BizTech@Wharton and CB Insights Partner on the Evolving World of eCommerce

As part of the BizTech@Wharton conference this Friday, we’ve put together a free report (see below) which details investment funding and M&A trends to some of the fast growing segments of eCommerce including:

  • Flash sales (Gilt Groupe, One Kings Lane, etc)
  • Daily deals (LivingSocial, Peixe Urbano, etc
  • Subscription eCommerce (H. Bloom, ShoeDazzle, etc)
  • Alternative currencies (TrialPay, BOKU, etc)
  • CrowdFunding (Kickstarter, IDEAME, etc)
  • Sharing Economy / Collaborative Commerce (Airbnb, RelayRides, etc)

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Impractical Solutions to Non-Existent Problems – Start More Venture Capital Funds to Close the Series A Gap

We commented on a post on Hacker News which linked to a TechCrunch post that suggested that to close this week’s venture capital neurosis, aka the Series A crunch, we need to start more VC funds.  We have copied our comment from the HN post below for your viewing pleasure with some edits for clarity.

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