2016 incumbents innovation 
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. dominated by a few very large incumbents who control much of the distribution or are you going into a market that is “fragmented” where nobody controls the industry.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. They have high-priced property and zero innovation. It’s no wonder incumbents don’t want us to exist. The Early Years.
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TechCrunch
JANUARY 25, 2021
We believed then, as we do now, that fintech represents one of the most exciting major innovation cycles of this decade. For the fourth straight year, the publicly traded fintechs massively outperformed the incumbent financial services providers as well as every mainstream stock index. Public fintech stocks rose 97% in 2020.
Tomasz Tunguz
DECEMBER 20, 2016
2016 was a year of change for SaaS, and most of the story was the public market. The Hottest Startup Sectors In 2016 - published on January 3rd, this post reviewed the patterns of investment in startups, and in particular, the sectors where investors were increasing their investment the fastest. The end of the year is fast approaching.
TechCrunch
JULY 25, 2021
Hundreds of startups dot the landscape, and the amount of money being raised and spent on innovating around the country’s industrial heft is mind-boggling. 2014 might have been the last year it was economically feasible to start such a business due to the soaring cost of acquiring customers and the strength of incumbents,” he said.
Tomasz Tunguz
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
The exuberant acquisition environment should enable some early-stage companies to menace their incumbents and take share, as those behemoths are distracted by M&A. Many of the most of apparent and immediate opportunities in the software market have been filled by now SaaS incumbents.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
” Going up against incumbents. Third-party providers, mostly fintechs, have tried to capture some market share from these incumbents. Whereas the incumbents mostly focus on USSD (although there are provisions to use applications), Wave is solely app-based. Wave, however , wants to disrupt it. Both were Series C rounds.
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