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Marketplace Startup Fundraising 2026

State of the union on marketplace fundraising in 2026, investment trend data from Carta, SVB, Yonder and much more!
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AI Is Eating Upwork From the Bottom Up. It Might Also Save It.
A dive into whether AI is truly disrupting digital labor marketplaces like Upwork and Fiverr as much as the news headlines might suggest.
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Marketplace Memo #18 - Agent-Led Marketplaces, SaaS Crash and More
OpenClaw Marketplaces, Marketplaces Outperform SaaS, eBay Acquires Depop, OpenAI Launches Ads, Etsy and Wayfair Now in Google Gemini, Airbnb Q4 GBV Up…
 • Colin Gardiner
Yonder Fund I: $4.64M to Back Marketplace Founders Building New Economies
Yonder is an early-stage fund led by Colin Gardiner that invests in marketplaces that build new economies.
 • Colin Gardiner
Marketplace Memo #17 - 2025 Wrapped and More!
2025 Marketplace Wrap-up, Boatsetter/Getmyboat and Coursera/Udemy Mergers, Coinbase and Kalshi Partner, Shopify and Uber Integration, Grindr All in on…
 • Colin Gardiner
Marketplace Memo #16
Whatnot Raises $225M at $11.5B, Mercor Raises $350M at $10B, Whop Hits $2B GTV and $142M Revenue, Kalshi x StockX and Coinbase, GetYourGuide $1B…
 • Colin Gardiner
Marketplace Memo #15
OpenAI Launches Apps, Purchasing and Jobs, Lime Hits 1B Trips, Faire Projects $500M Revenue, Scale AI Sues Mercor, Kalshi Raising at $5B, Polymarket at…
 • Colin Gardiner
The VC Fund I Wish Existed: Yonder Fund I
Yonder is an early-stage fund led by Colin Gardiner that invests in marketplaces that build new economies
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