View from Seed

JULY 31, 2014

More interesting, however, is reflecting on what “rhymes” across multiple investments within our portfolio. The internet continues the disintermediation of content creation. Network Effect B2B. Most often, when people talk about “network effects,” they’re referring to consumer-facing startups. Recent Investment Themes.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users. At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. Mari Holds a B.A.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 19, 2018

We love their network effects and continue to invest in them. At Version One, we are more inclined to invest in businesses where the services are as commoditized as products so there isn’t supplier preference nor disintermediation. Here’s a question that we have been getting a lot lately: Do you still invest in marketplaces? .

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 30, 2017

Most Deep Learning methods involve artificial neural networks, modeling how our bran works. The current crop of Analytics tools are getting better and better at the known knowns , the process of disintermediation of the humans doing that work is only going to accelerate… And then that work will disappear. Recognize, and exploit change.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Crowdfunder is the equity crowdfunding leader for sourcing and funding high-growth ventures with a network of over 130,000 entrepreneurs and investors. What does financial disintermediation really mean? How is the real / impactful is the world of mobile payments and where is it going?

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Twenty years from now, we will see disintermediation of banks, and millenials will no longer recognize the current banking system as they will receive financial services from a number of new entrants in the technology sector. employ 60K people in 11 countries. employ 60K people in 11 countries. The post Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Twenty years from now, we will see disintermediation of banks, and millenials will no longer recognize the current banking system as they will receive financial services from a number of new entrants in the technology sector. employ 60K people in 11 countries. employ 60K people in 11 countries.

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