Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

AI startups represent about 70% of B2B Series As, up from about 40% in early 2024. Forward ARR Multiple As of Type 25th 50th 75th percentile 2025-01-31 Software 3.1 2025-01-31 AI 8.3 On average, AI Series As raise at 40% higher valuation than non-AI companies, a multiple that has been increasing over time.

peer-to-peer 64

peer-to-peer incumbents SaaS enablement 64

TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

The market for MLOps services could reach $4 billion by 2025, by one estimation , and includes startups like Databricks, DataRobot, Algorithmia and incumbents like Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services. While investor interest in MLOps is on the rise, cash doesn’t necessarily translate to success.

development 89

development incumbents communities collaboration 89

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’s co-founders attribute the startup’s success in part to the comprehensiveness of its product offerings. billion by 2025.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Israeli startup Firebolt has been taking on Google’s BigQuery, Snowflake and others with a cloud data warehouse solution that it claims can run analytics on large datasets cheaper and faster than its competitors. Firebolt cites analysts that estimate the global cloud analytics market will be worth some $65 billion by 2025.

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startup incumbents capital ventures 87

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We profiled Rebag back in 2015, when its name included two “g’s,” (gotta love URL availability) and had raised $4 million in seed funding to go after incumbents like The RealReal. Gorra sees The RealReal and Poshmark being the closest competitors to Rebag.

peer-to-peer 97

peer-to-peer capital innovation incumbents 97

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Just a few weeks after announcing stock and crypto trading , French fintech startup Lydia is announcing that it has raised a $100 million Series C round. With this funding round, the startup has reached a unicorn valuation, which means that it is currently valued at more than $1 billion. Times are changing.

peer-to-peer 83

peer-to-peer incumbents VC finance 83

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Mobiz , a South African startup integrating hyper-personalization into mobile marketing, has raised a pre-Series A round of $ 4 million from HAVAÍC, Futuregrowth, Launch Africa, Allan Gray E-Squared Ventures, CapaciTech and Endeavor’s Harvest Fund. The investment comes as the startup is ramping up efforts to expand into the U.S.

incumbents 90

incumbents disruption opportunity enablement 90

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Today a startup that has been focusing on one specific aspect of payments — recurring billing — is announcing a round of funding to capitalize on that growth with expansion of its own.

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incumbents health energy technology 85

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This hasn’t gone unnoticed by the major food and beverage incumbents such as Nestlé, which launched a plant-based dairy line under the Wunda brand last year, while rival Unilever has been doubling down on its vegan offerings. “We will start doing test launches in 2024 in the U.S.,

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incumbents culture sustainability development 73

TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

The average European is spending £301 (€333) a month on 11 subscriptions, which is predicted to increase to £459 (€508) a month on 17 subscriptions by 2025. Sjöblom told me that by largely working with incumbent banks, Minna is providing them with a way to fight back against challenger banks.

technology 70

technology incumbents ventures enablement 70

TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

billion by 2025, a steep climb from $190 million in 2016. Call center service provider incumbents like Dialpad offer sentiment analysis features, as well, as do companies including Cogito , Saygent and SugarCRM. A 2019 Salesforce report found that 53% of service organizations expected to use chatbots within 18 months.

incumbents 81

incumbents capital enablement strategy 81

Y Combinator

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Y Combinator has funded well over 100 climate tech startups , and together they are worth over $10B. These startups offer commercial solutions to decarbonize society or remove carbon from the atmosphere. There are several ways startups are addressing this already.

energy 97

energy startup transportation construction 97

Revolution

DECEMBER 23, 2024

In 2025, startups beyond the coasts and outside of the traditional tech hubs will face new challenges and, with customary resourcefulness, also seize new opportunities. startups in Q1-Q2 of 2024. Exit optionality is indeed essential to the startup and venture capital lifecycle, as acquisitions make up 90% ofexits.

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