$133M down el toilet

Most active sales tech investors. Driveless disruption. Auto & logistics patents.

“Market leader”

Hi there,

Humans are funny.

In this case, funny is a euphemism for stupid.

Most active in sales tech

We ranked the most active investors into unique sales tech startups since 2012, including venture capital, corporate venture, and super angel investors. Salesforce Ventures claimed the top spot, investing in 34 sales tech companies.

Things that make you go hmmm

Quixey, a mobile search startup, which has raised $133 million is failing.

Do tell me more “market leader.”

Driverless disruption

While autonomous vehicles, tech and auto companies stand to gain, many other industries — from airlines to fast food to real estate — could face serious upheaval from driverless cars. We look at 21 industries that could be changed by autonomous vehicles.

Extra, extra read all about it

We got some of the smartest journalists on fintech joining us at The Future of Fintech. Lots more names to be revealed, but here are some great folks from the FT, NYT, Bloomberg, and Forbes who will be there.

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Patent party

We dug up a series of recently granted patents in auto and logistics tech from IBM, Ford, Uber, and Google. Ford was granted a patent for a spring-loaded vehicle charging system for electric vehicles.

If we really want to keep immigrants out the USA

We need another great depression.

Who’s with me?

Big CPG is falling behind

In this guest post, Ryan Caldbeck of CircleUp (@circleup) says big CPG brands have not been innovating at a pace to keep up with fast-moving startups, and that their only choice is to turn to M&A to bring in-house the innovation they’re failing to produce themselves.

The Industry Standard

CB Insights data is the most trusted by those in the industry and the media. A few recent hits.

a16z. Tren Griffin (@trengriffin) shares 12 things about product-market fit and cites CB Insights research on why startups fail.

New York Times. Steve Lohr (@stevelohr) says the adoption of AI in law firms will be a slow, task-by-task process and references CB Insights data on investment to legal tech startups.

Crain’s. Jonathan LaMantia (@jonlamantia) writes about the digital health tech scene in New York and refers to CB Insights funding data.

Bloomberg Quint. Gerrit De Vynck (@gerritd) shares ideas from Canada’s tech community regarding the country’s “innovation” budget and cites CB Insights investment data.

Hope you had a terrific Tuesday.

I love you.

Anand
@asanwal

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