Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 18, 2023

Rippling sells about 13 products for information technology teams, finance teams, & human resources teams like mobile device management, payroll, & talent management. In the first two decades of cloud, Parker argues startups built superior point solutions to compete against the distribution might of on-prem incumbents.

strategy 111

strategy SaaS incumbents startup 111

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

million seed round to further its insurance payments platform that combines financing, collections and payables. Ascend is offering point-of-sale financing to enable insurance brokers to break up those commercial payments into monthly installments. Ascend on Wednesday announced a $5.5 Brokers are here to stay,” he added.

financing 83

financing finance incumbents disruption 83

Y Combinator

AUGUST 30, 2021

The emergence of SaaS business models has further set the stage for companies like Gusto to transform SMB operations. In the long run, software platforms have the potential to be much larger than traditional incumbents. Incumbents relied primarily on sales teams, which Gusto suspected actually limited their reach among SMBs.

incumbents 87

incumbents peer-to-peer health opportunity 87

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. Apple alum’s finance operations startup Bluecopa raises funds to expand globally. and Mexico. and Mexico. Well, that was fast! from the previous quarter” to $24.1

real estate 106

real estate VC mix-use opportunity 106

Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

The SaaS wave of the last ten years optimized intra-company operations. Workflows for sales, marketing, product and finance. Some startups enable data sharing across enterprises, permitting a partner to analyze data homomorphically. Wherever there is a need for a shared trusted database.

SaaS 73

SaaS incumbents enablement financing 73

Y Combinator

APRIL 26, 2021

Even with $125K from YC and $1–2M in venture funding, a startup’s credit limit is still likely to tap out at $20K from an incumbent creditor—which is not nearly enough to cover software, marketing, and other expenses. ecommerce, SaaS, marketplaces) and verticals. incumbent offerings which only offered end-of-month reconciliation).

incumbents 124

incumbents financing finance enablement 124

TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

billion in an all-stock deal that was a reflection of its continued push into consumer finance. It also noted that Goldman’s intent to buy NextCapital “follows several moves by multiline incumbents (e.g. TechCrunch last reported on Fast in January of 2021, when the startup raised a $102 million Series B financing led by Stripe.

startup 110

startup financing finance incumbents 110

TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2022

Those apps are increasingly adding an ‘investment button’ that enables consumers to purchase US Equities. “DriveWealth’s vision is to enable every person with a phone to be an investor and I’m excited to join the team to bring this mission to life. For too long, many people in the U.S. Funding and M&A.

financing 83

financing finance enablement venture capital 83

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

They raised another $3 million in May of this year and today Intus is announcing a $14 million Series A financing led by Deerfield Managementm, with participation from existing backers Jumpstart, Nova and Collab Capital. The startup operates as a SaaS business and its customers are the organizations providing care.

health 95

health incumbents enablement SaaS 95

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

While incumbents have pioneered various enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to digitize these processes, companies would still get four to five different software platforms to complete multiple tasks. And our main product is transport management software for shippers enables multi-enterprise collaboration.

incumbents 80

incumbents transportation collaboration consulting 80

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

These tools might enable online booking, provide the ability for more frequent customer-provider communication, facilitate surveys and feedback, automate follow-up correspondence, and anticipate customer needs. We believe all these things are currently in place with regards to “customer first” healthcare.

health 59

health hospitality networking mix-use 59

TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

SaaS models and cloud technologies have eliminated some of the barriers for Israeli companies and enable companies to quickly set up and set up a proof of concept. Riskified makes e-ommerce easier and safer and enables a thriving e-commerce environment. Fintech (specifically embedded finance or financial SaaS), synthetic bio.

startup 141

startup mix-use SaaS advice 141

TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Its banking APIs enable developers to create their own digital wallets, replacing the need to integrate with legacy financial institutions. “In the process, you end up having to also be compliance experts just to be able to do it.”. Whereas it took Karkal three years to get bank processes set up for other companies, it took Sila 18 months.

development 103

development real estate incumbents ventures 103