The phrase is quite ambiguous. VC theses are often so vague that they’re meaningless.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 18, 2021

“Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. In turn, investors are overwhelmed with poorly qualified opportunities. For example, Point Nine Capital focuses on B2B SaaS and marketplaces at the seed stage, across many industries. The phrase is quite ambiguous. VC theses are often so vague that they’re meaningless.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Opportunities to disrupt appear when a fundamental assumption about the world changes. That’s Looker’s opportunity. SaaS: Can software be sold over the Internet? And they seized the opportunity. Then, you have to become a student again, and learn as if it was the first time.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

Because they’re quickly growing, working at Blumira offers the opportunity for high growth and a fast-paced work environment. Founded in 2016, Groundspeed Analytics is disrupting the $300 billion insurance industry. Their SaaS platform is award winning and helps brands connect with consumers to drive revenue. million in 2020.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Dixa , the Danish customer support platform promising more personalised customer support, has acquired Melbourne-based “knowledge management” SaaS Elevio to bolster its product and technology offerings. The deal is said to be worth around $15 million, in a combination of cash and Dixa shares.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 26, 2021

In practice, this leads to founders resorting to using their personal credit cards for SaaS subscriptions or digital marketing, and filing reimbursements regularly. ecommerce, SaaS, marketplaces) and verticals. Stripe also set a great example in how they transformed the internet’s payment infrastructure.

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