Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2010

VCs needed to invest hundreds of millions of dollars every couple of years, and liked to go into groups and syndications, which meant they wanted deals for a few millions dollars. The article suggests – and we agree – that angels are disintermediating traditional VCs in many cases.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2017

I hope they are thinking hard about it, rather than fearing being disintermediated by Alexa. Or live music that is syndicated from a different partner. I’m very invested in both Sonos and Alexa, as I’ve got them installed in multiple places. Alexa is my desktop music system; Sonos is my house-wide music system.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. Entrepreneurs today expect more than just capital from their investors.

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Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

If massively succesful, Isis might disintermediate the companies that manufacturer plastic payment cards and perhaps the companies that make mag stripe hardware (e.g. Also some of the mobile banking players are considering to build a parallel network that would disintermediate the card associations. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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