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The Final Edition

thebarefootvc

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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Where are the opportunities for the next venture-scale marketplace business?

Version One Ventures

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. Alibaba is a household name for anyone doing business in or purchasing from China, and the company has grown into an international e-commerce empire. B2B marketplaces.

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Fintech Companies Redesigning The Financial World

YoungUpstarts

China, Asia’s financial capital: the country is in 2 nd place in the fintech numbers list. Analyzing in a general way, what appears with much emphasis is a disintermediation movement, in particular the banks.

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Better, Cheaper, More Convenient

Rob Go

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.