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Enabling the Uber for X economy
If you're in VC and need a thesis to latch onto, on-demand infrastructure is certainly popular. These are the behind-the-scenes companies that provide tools and service that make the on-demand economy possible.
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Our new free 22-page NY Tech Almanac highlights the trends in the Big Apple. Notably 7 of the last 8 quarters have seen NY startups rake in more than 1 billion dollars.
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Unicorns worth almost half a trillion dollars (trillion with a T)
This week, ticket purchasing platform Ticketfly scored a big new $50M funding round. See the funding trend and data to marketplaces for event and movie tickets.
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As the "Uber for X" trend explodes, a growing set of behind-the-scenes companies is providing the tools and services that make the on-demand economy possible. See a graphic on on-demand infrastructure and services.
Seven of the last 8 quarters have topped $1B in funding for New York's startups. Exits are also on the rise. Get data on NY's most active tech investors, top funded companies and more in the NY Tech Almanac.
The unicorn club is exploding in size, with nearly 40 companies joining the list so far in 2015. Collectively, unicorns are creeping close to a half-trillion dollars in valuation. See the data.
The Blurb
A curated mix of articles on tech, media, what's next and recent news.
How to scale. Stripe CEO Patrick Collison speaks with Khosla Ventures' Keith Rabois on building, leading, culture & recruiting. Khosla Ventures
The paradox of effort. When striving becomes a health hazard. The Atlantic
Data breaches boost funding for cybersecurity startups. "This isn't sharing economy stuff. This is nerdy stuff." WSJ
A visual history of market crash predictions. Wading through some of the serial offenders predicting financial doom and gloom. Fund Reference
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