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Compass files S-1, reveals $3.7B in revenue on net loss of $270M

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Given the startup’s agency model, most of that revenue is paid out directly to the firm’s agents, who netted about $3 billion in commissions in 2020. Compass posted a net loss of $270 million in 2020, a net loss roughly in line with what it has experienced in the past two years.

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Berlin’s Kaiko Systems nets €2M to help maritime technical operations go paperless

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Kaiko Systems, which Fussek founded in 2020 with Eddy del Valle, the former CTO of freight-forwarding unicorn Sennder , provides a smartphone-based tool for front-line workers and inspectors to collect operational data onboard. “Shipping companies finally made their long-overdue investment in digitization,” said Fussek.

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NerdWallet’s IPO filing reveals high-margin content business, accelerating marketing spend

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The company provides financial product recommendations to both consumers and SMBs, meaning that it dabbles in the same market that fintech startups play in. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. million in 2020. million in H1 2020 revenues, a figure that expanded to $181.6 NerdWallet generated $228.3

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Rapid growth in 2020 reveals OKR software market’s untapped potential

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After all, how big could the OKR software market really be? The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. After OKR-focused Gtmhub announced its $30 million Series B the other day , The Exchange reached out to a number of OKR-focused startups we’ve previously covered and asked about their 2020 growth.

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SaaS retention benchmarks: How does your business stack up?

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High retention indicates strong product-market fit. Even at scale, sales and marketing expenses make up the majority of your expenditure. It’s no surprise, given all this, that companies with higher net revenue retention often command higher valuations. And with the recent market downturn, is retention lower than it used to be?

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The air taxi market prepares to take flight

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Taking an eVTOL from design through to manufacturing and certification will likely cost about $1 billion, Mark Moore, then-head of Uber Elevate, estimated in April 2020 during a conference held by the Air Force’s Agility Prime program. Archer spent $21 million in R&D in 2020, according to regulatory filings.

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SoftBank-backed Socar, South Korea’s largest car-sharing startup, tumbles on market debut

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Socar , South Korea’s largest car-sharing startup, tumbled in its Seoul stock market debut Monday even after pricing shares below the bottom end of a marketed range. Socar’s debut comes amid a sluggish period in the IPO market in South Korea that has prompted a series of Korean companies to delay their listing plans.

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