2023-03-14
Just love that YC goes back to its roots and will only focus on early-stage investments: https://www.ycombinator.com/ ... Trend to re-focus is good, for the entire ecosystem!
TechCrunch
Y Combinator scales back its late stage team, laying off 17 employees, or ~20% of YC staff, calling late stage investing a “distraction from our core mission”
Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch :
Just love that YC goes back to its roots and will only focus on early-stage investments: https://www.ycombinator.com/ ... Trend to re-focus is good, for the entire ecosystem!
The Information
Sources: Y Combinator will not raise another Continuity Fund, which backs late-stage startups, and the two partners who led the fund plan to leave the company
Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator won't raise another continuity fund, which backs mature private tech companies, two people familiar with the matter said.
2020-06-16
Congrats @wandelbots raising a Series B 🤑 There have been ~200 seed rounds in manufacturing startups in Europe in the last few years but very, very few companies were able to raise a Series B so far. Covid-19 doesn't make it easier... https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Wandelbots, which makes it easier for non-programmers to program industrial robots, raises $30M Series B led by 83North
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch :
2020-02-29
Spot on analysis of the food delivery biz by @sarahtavel with many take-aways for marketplaces in general. => Dominance in a market, not aggregate GMV across many markets, is the goal of any marketplace. https://medium.com/...
Sarah Tavel
The competition between GrubHub, DoorDash, Postmates, and UberEats illustrates the importance of expanding supply and focusing on growth over profits
which reminds me that Postmates announced that it was filing for an IPO over a year ago and still hasn't pulled the trigger. https://medium.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : ...
2019-09-12
The success of @SamsaraHQ is probably the most interesting case study in IoT so far: https://www.forbes.com/... Note, they did not start in manufacturing.
Forbes
Samsara, a maker of sensors and GPS units for fleet vehicle management, raises $300M at $6.3B valuation from Tiger Global, Dragoneer, a16z, and General Catalyst
Elisabeth Brier / Forbes :