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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

More interesting, however, is reflecting on what “rhymes” across multiple investments within our portfolio. While all three of our most recent investments built on this foundational idea still remain stealthy, everyone utilizes connected technology to uniquely deliver a service or bundled product. The “Internet of Things”.

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Growthink Innovation Series: FinTech

Growthink Blog

Quite simply, the digital, mobile, and Internet revolutions are transforming the way customers access financial products and services of all types, and across all consumer and business sectors. Mr. Ned Tobey , VP Product Management, Q2 Holdings (NYSE: QTWO ). What does financial disintermediation really mean?

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Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?

thebarefootvc

Twenty years from now, we will see disintermediation of banks, and millenials will no longer recognize the current banking system as they will receive financial services from a number of new entrants in the technology sector. employ 60K people in 11 countries. employ 60K people in 11 countries.

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Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?

thebarefootvc

Twenty years from now, we will see disintermediation of banks, and millenials will no longer recognize the current banking system as they will receive financial services from a number of new entrants in the technology sector. employ 60K people in 11 countries. employ 60K people in 11 countries.

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Better, Cheaper, More Convenient

Rob Go

These are companies that offer consumers a product or service (or both) that they are paid for (as opposed to consumer audience businesses that are monetized through advertising). The product or service is better than what else is out there. Our consumer portfolio has largely been focused around convenience. More Convenient.