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B2B Marketplaces Revisited

Version One Ventures

Yet today, the world of B2B marketplaces still lags far behind its B2C counterpart. As are a handful of vertical marketplaces that have emerged over the past few years (e.g. But overall, we’ve yet to see the large-scale success of B2B marketplaces across the full spectrum of verticals. Alibaba is an exception. Transaction fees.

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How close are we to a smart toilet?

Version One Ventures

Is it vertically integrated? Could the toilet be like a smartphone (hardware) with a software platform where people can build “apps” (assays) to test for particular diseases? Should the company be B2C so that it can completely own the data? That seems logical, but how does one launch a B2C if there’s no immediate value (i.e.

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Why Investing in the Everyday Economy Isn’t Just a Consumer Strategy

View from Seed

We dove deep into how this investment thesis extends to major verticals of consumer spending like entertainment , clothing , and home. In our portfolio, Code Climate is a perfect example of this, as its software becomes embedded within an engineering team’s daily workflow. BookBub ), hybrid B2C/B2B2C models (e.g.

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Customer Data Platforms: The Next Big Shift in SaaS Marketing Stacks?

ConversionXL

A Brief History of Marketing Technology Software. launched a contact management software. Siebel took off the most important features from the Database Marketing Systems and combined them with contact management solutions software. Is it a B2B or B2C email?” , “What is the company where this contact is working at?”

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Founder Interview: Richard Lavina Innovating Accounting Services with Taxfyle

The Startup Magazine

TSM: Describe Taxfyle’s product or service in 10 words or less: Richard: Taxfyle is a Service-with-a-Software company that matches taxpayers with licensed CPAs and Enrolled Agents. We’re aiming to bring that boost in productivity and cost-efficiency both to CPA firms and other professional services firms in other verticals (i.e.

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How we can improve the odds of finding unicorns

Version One Ventures

This makes it laboriously difficult to identify rising stars and make comparisons within a specific vertical. At Version One, we have 6 investment themes (and more to come – stay tuned): Vertically integrated commerce. Vertical SaaS. We are interested in platforms that power this space. Mobile marketplaces.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Sebastian Soler recently launched Knowledge.vc , which uses software and machine learning to enhance deal sourcing and diligence for VC firms. The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. Private Equity Software and Services Directory.