Alex Niehenke, Author at Scale Venture Partners

Back to the future: Insurtech market is all about brokers and carriers

August 11, 2023
Alex Niehenke
Trends, Verticals

In 2017, we published our first piece on Insurtech, and opportunities for newcomers to differentiate themselves. We subsequently invested in Root Insurance in car insurance, Spruce in title insurance, and Archipelago Analytics in large value property insurance. Fast forward six years, and…

Blasting Into Transportation Software With Rose Rocket

June 20, 2023
Alex Niehenke
Portfolio

Announcing our investment in Rose Rocket's TMS, a system of record that trucking and logistics companies use to manage their business, from quote to cash.

These misconceptions about vertical software need to fade away

April 11, 2023
Alex Niehenke
Trends, Verticals

Segment-specific startups frequently outperform their horizontal counterparts and do so with greater efficiency, lower churn, and simpler GTM motions. So why the aversion from some investors?

What Comes After Adyen and Stripe? The Future of Payments Orchestration and Optimization

September 14, 2022
Alex Niehenke
Fintech, Trends

Turns out, phones are quite good payment platforms. This poses a challenge for traditional consumer payments. Debit cards, credit cards, and other legacy payment methods are making way for Apple Pay, BNPL, QR code payments, Venmo, and Zelle — and that’s just in the U.S. Outside the U.S., super apps are beating Visa and Mastercard to the punch. China is a prime example, where WeChat and AliPay process more USD equivalent volume collectively than Visa.

Short Circuiting Construction: Scale Leads Dusty Robotics’ $45M Series B

We are excited to announce that we have led the Series B in Dusty Robotics, which is building autonomous robots (or field printers) that assist in automating the layout process for mid- to large-scale construction projects.

Announcing Archipelago Analytics: Bringing Together the Commercial Property Insurance Market

Scale partner Alex Niehenke on why we are leading today's Series B for Archipelago, the AI-driven commercial real estate analytics company.

Investing in Proscia: The System of Record for Pathology

December 1, 2020
Alex Niehenke
Portfolio, Verticals

Scale partner Alex Niehenke discusses Proscia's vision to become the system of record for digital pathology.

The Root Insurance IPO: Lessons From Columbus

October 27, 2020
Alex Niehenke
Portfolio

Congratulations to Team Root on today’s IPO! Scale’s Alex Niehenke shares what he learned on all those trips to Columbus, OH.

Spruce: Picks and Shovels for the PropTech Revolution

Announcing our investment in Spruce, the company dismantling the status quo in title search, title insurance, and escrow services.

Proxy: Digital Identity in the Physical World

March 13, 2020
Alex Niehenke
Portfolio, Security

Alexander Niehenke discusses Scale’s lead investment in Proxy’s $42M Series B financing round.

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Back to the future: Insurtech market is all about brokers and carriers

Blasting Into Transportation Software With Rose Rocket

These misconceptions about vertical software need to fade away

What Comes After Adyen and Stripe? The Future of Payments Orchestration and Optimization

Short Circuiting Construction: Scale Leads Dusty Robotics’ $45M Series B

Announcing Archipelago Analytics: Bringing Together the Commercial Property Insurance Market

Investing in Proscia: The System of Record for Pathology

The Root Insurance IPO: Lessons From Columbus

Spruce: Picks and Shovels for the PropTech Revolution

Proxy: Digital Identity in the Physical World

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