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Why AI Won't Be the Investment Opportunity Everyone Thinks It Is

This is going to be BIG.

The venture asset class seems to have already decided that AI is the next great investment opportunity, but I’m not so sure it’s going to disrupt business and create the across-the-board wealth that has been predicted. I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds. Technology has already made the world pretty efficient.

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The Globalization Of Venture Capital Investing

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

When I look at all of the opportunities we are currently considering plus all of the investments we have made this year to date, what stands out most to me is the location of the founders and teams. And very little of it is in western Europe where most of our non-US investing has been for the last decade.

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The Advantage of Having Venture Backed Friends

This is going to be BIG.

I’ve made over 100 investments in my career and nearly half of those went into diverse teams. A founder who has a handful of venture-backed friends—successful ones who have raised multiple rounds of capital and who have grown their companies through different stages—has a huge advantage over one that doesn’t.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? Of course we can’t. dot-com bonanza.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Index Ventures Raises $2.3 Billion in New Funds for Global Startup Opportunities

American Entrepreneurship

A track record of successful investments positions the global firm to partner with top entrepreneurs across industries and geographies. Observing emerging trends in the global startup ecosystem, Index Ventures announced the addition of $2.3 billion in new funds, $800 million is for their venture fund and $1.5

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Investing in a More Inclusive Innovation Economy

Revolution

Since the beginning of modern venture capital investing — a relatively nascent asset class — the industry has been biased toward funding what it knows best: founders with familiar demographics (white, male) in familiar geographies (Silicon Valley).