Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Predict Top 2012 Trends and Companies
By Rob Scott
December 29, 2011
December 29, 2011
- Digital Trends recently interviewed Silicon Valley’s most prominent firms regarding what tech categories are expected to stand out in 2012.
- “If the venture capital community has anything to do with it, this time next year, you’ll be monitoring your blood pressure with your iPhone, recruiting helpers from the Web to help around the house, and automatically receiving coupons for free coffee at your destination the next time you board a train,” indicates the post.
- According to the VCs, categories set to explode include Healthcare, Education Technology, Data Science and Big Data, Consumerization of the Enterprise, and Collaborative Consumption.
- Healthcare-related companies to watch: Healthtap, Vertos Medical, Avado, Skimble, Patientslikeme and 23andme.
- Education-related companies to watch: Khan Academy,Grockit, Piazza, Course Hero, Codecademy, Skillshare and Tutorspree.
- Data-related companies to watch: Socrata, Palantir, Addepar, Hortonworks, CitusData and Relevvant.
- Enterprise-related companies to watch: Evernote, Box, Socialcast, Survey Monkey, Yammer and Dropbox.
- Collaboration-related companies to watch: Airbnb, GetAround, Rentcycle, Zipcar, Kickstarter and Task Rabbit.
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