Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. So of course returns from 2000-2010 were subpar on average for the industry. THAT is disruption.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The investment firm Flagship Pioneering has incubated a lot of life sciences companies since it was founded in 2000. That’s notable, considering that Flagship incubated 11-year-old Moderna, which currently boasts a $50 billion market cap thanks in large part its coronavirus vaccine.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

I have experienced two major financial disruptions in my career: the bubble burst in 2000 and the financial crisis of 2008. In the past decade, we lived through an unprecedented run of optimism and climbing valuations, and the gut check we’re seeing now has been long in coming.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

“We’re disrupting the legacy LMS [learning management system] providers, the Cornerstones of the world, with our bite-size training platform,” said CEO and founder Ted Blosser in an interview. ” The company, originally incubated in Y Combinator, has now raised $27 million.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

Whether by design or circumstance, every startup will eventually get disrupted. The world continues to beat a path to your door until one day, when seemingly out of nowhere, the disruptor gets disrupted. In this era of endless innovation, there is only one thing you can do to stay competitive: you must learn how to disrupt yourself.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators. Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally. American venture capital firm specializing in investing in early-stage, growth, and incubation companies. .

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