Ben Marcus

6 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 5, 2018 by Ben Marcus · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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Jan 5, 2018
Prediction Held up
Early-stage drone startups will face significant market consolidation
“I think there's going to be some significant consolidation.”
Ben Marcus Jan 5, 2018 ▶ 8:12 20VC: What Is The Right Drone Investing Strategy, The Catalyst That Will Take Drones to 100s of Millions & Will Amazon and Google Win The War of The Airspace with Ben Marcus, Founder & CEO @ Airmap
Jan 5, 2018 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
DJI and 3D Robotics captured the majority of early drone VC funding
“Well, I think a lot of the money to date has poured into hardware. So, you know, the biggest companies that have been funded to date have been DJI, Three D robotics. They've really taken the majority of the investment and thus far it's been really hard to buil…”
Ben Marcus Jan 5, 2018 ▶ 9:56 20VC: What Is The Right Drone Investing Strategy, The Catalyst That Will Take Drones to 100s of Millions & Will Amazon and Google Win The War of The Airspace with Ben Marcus, Founder & CEO @ Airmap
Jan 5, 2018 positive
Opinion
DJI remains untouchable in consumer drone hardware despite commoditization expectations
“So I think that conventional wisdom to date has been that drones were going to quickly go to commodity. And yet what we found is that DJI has remained pretty much untouchable in delivering this sort of complete hardware package for an end user.”
Ben Marcus Jan 5, 2018 ▶ 10:17 20VC: What Is The Right Drone Investing Strategy, The Catalyst That Will Take Drones to 100s of Millions & Will Amazon and Google Win The War of The Airspace with Ben Marcus, Founder & CEO @ Airmap
Jan 5, 2018 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
DJI is the only commercial drone company generating meaningful revenue
“There's not a lot of money being made yet in drones, you know, with the exception of the military market. The only company really making any revenues is, is DJI. And even that is quite small.”
Ben Marcus Jan 5, 2018 ▶ 6:41 20VC: What Is The Right Drone Investing Strategy, The Catalyst That Will Take Drones to 100s of Millions & Will Amazon and Google Win The War of The Airspace with Ben Marcus, Founder & CEO @ Airmap
Jan 5, 2018 bearish
Prediction Held up
Mega drone businesses will not emerge from narrow enterprise vertical software
“And that's a great way to start building a decent business, but I don't think it's where the mega businesses are going to be created.”
Ben Marcus Jan 5, 2018 ▶ 8:26 20VC: What Is The Right Drone Investing Strategy, The Catalyst That Will Take Drones to 100s of Millions & Will Amazon and Google Win The War of The Airspace with Ben Marcus, Founder & CEO @ Airmap
Jan 5, 2018 bearish
Prediction Held up
Intel and Qualcomm investments will reduce drone hardware consolidation around DJI
“I think that's going to change over time. You know, we're seeing more and more investment from chipset makers like Intel and Qualcomm trying to make it easier for more OEMs to bring drones to market. We're seeing significant contributions to open source flight…”
Ben Marcus Jan 5, 2018 ▶ 10:29 20VC: What Is The Right Drone Investing Strategy, The Catalyst That Will Take Drones to 100s of Millions & Will Amazon and Google Win The War of The Airspace with Ben Marcus, Founder & CEO @ Airmap
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