A VC in Vacationland
Seeking the next gen supply chain technology breakthroughs
recent posts
- PE Buyout Outlook for 2026–Same Old, Same Old?
- The Role of Generative AI in Supply Chain Investment Strategies
- AI’s Impact on Supply Chain Investment Strategies
- The ‘New Normal’ is now the ‘No Normal’ in Supply Chains
- SRR—Sustainability, Resilience, Risk Management: The Latest Supply Chain Buzzwords & Investment Opportunities
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Category: Supply Chain Innovators
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Image via CrunchBase Urbanites, who yearn for instant gratification of all wants, from gum to a gourmet dinner, love services who promise to delivery just about anything available locally in about a hour. Urbanfetch, a now defunct start up in New York and London at the turn of the century, burned through $70 million and…
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Image via Wikipedia Well, I admit it. Plenty of other food home delivery options exist for consumers, at least in a few markets like New York City. But when Wal-Mart decides to stick its toe in the space, one must again pay attention. I wrote a few months ago about the very flexible and intelligent…
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Image by Earth Class Mail via CrunchBase I'd thought I would follow up my Megabus/truck musings of last week with a review at some start ups that are looking to beat up on FedEx and UPS. Where have we heard this story before? Plenty of times in the last decade and no serious competitor has…
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Image via Wikipedia I have been watching the rise of the Megabus and BoltBus phenomena with a lot of interest. For the uninitiated, these buses are the beginning of an intercity passenger travel revolution in the US. Business Week had an interesting article in April on the companies and the travel niche they have carved…
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Image via CrunchBase According to Xconomy, Chicago-based startup GrubHub, a service that lets you order food for delivery or take out from local restaurants online or by mobile phone, has raised a whopping $20 million in Series D funding led by DAG Ventures with Benchmark Capital participating in the round. The startup recently raised $11…
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Image via Wikipedia We all know that we basically have two ways to get groceries: schlep to the supermarket/c-store or order on-line and have it delivered (if you are lucky enough to live in such an area and can make it home for the delivery). What if we could order groceries on line, then pick…
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Image via Wikipedia Mobile information service Global Traffic Network(NASDAQ: GNET) has announced the launch of real-time traffic information alerts. Called the Mobile Traffic Network (MTN), the system is being launched in Kansas City and identifies accidents and delays and pushes audio traffic alerts automatically to drivers before they reach an accident. The alerts are automatically pushed to the…
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Image via Wikipedia According to Xconomy, using web applications to drive traffic to brick and mortar shopping stores is a strategy that seems to be paying off for retailers. In March, Forrester reported that the “online research, offline buying” consumer market represents $917 billion in consumer spending, which was 30 percent of all U.S. retail…
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According to Xconomy, Energy management startup Hara recently released a supply chain module that can evaluate energy efficiency among a client’s suppliers – vendors, transportation services, warehouses and the like. The addition of Hara Value Chain effectively widens the scope of Hara’s main product, a software called Environmental and Energy Management (EEM) that identifies energy inefficiencies…
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Image via Wikipedia Do you hate the idea of visiting your storage unit to get something? Then storagebymail is for you. You can ship boxes of “can’t part with” items to their warehouses and have them ship them back to you when you again need them. Here's how it works: You pack a box with, say 45 lbs. of goodies,…
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