Haystack
NOVEMBER 25, 2018
Whereas in 2016 I struggled to come up with one, and whereas in 2017 it was obvious it was Coinbase, with 2018 comes the most money poured into U.S. In 2018, it was that kind year. This is the company, in my opinion, which only first appeared on the radar of most investors in 2018. Here is the Google Doc where we tracked these.]
Tomasz Tunguz
JUNE 11, 2018
2018 is a blockbuster year for software M&A multiples. Billion-dollar plus acquisitions in 2018 have commanded a median 17.7x In 2018, three acquirers have paid greater than 14x trailing multiples, and two have paid greater than 20x trailing. The increasing competition amongst incumbents. The corporate tax holiday.
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 18, 2019
An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Incumbent human processes were cumbersome, laborious, costly, slow and demoralizing. Krupa joined EO Las Vegas in 2018. . We used this type of expert knowledge to power our semantic engines. LESSON: Watch an expert solve a problem before you build a machine to attempt it. Other people had struggled on this journey.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
” In 2018, the product was piloted as Wave in Senegal but it was still within the Sendwave ecosystem. ” Going up against incumbents. . ” Going up against incumbents. Third-party providers, mostly fintechs, have tried to capture some market share from these incumbents. L-R: Drew Durbin and Lincoln Quirk.
Y Combinator
DECEMBER 8, 2021
2 Incumbent banks miss the mark in two crucial areas: The banking experience has not evolved to match modern consumer. Outperforming incumbents with modern experience and digital infrastructure. Monzo has also been able to move faster than incumbents because of its forward-looking approach to building banking infrastructure.
Tomasz Tunguz
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Software M&A in 2019 reached about $170B up from $136B in 2018, up 25%. And incumbents desire as much of that as possible for themselves. PE played less of role than 2018, when they spent 50% of the dollars, and strategics stepped up to fill the void, and then some. The M&A market continues to surge. wrong and 3.5
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