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Blog 3 months ago
Marketplace Startup Fundraising 2026
Hi, it's Colin! Welcome to the 119 new subscribers who have joined Take Rate since the last post. I am excited to have you join the 5,269+ marketplace founders, operators, and investors who subscribe. Join the fun! Subscribe now"Haven't all the marketplac
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Blog 5 months ago
AI Is Eating Upwork From the Bottom Up. It Might Also Save It.
Hi, it's Colin! Welcome to the 220 new subscribers who have joined Take Rate since the last post. I am excited to have you join the 5,160+ marketplace founders, operators, and investors who subscribe. Join the fun! Subscribe nowFor a while, I've assumed U
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Blog 8 months ago
Marketplace Memo #18 - Agent-Led Marketplaces, SaaS Crash and More
Hi, it's Colin! Welcome to the 210 new subscribers who have joined Take Rate since the last Marketplace Memo. I am excited to have you join the 4,960+ marketplace founders, operators, and investors who subscribe. Join the fun! Subscribe now Welcome to the
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Blog 8 months ago
Yonder Fund I: $4.64M to Back Marketplace Founders Building New Economies
Highly LiquidI started Yonder to fill a gap: there's no first-check/pre-seed fund built specifically by and for marketplace operators. And now there is…I'm excited to announce that I raised $4.64 million for Yonder Fund I. I feel incredibly fortunate to b
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Blog 9 months ago
Marketplace Memo #17 - 2025 Wrapped and More!
Hi, it's Colin! Welcome to the 137 new subscribers who have joined Take Rate since the last Marketplace Memo. I am excited to have you join the 4,300+ marketplace founders, operators, and investors who subscribe. Join the fun! Subscribe now Welcome to the
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Blog 11 months ago
Marketplace Memo #16
Hi, it's Colin! Welcome to the 37 new subscribers who have joined Take Rate since the last Marketplace Memo. I am excited to have you join the 4,150+ marketplace founders, operators, and investors who subscribe. Join the fun! Subscribe now Welcome to the
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Blog 12 months ago
Marketplace Memo #15
Hi, it's Colin! Welcome to the 324 new subscribers who have joined Take Rate since the last Marketplace Memo. I am excited to have you join the 4,100+ marketplace founders, operators, and investors who subscribe. Join the fun! Subscribe now Welcome to the
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News substack.com 1 year ago
Colin Gardiner Substack
Marketplace geek. Podcast: wannabeangels.com Invest: yonder.vc Advising: kartalabs.com. Former Outdoorsy/Roamly, Tripping, Ancestry, JustAnswer.
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Blog 1 year ago
The VC Fund I Wish Existed: Yonder Fund I
Marketplaces are one of the greatest business models ever for VCs to back. But one of the hardest businesses to get early-stage funding for. I had to solve this problem.After I helped scale Outdoorsy to $3B+ in gross revenue, helped raise $200M in funding
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Blog 1 year ago
Marketplace Memo #14
Hi, it's Colin! Welcome to the 65 new subscribers who have joined Take Rate since the last Marketplace Memo. I am excited to have you join the 3,770+ marketplace founders, operators, and investors who subscribe. Join the fun! Subscribe now Welcome to the
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