Archive - Take Rate | Marketplaces

Marketplace Memo #9

Uber partners with Opentable, Solace raises $60M, Cargado raises $12M, Tinder AI Flirting Bot, Illicit Marketplace Does $24B, AppSumo is 15, Amazon Lets…

Apr 9 •

March 2025

February 2025

Marketplace Memo #6

Uber with Guns, $100M at $2B for Mercor, Getaround shuts US down, Turo pulls IPO, $81.8B in GMV for Airbnb and much more.

Feb 24 •

Peer-to-Peer #2: $800B Excess Inventory Market With Amantha Bagdon of RxPost and Amrita Bhasin of Sotira

Amantha of RxPost and Amrita of Sotira talk about their experiences building excess inventory marketplaces in pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods…

Feb 17 •

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Marketplace Memo #5

Fay and Berry Street Both Raise $50M, Cracked and Nulled Taken Down by International Police Operation, Spencer Rascoff Joins Match Group as CEO, Kalshi…

Feb 9 •

The Founder's Toolkit #1: Starting Your Fundraising and Building Your Investor Pipeline

This is an in-depth guide to starting your fundraising process and building your investor pipeline. It includes a FREE Google Sheets CRM template for…

Feb 3 •

January 2025

I Found Product-Market Fit 🎉

Some exciting news about the future of Take Rate! The gist? It is only going to get better and better.

Jan 30 •

Marketplace Memo #4

Silk Road Founder pardoned, OpenAI releases Operator featuring marketplaces, Uber CEO says drivers safe from AVs for now, Bumble CEO is out; Founder is…

Jan 26 •

Peer-to-Peer #1: Uber, AI and Marketplaces with Scott Gorlick

Scott and I nerd out on marketplaces talking about the early days at Uber and the future of marketplaces in the world of AI.

Jan 19 •

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Marketplace Memo #3

Uber is cash-flowing, steals Delta from Lyft, eBay listing on Meta, REI shutters experiences, Mercor grows 6,400%, Whatnot raises $265M and much more!

Jan 13 •

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