Remove incumbents Remove innovation Remove opportunity Remove peer-to-peer
article thumbnail

New capital positions luxury goods reseller Rebag for next round of innovation

TechCrunch

We profiled Rebag back in 2015, when its name included two “g’s,” (gotta love URL availability) and had raised $4 million in seed funding to go after incumbents like The RealReal. The market for venture capital is active and favorable, and we seized on that opportunity to accelerate funding,” he added.

article thumbnail

Despite its many troubles, the insurtech market is ‘far from dead,’ investors say

TechCrunch

As the markets turned early this year, insurtech left most generalist investors’ playbooks almost as fast as Metromile and its peers’ plummeting valuations. The bulk of the buyers, however, would likely be companies involved in insurance themselves – either insurtechs acquiring some of their peers or legacy players.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Get a CISO to Buy Your Product

Dream It

This presents a huge opportunity for startups. This is your opportunity to highlight it for them. Build credibility with peers The security community is a tight-knight one. To keep an organization safe, a CISO depends on as many as 50 to 100 different products. Keep in mind, this spending is planned and budgeted.

article thumbnail

MakeSpace Raises an Additional $17.5 million and Unveils Strategy to Make Public Storage the Next Blockbuster Video

Both Sides of the Table

They are the classic case of the Innovator’s Dilemma because they fundamentally can’t innovate on their product and can’t lower costs or their business craters. They have high-priced property and zero innovation. It’s no wonder incumbents don’t want us to exist. Little old us. Sound familiar?

strategy 282
article thumbnail

Cultivating a Practice of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Ecosystem Building Programs

Ecosystem Builder Hub

The current ecosystem excludes far too many, denying economic opportunity and a shot at the American Dream to all,” said Kate. What does it say about us when we don’t allow certain groups of motivated, innovative, and optimistic people access to the resources they need to start up and scale up? It’s not an afterthought.

article thumbnail

DriveNets connects with $262M as demand booms for its cloud-based alternative to network routers

TechCrunch

While other solution providers are facing challenging headwinds, DriveNets continues to innovate and execute on its vision to change the future of the networking market.”. Internet usage continues to skyrocket, with 29.3 billion networked devices projected to be in use by 2023 and the growth rate currently at around 10%.

article thumbnail

The Future of Hospitality is Here

Revolution

There is something inherently exciting about this growth and the opportunities it implies. While certain categories such as coworking, alternative accommodations, “ibuying”, brokerage, and construction (among others) have adorned the front pages of leading media outlets, we are still very much in the early innings of innovation in the space.