attack of the 26 year olds

VCs and corporates pitch startups

Hi there,

We received a lot of emails from startups who wanted to be included on the FemTech Market Landscape we featured in yesterday’s newsletter.  If you’re building a FemTech company and weren’t included, submit here to get in front of our research team.

Oh look, a 26 year old

There are a crizap-ton of 26-year-olds in the USA.

Is this a good thing? Should we be scared?

I’m so confused.

BTW, marketing folks are calling these people “echo boomers.” I’d kindly ask you to cut that isht out.

Reality check

We created a market map of startups in the AR/VR space, with a new approach that categorizes companies by where they sit in the full tech “stack,” starting from hardware all the way down to distribution.

We’re also working on a market map for startups in the wealth management space. If this is you, submit your company here.

Where startups can relax

If you’re a startup, you’re used to pitching.

Investors, customers, partners, etc.

But you should get some time off too.

So at The Future of Fintech Conference, you’re going to get pitched.

Senior VCs, corporate development, CIOs, and corporate innovation folks are going to get time to pitch entrepreneurs on why startups should work with them and what they’re looking for.

If you are a VC, M&A, CIO, or corporate innovation person interested in doing a reverse pitch at the conference, complete this form.

Notes:

1. We will promote your pitch in the newsletter (~250k subscribers) as well as at the conference. Yes — lots of visibility.
2. You must be senior (Partner, SVP, MD, C-level)
3. You must already be active working with fintech companies

This is cool

More self-made women billionaires than ever before.

CVC roots

We put together a 9,000+ word report on the history of corporate venture capital. Digging into the history, it’s clear that the tensions and contradictions surrounding CVC have been there from the start:

1. The tension between financial and strategic aims
2. The contradictory evidence over whether startup investing actually works as a form of “outsourced R&D”
3. The difficulty in competing for the best deals

Despite all the talk

This trend is going in the wrong direction.

Kingdom of tech

We mapped out a network of 26 Saudi Arabian investors (public and private) as well as their private market investments between January 2012 and January 2017. Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) is one of the most active Saudi investors, with a total of 20 investments since 2012.

The Industry Standard

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

Bloomberg. Saritha Rai (@saritharai) reports on Flipkart’s need for funding in order to fight off Amazon and Alibaba and references CB Insights data on Tiger Global’s investment into the company.

Inc. Bartie Scott (@bartielouscott) on why brick-and-mortar retail tech is one of the best industries for starting a business in 2017 with a reference to CB Insights funding data.

Economic Times. Somshubhro Roy Choudhury writes about IoT startups and cites CB Insights data on investment and exits in the space.

I love you.

Anand
@asanwal

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