Tech has seen a rapid increase of sky-high valuations and massive rounds of funding causing many people to ponder if we’re in another bubble. Irrespective of whether you believe things are frothy or not, the similarities in some of today’s tech companies to famous dot-com busts are hard to ignore.
The chart below looks at a few key comparisons highlighting that what is old is now new again. Some examples include Kozmo, who raised over $200M in venture capital financing before failing, and their modern day equivalents of Postmates, WunWun, and Deliv. There was also Kozmo cousin WebVan, an online grocery delivery service that resembles Instacart, who is rumored to be raising $100M at a $2B valuation.
Of course, there is a lot that is different now. The prevalence of mobile and the # of people who are online and even the business models vary. While the ultimate fate of some of today’s hottest tech companies is TBD, we do know that investors are hoping that this time it’s different.
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