incumbents investment strategy 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2016
During the Q&A I was asked about how I make investment decisions in early-stage businesses. I know that sounds trite but it’s the best way I can describe my early-stage investments. If I don’t do both then it’s highly unlikely I will invest. I answered in the same way I always do so I thought I’d just write it publicly. “I
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
Incumbents became increasingly annoyed with our successes in the country’s largest market – NYC – that they started even taking out ads against us. It’s no wonder incumbents don’t want us to exist. MakeSpace , the leading provider of next-generation storage for consumers, today announced an additional $17.5
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OCTOBER 25, 2019
Conventional wisdom dictated that incumbents should focus their innovation efforts on R&D and growing their cash cows while investing in a few startups. But the rate of change has accelerated and with it, the balance of internal versus external investment. We believe the new corporate landscape calls for new strategies.
Dream It
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
We have made the decision to invest in entrepreneurs without slides, whose ambition, passion, depth of understanding of an opportunity and compelling vision come through crystal-clear in conversation,” states Sarah Guo from Greylock Partners. As all investors know from the case of Uber, you cannot size a market based on an incumbent.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 13, 2011
Revolution is a “stage agnostic&# fund (means they invest early or late) funded entirely by Steve Case , the founder of AOL and co-founded by two other individuals, Tige Savage (yes, pronounced like the golfer, minus the “r&# ) and Donn Davis. We are a venture capital growth equity fund in Washington DC with about $500m invested.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
They imagine it to look something like this: They think that there are some deals that are automatic yeses and some that are just bad, but there’s a whole lot that are kind of in the middle—deals that can be nudged over to one side or the other based on things like clever fundraising strategy or the presence of bias. Is that a good strategy?
TechCrunch
JANUARY 19, 2022
Today a startup that is building tools to help incumbent address this challenge is announcing a round of funding on the back of a lot of demand for its services. “T hey are seeing the impact of the alternatives,” he said, with the migration away from the incumbents happening gradually. That’s a common thing.”
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