American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The latest round of additional investor support shows their confidence in Parafins approach to embedded financial services and its long-term impact on how small businesses access capital and manage their operations. Incumbent methods systematically bias against women- and minority-owned businesses.

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finance financing incumbents construction 98

TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

The tranche, which values CoreWeave at $2 billion pre-money and brings the company’s total raised to $371 million, will be used to support CoreWeave’s U.S.-based ” It’s tough for any cloud provider to compete with the incumbents in the space — i.e., Google, Amazon and Microsoft. . billion and $26.28

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investment investing incumbents accelerator 97

TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2021

Incumbent giants therefore could lose a sizable chunk of market share if a company could just manage to weave together China’s manufacturing proficiency and agility with the modern tech startup philosophy of “moving fast and breaking stuff.”. The tech revolution hasn’t yet affected the bottled beverage industry quite as much as it has others.

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incumbents networking entrepreneurs opportunity 129

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. ” Moreover, by focusing on Microsoft, this minimizes any risks associated with trying to support too many software ecosystems.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

But I think there’s something to that, where you provide, you know, the sort of infrastructure and support, and then let the users or creators do what they do best. You know, incumbents versus startups. Definitely the incumbents, they’re going to have access to the technology and they’re going to have distribution.

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incumbents networking technology creativity 143

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There’s a growing market for private cellular networks, or dedicated cell networks configured to support a company’s specific requirements within a confined area (think a warehouse or wind farm). But that hasn’t stopped new ventures from cropping up to challenge the incumbents.

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networking startup incumbents energy 88

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

With the latest funding, ManageXR will support its expanding team and go-to-market strategy as the company has experienced rapid growth since becoming available to beta users in November 2019 and officially launching in April 2021. Los Angeles-based Talespin nabs $15 million for its extended reality-based workforce training tools.

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incumbents hospitality collaboration enablement 87

AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 19, 2023

“We are humbled by the overwhelming support from our investors, rural bank partners, and loyal users. Lieviant said he is very optimistic that the collaboration between fintech and incumbent banks, including rural banks, will create a very strong synergy.

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peer-to-peer incumbents accelerator economic growth 75

TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

We look forward to supporting new exciting protocols and projects, empowering innovative corporate use cases, and adding additional (decentralized) financial products and services to our platform.”. Finoa is bridging this gap by providing seamless, safe, and regulated access to the world of digital assets.”

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capital incumbents innovation accelerator 79

TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Personally, and at Draper Esprit, we are big supporters of innovation, so we have helped Mark Boggett at Seraphim [and shared information and] our path. And so, yes, we’re supportive of others following in our footsteps and we will be big fans of having much wider diversity. But that’s not what we do.

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VC venture capital incumbents capital 102

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And on the incumbent side, Google’s competing for dominance with its tensor processing units (TPUs) while Amazon’s betting on Inferentia. It is also set to allow large-scale users such as ‘hyperscalers’ and next-wave data center customers to support their growing scale of AI usage.”

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

MAY 21, 2021

It is incumbent upon those of us working to build vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems to put inclusion front and center, at the heart of everything we do. We are actively working to ensure that individuals regardless of gender, background, race, and place have equitable support to reach their full potential and succeed in entrepreneurship.”.

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peer-to-peer entrepreneurial ecosystem entrepreneurship board 106

TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

On competition between these platforms, Adeseun said a few of these chain pharmacy incumbents, such as MedPlus and HealthPlus, are taking on a digital strategy by adding telemedicine capabilities, thus responding to the innovation that startups introduced. Women founders are disadvantaged,” the director said.

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investment investing health startup 115

TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2022

“We have seen in the past couple of years some of the incumbent networking vendors starting to adopt our model,” said Susan. “Now it is not a matter of ‘if’ but of ‘when’ since incumbent vendors have more to lose over that transition,” he added. At the end of the day, it is all about the people,” he said.

networking 77

networking peer-to-peer incumbents innovation 77

TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Dear Sophie: Supporting Ukrainians with H-1Bs and beyond. How can we support them? Dear Sophie: Supporting Ukrainians with H-1Bs and beyond. 6 questions investors should ask when evaluating psychedelic biotech companies. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch. He is trying to get his parents out of Ukraine. United with Ukraine.

transportation 88

transportation venture capital incumbents hospitality 88

TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2023

But these disclosures carry significant financial costs for small, private companies — and they carry the extra risk of exposing sensitive financial information to competitors and large corporate incumbents. It would also be more risky for GPs to support portfolio companies, as more engagement would lend itself to more liability.

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startup frameworks real estate innovation 102

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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incumbents finance financing strategy 102

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Today, Akeyless is thriving, Angel tells me — despite fierce competition from incumbents like Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager and Google Cloud’s Secret Manager. Akeyless has customers across the retail, fintech, insurance and gaming sectors, among others, including Wix and Outbrain. billion in 2020.

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incumbents development venture capital capital 86

TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Newly appointed CEO Bart Omlo says that the proceeds from Kontent’s first external investment will be put toward expanding the company’s marketing and sales teams, opening a new office in New York and supporting product development. The incumbent solutions were designed for on-premise, monolithic architecture.

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capital incumbents frameworks development 79

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Plus, it’s understood that Tech Nation is intending to carry on “as is”, even without the government subsidy, supported by fundraising from sponsors, subscriptions and partners. In a statement he told me: “We’ve supported over 4,000 tech companies from around the U.K. s tech startup ecosystem. One source told City A.M.

startup 66

startup incumbents accelerator support 66

TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

But it is illustrative of the measures that financial services companies — incumbents and fintechs alike — are taking to make their installment loans available to more consumers. In other words, it wants to help fintechs be in a stronger position to compete with incumbents, something it believes will benefit consumers. techcrunch.com.

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incumbents finance financing pitching 96

TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

Every time a big name enters insurance, there is always a mix of skepticism from incumbents and a reminder that change is needed. At least they should, as I believe they have three strengths to support such initiatives: They have a lot of customers. And their huge customer base could be a competitive edge.

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opportunity venture capital mix-use incumbents 108

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The plan will be to continue to support and grow its wider business building e-commerce tools for all kinds of larger companies, but in particular Spryker plans to use this tranche of funding to double down specifically on the B2B opportunity, building more agile e-commerce storefronts and in some cases also developing marketplaces around that.

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mix-use incumbents B2B marketing strategy 76

Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

For 2020 MSME Day, I wrote an essay for the UN on how ESHIP can keep supporting the SDGs [ www.bit.ly/MSMEday_ESHIP As ecosystem builders, we are new entrants coping with well-entrenched incumbents who are well-motivated to hold their turf. How can we support you in your efforts? MSMEday_ESHIP ]. Freight cars full of cash?

education 52

education incumbents communities innovation 52

TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

The company’s CFO, Bill Koefoed, has confirmed to us that KKR will continue to be “substantially OneStream’s largest shareholder and remains a very supportive investor” The company meanwhile appears to be holding off any plans for going public for the time being — despite some possible hints that it was considering that move.

finance 69

finance financing incumbents enablement 69

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The next wave of supply-chain innovation will be driven by startups that help incumbents win. “A challenge we had, and saw reflected in the processes of our clients, was that building and scaling hardware felt incredibly laborious in comparison to software.

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incumbents ventures opportunity enablement 77

American Entrepreneurship

MAY 18, 2023

The company’s mission to reduce home-based fossil fuel dependency has attracted additional support from Incite Ventures, MCJ Collective, Garage Capital, Climate Capital, and Spacecadet. However, most heat pump systems today are more difficult to use than their more mature fossil incumbents.

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capital ventures investment investing 52

TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

The company raised $31 million in Series A funding led by Redpoint Venture Partners, with support from Benchmark. “Instead, what ends up happening is the only path that a small company has to get their products to market is to go and get acquired by a big incumbent enterprise.

education 58

education incumbents innovation entrepreneurship 58

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. What is the CPM of ads in this industry (should I even be ad supported?). Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses. Market Structure.

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incumbents startup peer-to-peer incubation 278

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

To boot, it likely would have failed – alongside a large graveyard of past engine failures – had it not been for the serendipitous luck that came with the launch of the iPhone and the fact that Unity was perfectly suited to support it as a build target. We will also see the emergence of immersive/spatial 3D creation applications.

incumbents 145

incumbents creativity development enablement 145

TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

We have seen 20 creator led learning platforms across “preK to Gray” learning in addition to incumbents like Teachable and very few have an ability to build a moat in my view. the question for edtech is whether there is potential for a $100B company in the sector – will TAMs support it. Valuation pressures are across tech sectors.

education 134

education venture capital ventures opportunity 134

TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

The competition intensified further last year when American incumbents Beyond Meat and Eat Just entered China. The area is quickly transforming thanks to active investors, low cost of living and access to amazing universities that have a long history of supporting entrepreneurs.

board 91

board pitching venture capital mix-use 91

Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

I went to Georgia Tech for my undergrad in Computer Science, and I just found such a supportive community there that it was able to help support my natural interest, but also help me through the hard times. They were supporting me, and stuff like that. Because computer science is not an easy degree, by any means.

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peer-to-peer advice creativity opportunity 46

TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Overall, local investors cited the country’s focus on global markets from day one, general support from the Israeli government and deep relationships with Silicon Valley and other global tech centers as additional factors that are powering it forward today. We’ve given them the time and support they need to reach maturity.

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startup SaaS mix-use advice 142

Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 13, 2024

In this fireside chat from the American Dynamism Summit , a16z Cofounder and General Partner Marc Andreessen sits down with economist, podcaster, and polymath Tyler Cowen to discuss the state of innovation in America, from recent AI advances to growing support for nuclear power. Economic growth is a great starting point.

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energy education technology capital 95

TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

What can we do to support her? The insurance market is enormous, but the sector has suffered from notoriously poor customer experience, and major incumbents have been slow to adapt. Dear Sophie, My company is looking to hire a very talented data infrastructure engineer who is undocumented. She has never applied for DACA before.

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startup construction VC health 78

TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

So how should startups that have incumbents to take on, other startups to best, or both, approach the balance between growth and spend this year? Watching startups go head to head is fascinating and illuminating. But for startups in hot sectors with big markets, competing can be very expensive. Wednesday, October 20. Sponsored by: VOSKER.

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