London VCs from JamJar Investments, MMC Ventures and Samaipata Ventures chime in on the challenges and opportunities in European DTC and lessons learned from investing in several European startup in the direct to consumer space.
Startup landscape maps remain, in my opinion, one of the best ways to quickly scan an industry vertical and understand how it breaks down into sub sectors. In this post I collected the Israeli startup landscape maps for AI, Braintech, food tech, industry 4.0, Retail tech, self driving, brain tech and more.
We live longer lives - the number of Americans over 65 will double by 2060, according to a report by the Population Research Bureau. But statistically, we will suffer from health issues, loss of independence and loneliness. Technology can play a role in supporting the elderly in retaining independence, monitor their health conditions and liver a longer, less lonely life. There are more than 85 startups in Israel addressing the elderly, here's a selection of the more promising ones.
We seem to have hit an inflection point as more VC funding went to China than the US in Q2 2018. Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent are investing billions in innovation and have a play in seemingly every sector of technology. But what would it take for American companies to succeed in China or Chinese companies to succeed in America? And will trade tariffs slow up growth?
The level of innovation in adtech and martech seems to be accelerating despite the challenges and limited funding available for the space, partly because they are less reliant on external funding for growth. It's a crowded space, so this posts examines the latest trends and interesting innovations in Israeli advertising technology.
While you won't see an Israeli squad on the field, there's plenty of Israeli tech playing in the media/sports game. Israel's strength in computer vision and image/video analysis has contributed to the creation of a number of startups in the sports tech arena among other industries. According to Startup Nation Central there are 103 active startups in the sports tech space.
It's not only the media that makes us obsessed about private startup valuations - sometimes the founders and VCs play a role in it too. We take a look at valuations, how to speak with your VC about them and the Israel angle - privately owned unicorns and the Israeli charging ponies, startups who are well on their way to unicorn status.
Is Venture capital a people business or an antiquated model that is ripe for disruption? I share arguments for and against from two interesting posts I read this week.
The financial side of technology entrepreneurship means that almost from inception, an entrepreneur has to think about and plan his or her sources of financing. Wether you like it or not, startups can merely get a break between rounds of fundraising. It’s hard to know where to start sometimes, so this list should hopefully serve as a friendly primer for London startups.
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