thebarefootvc

JANUARY 15, 2020

I had alluded to this in a piece I wrote in 2015 – Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?: “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.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 19, 2018

This reminded me that it has been awhile since we’ve touched upon this topic on our blog. At Version One, we are more inclined to invest in businesses where the services are as commoditized as products so there isn’t supplier preference nor disintermediation. B2B marketplaces.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 21, 2016

M arketplace businesses are the classic example of this because they disintermediate the supply chain and offer a more free exchange of products between buyers and sellers. The high-end wine market in China behaves like this. But among the very wealthy, the more expensive the wine, the more desirable.

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