By: Medha Agarwal and Urvashi Barooah

At Redpoint Ventures, we have been evaluating the finance tech stack for the last few years. We believe that finance tools will be re-imagined — and the time is now for this evolution. Based on our conversations with operators, we outlined the biggest pain points for CFOs and opportunities for innovation within the finance tech stack. …

By: Medha Agarwal and Urvashi Barooah

We believe there is an opportunity to optimize every layer of the CFO tech stack in response to the pain points we covered in our initial post. As we alluded to there, some of this optimization is already underway: The space has seen a lot of innovation in the past few years, mostly driven by finance practitioners and operators who are frustrated by the status quo.

Below we have created a map of both established and emerging companies looking to innovate various aspects of the tech stack. …

By: Medha Agarwal and Urvashi Barooah

At Redpoint Ventures, we have been evaluating the finance technology stack within organizations for the last few years. More than ever, we believe that the tools finance uses will be re-imagined — and that the time is now for this evolution.

We believe this next generation of software products will increase visibility, automation, and collaboration for finance teams and unlock critical value.

In this first post we will focus on the current state of the finance tech stack and some insights on what is required for success from our conversations with finance leaders. In…

It would be a considerable understatement to call 2020 unprecedented, but from the Covid-19 crisis to climactic climate events, elements of this year have — and continue — to reshape our way of life. But innovation continues, and entrepreneurs have continued to build, many of them striving to meet these novel challenges or other persistent problems across industries as varied as retail to healthcare. Capital and counsel remain constant constraints, and so one of the questions I’ve been asked most frequently is: Is it still possible to fundraise? Or, its cousin: How should I approach fundraising differently in this environment?

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I’ve previously written about the crisis of rapidly rising drug discovery costs and the need for data driven innovation, the growing opportunity in senior care, as well as what it may take to drive innovation in healthcare. The COVID-19 crisis has made it clearer than ever that improving the delivery of healthcare services is an urgent national priority. Some progress has come practically overnight — for example, the dramatic shift to telehealth and other digital-native solutions — in response to efforts to curb in-person interactions. According to a May McKinsey survey, 46 percent of consumers are using video medical visits…

As the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the nature of businesses and the way we work across the world, it’s making even more clear how important communication is when it comes to collaborating effectively. I’ve been reflecting on this a lot — particularly in regards to building great relationships between founders and investors, especially as we’ve recently closed a number of new deals and are continuing to meet new founders. …

64% of Americans go to the dentist annually, spending $124B in services every year. Compare that with the 32% who subscribe to cable or the 28% who have tried ride sharing. It is truly ubiquitous.

In fact, dental is the largest consumer-like healthcare category in that 45% of dollars spent on dental services are out of pocket. That doesn’t even include products like toothpaste, toothbrushes, and floss that we all use (or should!) daily. This means that unlike other healthcare categories where opacity is the norm, in dental services consumers are making thoughtful decisions about where they spend money and…

We are excited to announce our $9M Series A investment in Anvyl alongside existing investors, First Round Capital and serial entrepreneur and investor, Kevin Ryan.

Anvyl is building core workflow and management software for supply chain professionals. Anvyl aims to improve results (faster time to market, lower costs, higher quality) while also making life easier for supply chain teams. If anyone understands this opportunity deeply and personally, it is Anvyl’s founder, Rodney Manzo. From our first meeting in early 2018, we were blown away by the “founder-market fit.” As a supply chain leader at best in class organizations such as…