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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

And since we will continue to look proactively at new seed-stage tech startups over the next few years, the question becomes: What, then, will these companies look like? We’ve been remarkably consistent on this dimension as well: five of the recent 13 investments were B2C, five were B2B, and three you could categorize as B2B2C.

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Startup Benchmarks

VC Cafe

When you start with an honest and diligent effort to determine the truth of your situation, the right decisions often become self-evident.” — Jim Collins , author of Good to Great. In this post I’ll focus on benchmarking resources for seed and series A in the following three categories: SaaS B2C / Consumer apps Deep tech.

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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

ReadWriteStart

It becomes even more interesting in the world of emerging technologies and the IoT. In contrast, it left several e-trends: augmented reality, zero coding, the marketplace boom, and product subscriptions are just a few of them. These new technologies will become an integral part of most e-shops.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Traction is the new IP

Version One Ventures

“Traction is the new IP ” sums up perfectly how the technology space has evolved over the past decade due to the nature of the web. Barriers to entry are no longer created by patents or by tech differentiation alone, but by superior traction in the marketplace.

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B2B Marketplaces Revisited

Version One Ventures

Yet today, the world of B2B marketplaces still lags far behind its B2C counterpart. An online marketplace can help buying agents evaluate potential partners by adding company profiles, operational performance data as well as customer ratings and reviews. Alibaba is an exception. Transaction fees.

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Guide to Create an Uber for Courier App

ReadWriteStart

Business to Consumer (B2C) – It is the most common type of business model. The entrepreneurs can reduce their operational costs significantly – by utilizing advanced technologies like autonomous vehicles, drones, and robots for courier delivery. What is the tech stack for Uber for courier app development?