With Chloe, Elise, and Olivier from Idinvest we’re beginning a series of deep dives about the B2B Software data stack with a focus on a key component of this ecosystem: Data Connector startups. Table of content: Data Connectors: The piping system of B2B software Horizontal Data Connectors Vertical Data Connectors The Data Warehouse is the … Continue reading “Data Stack Deep Dive Season 1: Data Connectors”
Author: Clement
Debt & Lending Startup Landscape
Before you check the rest of our deep dive about debt/loan related startups, I wanted to make it clear that this is not a highly technical analysis of debt as a general concept nor about our opinion of the current trends shaping the economy as a whole and where it could lead us. We let … Continue reading “Debt & Lending Startup Landscape”
Consumer Subscription Apps Pricing Benchmark
100+ consumer sub apps listed and analyzed Together with Nicolas and Alexandre from Idinvest we’ve benchmarked the pricing structure of the major consumer subscription mobile apps. We’ve summed up our findings in a series of videos and in the post below. Table of content: Video 1: The benchmark Video 2: Pricing structure of consumer sub apps Video 3: Subscription plans’ price … Continue reading “Consumer Subscription Apps Pricing Benchmark”
Designer Tools Startup Landscape
60+ designer tools mapped & analyzed Together with Nicolas and Alexandre from Idinvest we’ve mapped the growing Designer Tools landscape and came up with a map listing 60+ startups as well as a series of videos covering several major trends shaping this industry. Table of content: Landscape Video: The platform layer Video: The products & … Continue reading “Designer Tools Startup Landscape”
Carbon Offset Industry Stack
The past month I’ve been digging the carbon offset industry and came up with a map structured in three layers and a couple of subcategories: The buyer layer: entities that buy carbon offsets. The reseller layer: the companies and non-profit selling (but not producing) carbon offsets. The carbon project layer: the various entities that issue carbon offsets and … Continue reading “Carbon Offset Industry Stack”
How does a VC firm work?
The goal of this article is not to explore in-depth the mechanisms of the VC model but rather to explain concisely how a VC firm works. This post is mainly intended at people whose aim is to enter the VC world or are just interested in understanding this model. What is a Venture Capital (VC) … Continue reading “How does a VC firm work?”
The desperate parents industry
1. The Trend If you ask me, parenting tech should be renamed desperate parents tech as, in reality, what people really look for when using such products is not so much to be better parents, but rather to survive through parenthood (parents for whom it’s easy don’t need it). I’m speaking from experience, I have … Continue reading “The desperate parents industry”
Five things to know before pursuing a career in the VC world
Since I started to run MemoHub batches last August, I had a little more than 20 people participating. One thing I didn’t expect, and which was very interesting to me, is that two people told me that completing the program made them realize that a career in the VC industry is not for them and … Continue reading “Five things to know before pursuing a career in the VC world”
Is it better to start my career in a VC firm or in a startup?
A video-based Role Playing Game to help you decide your first career move The game starts in the video just below: Table of content Videos: Startup Track Day #1 Startup Track Day #2 VC Track Day #1 VC Track Day #2 Two years later Text transcript: Startup or VC Firm? Blue Pill #1: The Startup … Continue reading “Is it better to start my career in a VC firm or in a startup?”
New Space Economy: Analysis, Trends, and Mapping
Exploring the boom of the small satellite industry from manufacturing, launching, operating and applications. The past two/three years I’ve been following the New Space trend from a distance, but I finally decided to take the time to do a proper deep dive. Here’s a quick summary of my findings. Table of content Creating and building … Continue reading “New Space Economy: Analysis, Trends, and Mapping”