[marcosdumay]

> I do wonder what would happen if a well-capitalized startup did something in this space.

There's a problem with this line of thinking... A statup is a company that lacks capital, and compensates that by an improved supply of other kinds of resources[1]. Compared to a mid-sized company budget, VC rounds are change money.

Red tape and government bureocracy are common examples of problems that can be solved with money (== people's time, not competency), and nothing else. Startups in that enviroment either discover one of the few exceptions or die.

[1] Besides other constraints you may want to apply to that term, like high growth potential. The point is, that one constraint is there.