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.

Disintermediation 66

Disintermediation Venture Capital Angel Investor Seed Stage 66

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. Urs Cete, the Head of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments , notes, “If you think you can provide just money, you will be disintermediated.”. Some corporate VCs even have seed funds.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

It’s not for a lack of technological effort from both startups and huge companies in all of mobile payments’ incarnations – SMS, mobile web, native apps, NFC, etc. But nearly everyone has wrongly placed emphasis on the mobile technology part and not on the payments aspect. Chris Chaten. Any thoughts on Isis?

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250