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July 14, 2021

Venture dollars flood semiconductor space

The global computer chip shortage is not just causing headaches for laptop- and smartphone-makers. It also appears to be pushing significant venture capital dollars into a space often shunned by investors fixated on the next big software play or social app. Already this year, chipmakers and designers have hauled in massive venture funding rounds, as a combination of factors have thrown the industry into disarray.

July 14, 2021

Funding Surges For Startups Serving Older Adults

Over the past 100 years, the average human lifespan has roughly doubled. And as life expectancy rises, the senior population is growing, too. By 2050, well over a fifth of Americans are expected to be 65 and over. An American born today, meanwhile, can expect to live to nearly 80. In short, we’re getting older. And startups and venture investors — ever cognizant of growth markets — are scaling up efforts to serve our fast-growing aging population.

June 17, 2021

Fintech takes aim at a $400B healthcare puzzle

The US healthcare payments system is ripe for disruption. Just two decades ago, fees paid by patients accounted for only 5% of hospitals and doctors' revenue, but by 2017, that portion was up to 35%

June 17, 2021

Why some edtech investors could finally be set for a post-pandemic payday

For years, many venture capitalists were skeptical about betting on education technology startups, in large part because of a dearth of exit opportunities.

June 17, 2021

Consolidation is Coming: How to Play Fintech’s Next Phase

Fintech as a sector began to take shape as technology was adapted to improve the speed, accuracy, efficiency, and cost of back-office processing. This movement focused initially on banks, which owned much of the process and, having fallen far behind in terms of technical innovation, were ripe for disintermediation by tech-savvy startups hungry to peel off this or that specific process and modernize it, attracting legions of users along the way.

June 17, 2021

Founders reveal why mental health startups are scaling fast

Mental health used to be a topic that few talked about, but the global pandemic opened the floodgates for discussion, and propelled startups focused on the sector with both renewed demand and venture capital investment.

June 17, 2021

Edge computing is coming, and businesses aren't ready

From ultra-connected autonomous cars to low-latency AR, VR and gaming: to remain competitive in the digital age, businesses will have little choice but to fully embrace the new opportunities that come with the deployment of edge computing, according to a new report published by Intel.

June 17, 2021

Persistence and predictability of SaaS growth

A few years ago, Rory O’Driscoll of Scale Venture Partners, an early investor in Box, DocuSign, ExactTarget, and many other large enterprise SaaS companies, published a fascinating article titled ”Understanding the Mendoza Line for SaaS growth”.

June 17, 2021

FinTech: The Startup Sector to Watch in 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the economy, but it has also had the unintended consequence of accelerating a range of hugely disruptive macro trends already in place. One of these trends is the digitization of financial services, neatly if not wholly encapsulated in the sector known as FinTech.