Money & Opportunities for Data Analysis Startups Post COVID
summary
Post-COVID investors tighten valuations but keep deploying capital; angel group data shows medians rose pre-pandemic and surveys expect 10–30% valuation drops, yet one group still invested $19M last year and sidecar funds supply $6.5M ready to deploy. Startups that win turn dark data into dollars, pick one paying customer, and focus on execution: examples include repackaging a complex network-visibility product into vertical solutions that sell for millions, and using Wi‑Fi occupancy data to build a privacy-preserving digital contact tracing service used by universities in 50 countries. CEOs act as cash extraction officers.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and panel setup
- 2:56Panelists' backgrounds
- 11:03Data analytics opportunities post-COVID
- 24:44Minimum viable product and execution
- 31:43Investment dynamics and valuations
- 43:39Best time to start a company
- 59:12Execution challenges during COVID
- 1:06:41Q&A session
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