Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 20, 2016

In 2011-2013, about 1450 software companies were founded each year on average. This is counterintuitive considering the broader venture capital backdrop of near record venture investment in software. The rate of new software company formation seems to have declined materially in the past few years.

SaaS 40

SaaS incumbents venture capital ventures 40

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

First, they believe that the current offerings from the financial incumbents are lacking. In 2013 there were 967 million FPS transactions. Regulation becomes the friend of the incumbent in highly regulated industries through a process known as regulatory capture. The basis of this argument is really two fold.

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disruption financing finance incumbents 83

TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

Instead, the challenge was how to rebuild the concept of a bank in a country where banking is widely hated, all while the incumbents heavily entrenched with the state worked to block every move.

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incumbents pitching energy financing 65

TechCrunch

MAY 22, 2022

I’ve come to realize, in reporting on startups and venture capital pretty much exclusively for the past 5 years — and for many more before that in one capacity or another — that nothing is black and white, things aren’t always what they seem and they can change in the blink of an eye. Weekly News.

real estate 92

real estate ventures venture capital financing 92

TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

A growing number of startups are capitalizing on the U.K.’s Founded by Dr. Ash Kalraiya back in 2013, MediShout unifies all helpdesks and medical suppliers within a single app. But in the midst of chaos, opportunity often lingers. ServiceNow).

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hospitality health incumbents capital 79

Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 9, 2013

Crowdfunding has also been a healthy supplier of capital to hybrid companies like Ouya and Pebble among others. The fastest path to that end for incumbents is acquisition of startups like these. Hardware industrial design is no longer a sufficient differentiator for manufacturers.

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incumbents startup enablement communities 40

TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

The same filing listed the co-founders alongside Zola’s co-founder Shan-Lyn Ma, Addition Capital founder Lee Fixel, Campbell Soup Co. The new funding gives the company just over $791 million in total known funding since the company was founded in 2013, according to Crunchbase data. SEC filings show that Harry’s has raised $139.9

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

healthcare system does not operate as a free marketplace with the type of open-competition that we often associate with capitalism. In 2015, 46 percent of workers were enrolled in a plan with an annual deductible of $1,000 or more, up from 38 percent in 2013 and 22 percent in 2009. Despite widespread belief to the contrary, the U.S.

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health hospitality networking mix-use 59

Y Combinator

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Other considerations include market size, incumbent strength, founder fit with an enterprise-like sales cycle, and ability to create significantly better-electrified products faster than the incumbents can modify their existing lines and supply chains. Problems & Ideas: Interconnection is currently a large bottleneck.

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energy startup transportation construction 95

WSJ - The Accelerators

JULY 2, 2015

For instance, as I’ve previously written , “In 2011, only 28% of Europe’s venture-backed tech deals were seed stage… [but] in 2013 and 2014, roughly half of all European tech venture deals were seed stage.” So more of these companies march into the wide mouth of the funnel. Because the U.S.

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ventures incumbents venture capital financing 28

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

We first got wind of the method of raising capital with the Trump SPAC deal taking a collection of ideas and very little product public. Both have long-term ambitions, or at least teasers, to take on the incumbent cloud players. And then we got another dose yesterday with online video hosting portal Rumble’s SPAC plan.

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incumbents capital startup media 81

TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

The data is based on a sample of 2,500 companies that have used AngelList to syndicate deals from 2013 through 2020. Raising capital for a new fund is always hard. In this exciting moment, when younger founders will likely receive more attention, capital and control than ever, it’s crucial to avoid certain pitfalls.

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