Requests for Startups: Clara Sieg
(Revolution Ventures)
Clara began working with Revolution Ventures in 2010 and is a partner at the firm. She focuses on identifying, investing in, and helping to build innovative and impactful early-stage companies.
What startup verticals interest you most right now?
- Marketplaces
- Financial Tech
- Lending Platforms
- On Demand Economy
- Software for IOT Hardware
Are there any specific company ideas that you really want someone to build and would potentially fund?
Personally, I would love it if somebody built a workflow and project management platform that truly integrated all of your data and email traffic seamlessly. I still hack together multiple tools / platforms and, at the end of the day, am usually left searching through old emails.
I’m also excited about application layers around the internet of things space. There are thousands of cool IOT hardware devices, but few encompassing, useful, integrated software platforms. Controlling all the different IOT devices in your life requires multiple apps, non-overlapping controls, and is generally a pain.
Already working on a company that matches Clara’s RFS? Want to pursue one of her requests? Feel free to email us directly and we will send her your note.
Other inspiring ideas
Mommy Concierge: a RunKeeper for Pregnant Moms
Pregnant women are stressed, tired, and in need of help. Husbands often don’t have paternity leave. Stuff still needs to get done. Enter the mommy concierge. A technology solution would be insanely successful — addressing a gigantic market and hard problem. Similar to Handy, RunKeeper, etc.
Joshua Berk, Associate at TechStars
Discuss the idea with Joshua
Create the “SNL” of the Internet
More content companies should produce/release new content on weekends. It would be cool to see the “SNL” of the internet emerge — a weekend only content site that captures a large audience with appointment content.
David Tisch, Investor at BoxGroup / Co-founder at Spring
Discuss the idea with David
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