“Using real-time payments data and a risk-management system that analyzes more than 3,000 variables, [Alibaba founder Jack] Ma’s four-year-old MYbank has lent 2 trillion yuan ($290 billion) to nearly 16 million small companies. Borrowers apply with a few taps on […]
“Businesses aren’t the only ones feeling the pressure from technological innovation — the CEOs are feeling it too. Here are 14 executives who paid the price for their innovation failures.” | learn more
This deck from MMC Ventures provides interesting updates and data about global AI adoption across geographies and industries. | learn more
Tom Tunguz shares some data about how yesterday’s series A is today’s seed round. More importantly, there are now a variety of funding formats in between, so entrepreneurs can customize to fit their business. But definitely ignore the names of […]
That may be technically true, but probably driven by a few huge funding rounds last year. Construction still has plenty of room for tech improvement! | learn more
This annual report from venture capital star Mary Meeker came out about a month ago and I finally had time to flip through it this week. If you haven’t yet, it’s worthwhile! | learn more
The space company founded by Branson is going public in a merger with Chamath’s already-public shell company. This is exciting! “Virgin Galactic expects to be profitable two years after it begins publicly trading.” | learn more
“In this 5-part series, we’ll review the birth and maturation of the industry, and with that context consider where it might be headed. This first post will focuses on the formalization of VC from the 1950s through the dotcom bubble.” […]
Does anyone else love this concept? Childcare is something that every parent seems to struggle with, cobbling together solutions. Using technology to expand the supply of legitimate, regulated preschools sounds perfect. | learn more