TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Roger Lee is a general partner at Battery Ventures, based in Menlo Park, CA, who focuses on investments in software and consumer tech, including online marketplaces. He focuses on consumer internet, online marketplace and software investments. Five success factors for behavioral health startups. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 13, 2015

Earlier this week, we examined the trends in the major categories of startup investment including eCommerce, Software, Social Networking and Education. Each year, starting in mid-2012 through mid-2015, these sectors have grown their investment dollars by more than 145%, according to Mattermark data. Email startups raised 22% less.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

“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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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Positioning the product (with the enterprise buyer in mind) Frame the problem you’re trying to solve In a recent conversation with Daniel Barchi, CIO of CommonSpirit Health, he compared AI software purchasing to buying a car with lane assist technology. Barchi told us that his team’s definition of ROI depends on the use case.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

Embedding a learning management system directly into workers’ core everyday tools is one of LMS365’s core selling points versus incumbents in the LMS space such as Workday , Eloomi , or TalentLMS. “Our primary markets (around 80%) are services industry, logistics, manufacturing, automotive, health care and government.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

Acquisitions contribute to the health of the startup ecosystem, as entrepreneurs who realize liquidity through the sale of their company regularly go on to found innovative new companies and often invest in other startups as angel investors or venture capitalists. since before the dawn of the modern venture capital industry.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Jackson had been introduced to the senior care space when in high school as he worked alongside a mentor in private equity who invested in and acquired elderly care facilities. We’re trying to address some of the core issues surrounding the way health care has been built,” Felton said. But more of ‘How do we prevent that?’

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The competition is not your market competitor or incumbent. In this environment, funds will be looking for acyclical markets to invest in. In a market inundated with “digital health” startups and “infrastructure solutions,” it’s vital to differentiate yourself. Get granular.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Open Co was created earlier this year by the merger of Geru, an eight-year-old o nline lender, and Rebel, a four-year-old startup using AI and bank account data to underwrite risk and assess clients’ financial health. Its aim is to “finance consumption for Brazilians in a healthy way.” Naturally, it will also be doing some hiring.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

We have long been pushy on such an indirect distribution, having invested in four embedded insurance startups in property and casualty, bancassurance, life, and SME insurance. Since astoryaVC’s inception, we have been investing in tech-based startups and have done a lot of B2B / enterprise software deals in the insurance space.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

is discussed,” said Amy Kruse, chief investment officer, Satori Neuro. Like several investors we surveyed, Kruse doesn’t solely invest in psychedelics, but they are very much on her radar. “Decriminalization is not the same as legalization at the Federal level. Will they take the lead?” Sa’ad Shah, managing partner, Noetic.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

million in debt and grant financing from BPI France , the French government’s public investment bank. Bola Bardet founded the company with Laurent Leconte (CTO) and Sandrine Egron (COO) after losing her father to complications from a chronic health condition due to poor management. “My So that’s how the story started.”. Susu founders.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

million Series A investment in June from a group of investors that includes Archer-Daniels-Midland Company’s venture arm ADM Ventures, Cavallo Ventures, Genoa Ventures, Lever VC, Thia Ventures, iSelect Fund, Stage 1 Fund, Lifely VC and Satori Capital. The move is buoyed by a $17.5

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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. Outperforming incumbents with modern experience and digital infrastructure. Monzo has also been able to move faster than incumbents because of its forward-looking approach to building banking infrastructure.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

During this period of change, I thought about consumption and how it affects our well-being and health system.”. Joining Lerer Hippeau in the investment are Siddhi Capital, Idea Farm Ventures, Simple Food Ventures, Animal Capital and American Pie executive Alan Mitzner. Immi takes in $3.8M to cook up plant-based instant ramen.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

“Like a pressure cooker, COVID blew the lid off what was a simmering mental health crisis for over a decade,” VC Tim Schlidt told TechCrunch. According to the World Health Organization, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25% in the first year of the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Today, psychedelic therapeutics are being used to treat a variety of mental health issues. With plans to raise a $25 million fund and more than $15 million already invested, PsyMed Ventures focuses on early-stage startups developing psychedelic therapeutics. Dear Sophie: Supporting Ukrainians with H-1Bs and beyond. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

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. But there’s a big disconnect between where so much of the tech industry’s attention and investment is going and the spending power and lifestyle preferences of today’s older adults.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

During that time, the company has been growing both its revenue and customer bases, investing in supply chain and solidifying its innovation. She expects to invest the new capital in its headquarters move to Austin, brand awareness and hiring across marketing and supply chain. VCs have growing appetite for ‘AgriFood’

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Gust

JULY 27, 2014

If you have more money than the incumbents, try it, but don’t look for investors. Micro payments, micro loans, micro investments. The latest is “crowd funding” your startup with thousands of tiny investments. Invested Interests business entrepreneur ideas startup' Portals and single sign-on sites. What’s your idea?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

For me, there was a huge opportunity in a space that the incumbents were not able to capture because a lot of it is the economics of their model and misaligned incentives.The world continues to unfortunately be made up of haves and have nots….There TC: Was it worth it for you to get a charter as a company? And if so, why?

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

With this latest investment, Crowdz and Citi plan to collaborate based on that goal of giving SMEs “rapid and efficient access to the working capital needed to keep their businesses running.” We are focused on how we can help the SMEs improve their cash flow so they can thrive. That’s really a main driver for us.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

But Leda Health co-founders Madison Campbell and Liesel Vaidya think of themselves as advocates for sexual assault survivors. . Among the feminists leveraging Ethereum for subversive use cases, Leda Health’s do-it-yourself evidence-collecting kit for sexual assault survivors is among the most ambitious projects.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

. “We are coming off of 5x growth last year and the market is strongly calling for our solutions … We opted for equity because alongside capital, we want strategic partners to help us scale to the next level and we have both VCs and clients and partners investing. This brings value far greater than even the cash.”

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 30, 2021

And for employees, Gusto’s goal is to help put the individual in the driver’s seat of their financial health and their career. 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.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Its platform looks to scale enterprises’ XR deployments, enabling them to control remotely every aspect of their XR device fleet, including distributing apps and files, customizing the home screen user experience, tracking device health and usage, and more. . Depending on the product tier, the licenses cost $7-$10 per device per month.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Here are the investors in their own words, for any TechCrunch reader who is interested in hiring, investing or founding a company in the country. What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? What’s your latest, most exciting investment? Oh, and one more thing. We just launched Extra Crunch in Israel.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

Challenger banks continue to make significant waves in the world of finance, with smaller outfits luring customers away from incumbents by providing an easier way for them to not only engage with basic banking services, but to tap into a wave of technology that brings more personalization and often better deals into the equation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

The company soon plans to expand to also offer health insurance. . He was also once a solvency expert for life and health insurance lines at MetLife, and has developed financial models for several P&C carriers. Next, it’s going to offer property, renter’s and health insurance. Villarreal lived in the U.S. Villarreal said. “In

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

In many cases, they are dealing with a foreign and complex financial system, may struggle with finding adequate housing and health care and just generally feeling lost. Joining TTV in doubling down on their investment in the company were Owl Ventures, SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund, Mubadala Capital and Next Play Capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

And of course incumbent payroll providers like Square offer their own solutions. They also have the option of offering contractors access to discounted health, vision, dental and life insurance through the platform, Mironov says. ” Plenty of contractor-focused payroll platforms exist, like Gusto , Deel and Payable.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

These platforms have become popular with neobanks or upstarts in different segments trying to embed financial services into their offerings because large, incumbent banks have been relatively slow to bring their services up to speed with the pace of change in the world of tech and banking.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

But Novo sees incumbents as the real “challenger” here. At Stripes, we only invest in companies building amazing products, and Novo’s rave reviews, strong retention, and incredible growth make it clear it has built something that small businesses love.” “We are competing against big banks.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The last three investments that we made were all relationships that [date back] a year to 18 months before we started engaging in the actual financing process with them. I think we’re going to actually do more investments this year than we maybe have ever done in the history of the firm, which is amazing to me [considering] COVID.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

QED Investors said it has expanded its mental health initiative aimed at tackling addiction among entrepreneurs to its Spanish-language portfolio companies. Last year, TechCrunch published an op-ed from Nigel Morris around mental health stigma in the tech community when the initial program was announced.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

A separate measure, of total value of paid-in investment, revealed 1.67x returns for other hubs versus 1.60x in the main Silicon Valley and Bay Area tech cities. How should they think about competition, strategic investment versus top-tier VC firms and how to build their board? per year on syndicated deals elsewhere versus 17.5%

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

. “[With the new capital,] we plan to ramp up investment in our customer success team to onboard new customers,” cofounder and CEO Gadi Shamia told TechCrunch via email. We will increase our sales and marketing investment to capture the significant demand we see.

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