Click on the above image, or you can advance to the Spreadsheet of the Collaborative Economy Funding, to see a multi-tab analysis of funding, which I update on a regular basis. Caveat: This sheet is incomplete: People continually submit new data to me, and early stage funding is … Continue readingMassive Spreadsheet: Collaborative Economy Funding
Social networks were the first phase of digital P2P. They enabled anyone to create media and then share it. The Collaborative Economy is the second phase. It enables anyone to create goods and share what they already own. So, how similar or different are the … Continue readingFunding Comparison: Social Networks vs Collaborative Economy
Investors are doling out money by the fistful, $241 million deployed in less than three months. See the Google Sheet that has all this data, broken down by industry, amount, and date. You can read part 1: Meet the investors, and part 2: The investors … Continue readingEven More Money Funnels into the Collaborative Economy (Part 3)
Continued analysis of market funding in the Collaborative Economy. Yesterday’s stunning news of European ridesharing company, BlaBlaCar prompted me to tally up the funding in 2014. Along with help from industry experts Lisa Gansky of Mesh Labs, Neal Gorenflo of Shareable, Mike Walsh of Structure VC and Michelle Regner … Continue readingWhy Investors are in Love with the Collaborative Economy
Who says there’s no money in sharing? Data shows adoption rates by people will double in next year My recent post in the WSJ Accelerator series stated that adoption of the Collaborative Economy is going to double, according to 90,000 people surveyed from the general … Continue readingThe Collaborative Economy Raises Over $800m In One Month
A series of significant monetary events have occurred. In prior posts, I’ve covered the investment leaders by frequency and looked at funding in a category of 200 startups. I found that 37% had been funded, with some receiving very large cash injections. In the recent past, there have … Continue readingThe Money Flows in the Collaborative Economy
Update: The sample for the 200 startups was collected in February 2013, and does not, therefore, include a few startups that have since been launched. I’ve added a fourth graph at end of the article showing some additional Angel investors who have supports startups not … Continue readingMeet the Investors of the Collaborative Economy
Which VC invested the most frequently in Silicon Valley Social Networks? Surprise! They’re from NY! This is part of my continue industry analysis of the changing digital space (see all posts tagged VC), but probing which investors are most active –and are bellwethers for finding … Continue readingMeet the Investors of Social Networks and Social Media
Above: Facebook’s employees hard at work in the open working conditions As an Industry Analyst my role is to identify trends, market forecasts and publish my findings in research reports. As such, Industry Analysts are different than Financial Analysts, which I’m not. While I cite … Continue readingSocial Networks by Revenue and Employees, Facebook Stands Above All
Above Photo: Like analyzing the rings on a tree stump, our natural environment gives us clues on where we’ve been, and where we’re going. Have you ever noticed a set of patterns in the industry that come in sequence? A series of startups getting funded, … Continue readingThe Rhythm of The Software Industry Impacts Business Buyers
