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Colombian e-commerce enablement startup Melonn raises $20M to help SMBs scale in LatAm

TechCrunch

They were brought back together by the pandemic to start the e-commerce enablement company. Additionally, Melonn works with a range of transportation providers, including incumbents such as FedEx or DHL and last-mile startups, to reduce shipping times and costs. .

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Trends in Early Stage SaaS Fundraising Market of 2016

Tomasz Tunguz

About $1B has been invested in early stage SaaS startups as of November 1. If we compare these trends to the total aggregate market capitalization of public SaaS companies by buyer, we observe a few interesting patterns. This operations category hints at the rising importance in the fundraising market of vertical SaaS companies.

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The 4 Questions Startups Should Ask Themselves about Building with Generative AI

Tomasz Tunguz

Market : how to compete with incumbents? Startups have negative time to launch in many markets with Adobe, Microsoft, & Salesforce launching Gen AI enabled software in weeks. Usage & distribution, like in classical SaaS, are likely the most sustainable & repeatable. Moats : how to develop competitive advantage?

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FintechOS nabs $60M for a low-code approach to modernizing legacy banking and insurance services

TechCrunch

“Challenger” startups in banking and insurance have upended their industries, and picked up significant business, by building more customer-friendly tools and services — more personalized, easier to access and usually competitively priced — than those typically provided by their bigger, incumbent rivals.

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Five Predictions for 2023

Tomasz Tunguz

ML propels SaaS into a massive second wave that increases workers’ productivity measurably. Users grow accustomed to this very quickly & ML becomes a requisite feature in most workflow SaaS. More than 100 web3-enabled games launch. Here are my predictions for 2023. The Fed tames inflation. but a Fed Funds rate of 5%.

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Commercializing AI in Healthcare: The Enterprise Buyer Perspective

Andreessen Horowitz

When it comes to purchasing AI solutions specifically, some organizations have a predisposition to buying from larger incumbents, so be sure to have a crisp value proposition for why they should partner with a startup over a larger incumbent with whom they’re already working.

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Truepill’s latest funding boosts valuation to $1.6B as it works on B2B side of healthcare

TechCrunch

After developing a network of telehealth, diagnostics and pharmacies for consumers, digital health company Truepill is targeting healthcare incumbents like health payers, providers and employer groups. The company’s “big focus is continuing the vision of transforming healthcare,” said Sid Viswanathan, president and co-founder of Truepill.