Tag: Market Analysis
This Week in Apps: Houseparty battles Messenger, Telegram drops crypto plans, Instagram Lite is gone
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and $120 billion in consumer spending in 2019. People are…
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Big VCs stacked billions in Q1 while smaller firms saw their haul shrink
Q2 2020 is the least-certain quarter I’ve ever covered Alex Wilhelm 7 hours Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. After spending perhaps more time than we should have recently trying to figure out what’s going on…
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Alternative assets are becoming mainstream
Anthony Zhang Contributor Anthony is co-founder and CEO of Vinovest, a platform for investing in fine wine. He has previously founded and sold two companies (EnvoyNow & Know Your VC), and is also a Thiel Fellow. The way we invest is changing. Technology makes investing easy and more accessible than…
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Building and investing in the ‘human needs economy’
Heather Hartnett Contributor Heather Hartnett is general partner and CEO of Human Ventures, an early-stage venture fund and startup studio in New York City. The entrepreneurial and investor focus of the last decade has largely been centered on increased convenience and consumerism, and has encouraged companies to prioritize scaling, with…
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Startups are transforming global trade in the COVID-19 era
‘The idea that we go back to normal the moment we lift restrictions is unlikely, fanciful, even’ Scott Bade 9 hours Scott Bade Contributor Scott Bade is a former speechwriter for Mike Bloomberg and co-author of “More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First.” More posts by this contributor…
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Why is Eugene Kaspersky funding a travel accelerator during COVID-19?
Eugene Kaspersky made a name for himself in cybersecurity as CEO of Kaspersky Labs, but the Russian security expert has a new passion project: he’s funding an online accelerator that aims to support entrepreneurs who are building travel and tourism startups. Businesses that apply must have a focus on Russia,…
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