A fundamental shift has occurred in the way startups are financed. Much of the progress companies used to make with Series A capital is now being accomplished in their seed phase. Meanwhile, Series A investors are applying investment criteria traditionally reserved for the Series B. To study this shift, Wing has developed a curated data set focused on the industry’s higher quality startups and used it explore what’s actually happening in early stage financing.  

The early-stage financing world is changing rapidly. But what won’t change is what it takes to build a great company, and the absolute priority and intense difficulty of laying the foundation right the first time. The very best entrepreneurs will be extremely thoughtful about what sorts of partners they seek out and who they choose to listen to.

I surveyed 51 people who live and breathe crypto. The goal of the survey was to better understand the near-term market sentiment from people on the front lines. Everyone who participated in the survey…

Each year Wing surveys the IoT landscape through our IoT Startup State of the Union. We do this to understand what is happening beyond the headlines, and share these insights with our community. This year, we expanded our data set to 3670 deals, across 68 IoT sub-categories, between 2013 and 2017.

2017 witnessed a Cambrian explosion of new cryptoasset projects and a commensurate interest in the space by entrepreneurs, investors, institutions and governments. In January 2017, the combined market…

There are varied definitions of the term “Product-Market Fit” but all of them refer to a condition where a company has built a popular product that profitably serves an attractive market.  But what makes a product popular?  What makes a market attractive? 

This post is intended to lay out many of the key topics that must be discussed with customers to avoid these blind spots, and why they matter.

Since emerging from stealth in September 2016, Juvo has been on an impressive growth trajectory. The company, whose mission is to establish financial identities for the billions of people worldwide who are creditworthy yet financially excluded, has increased the number of mobile subscribers it reaches via partnerships with mobile operators from 100M to 500M across 25 countries and four continents.

Identity is touted as a virtual skeleton key, the solution to all problems, ranging from cybersecurity to digital marketing.  My usual instinct when presented with such sweeping claims is “shields up”. But with identity, there is much justification for the hyperbole. Rich identity unlocks timeless factors like trust and relevance, fundamentals that bring ground truth to the digital world.

We're excited to announce our investment in Gong, an AI-powered Data-First business application that enables sales organizations to extract hugely valuable intelligence from sales calls.

Today we are happy to reveal our investment in CloudPost Networks. Wing has led CloudPost’s $4 million seed financing, along with industry luminaries Dominic Orr, Dan Warmenhoven, Pankaj Patel and Prakash Bhalerao.

As more and more applications embrace the micro-service architecture, Aporeto has the opportunity to become a truly strategic security provider for the cloud-native enterprise.

Welcome to our inaugural list of AI-powered Data-First business applications and its associated report. The report highlights 50 innovative venture-backed startups in America using a powerful combination of data-centric strategies and artificial intelligence to reinvent business software.

Last October, we published a report on the state of the IoT startup ecosystem. Here's an update that includes fresh data and analysis through to the end of 2016.

Existing cyber security products are failing to protect businesses against emerging threats. SlashNext's innovative technology catches attacks they miss.