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💻 Check out our latest blog post on the current state of the VC landscape at NextRound.ai/blog/ 📈📉 Recent data shows a rise in flat and down rounds within the venture capital industry, indicating changing dynamics in fundraising. 🔬 Market conditions and investor sentiment greatly impact the occurrence of down rounds. Startups should assess their financial position and market traction before seeking funding. Effective communication and transparency with investors is key during fundraising. 👩🏽💻 NextRound.ai offers founders valuable support in navigating fundraising challenges. Access data-driven insights and tailored recommendations to optimize your fundraising strategy. Make informed decisions, enhance investor communication, and improve your chances of successful funding rounds in today's competitive market. #VentureCapital #StartupFunding #NextRoundAI ℹ️ Visit NextRound.ai for more tips on enhancing your fundraising efforts. 📍

Joe Lonsdale, Venture Capital and Plausible Tomorrows... 💡 Some Sunday afternoon reads to stimulate us. 1️⃣ My First Million Shaan Puri's chat with Joe Lonsdale is an interesting watch this weekend. Joe reminisces about his days at Peter Thiel's hedge fund and his insights on spotting big business opportunities in the market today. He shares his thoughts on building top-natch teams and nurturing talent for success. 2️⃣ Venture Capital Rohit Yadav's "The Big Book of Venture Capital". What a splendid read to understand the current state of the VC landscape! Valuation trends, investment dynamics, fundraising, talent strategies and exit opportunities, all packed in this 170+ page deck. Don't miss this one! 3️⃣ Plausible Tomorrows Vinod Khosla, the founder of Khosla Ventures, has unveiled several predictions in this short deck. From AI democratizing expertise to robots revolutionizing daily tasks, the deck unveils bold predictions that promise transformative impacts across industries (programming to clean energy to entertainment) Article links in the comment below... #venturecapital #businessideas #tech #ai #markets

As 2024 wraps up, VCs are looking ahead to 2025. 🗓 While funding and exits have slowed, AI is still driving investments, with new opportunities on the horizon. Will M&A activity pick up? Will IPOs finally start flowing? 🤔 We explore these questions and more in the first part of our 2025 Venture Preview: https://lnkd.in/g695j9RC

𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗜𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 Venture funding in North American startups surged to $35.2 billion in Q1 2024, marking a 14% increase from the previous quarter. Economic stability and potential interest rate declines have created favorable conditions for investment, driving this growth. Late-stage and tech growth rounds experienced a significant boost, reaching $19 billion, while early-stage funding surpassed previous quarters at $13.2 billion. Leading investors such as Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator are actively shaping the post-seed funding landscape, reflecting the market's dynamism. Sustainable start-ups are gaining traction, and IPO activity is witnessing a notable resurgence. VC solutions from Jasper Colin provide real-time market monitoring, AI-driven risk assessment, predictive modeling, competitive intelligence, and advanced data analytics, empowering investors to capitalize on opportunities in an evolving landscape. #JasperColin #DatatoDecision #FSInsights #Marketwatchdog #AI #duediligence #VentureFunding #StartupInvestment #ModestGrowth #InvestmentOpportunities #BusinessGrowth #FinancialSupport

✖ Beyond Data: Combining Algorithms with Authenticity ✖ Venture Intelligence Day is in the books! A big shoutout to Marek and his team for bringing together a community of data-driven venture capital enthusiasts at the first edition of VID. It was an incredible opportunity to sharpen our skills and refine our investment theses. I had the privilege of speaking with Iuliana, Marek and Jochen about data-driven value creation and portfolio intelligence in venture capital. Our key takeaway: Success doesn’t come from just analyzing pre-investment data. It’s critical to maintain rigorous data collection throughout the entire investment journey. Here’s why: 💯 Predictive analytics: We can refine our decision-making by continually evolving our data-driven insights. 💯 Portfolio preparation: By tracking their own metrics early on, portfolio companies can not only determine their strategic moves, but also simplify and accelerate follow-on investments through enabling a faster and more precise due diligence. Leading the deep dive on AI in deal sourcing, Mustafa, Iva, Atte, Bastian and I revealed our strategies for finding outstanding founders from pre-seed to series A. While it’s easy to get caught up in discussing tech stacks and secret sourcing tactics, one crucial truth stood out: No matter how well-executed your data-driven approach is, startup investing remains a people’s game. Always remember: Your goal is to find outstanding personalities. Try to outperform other investors not only in terms of your technical set-up. Ultimately, the path to success still lies by building a good personal relationship with the founders. Be humble, be supportive and be smart. Great deals are sourced through technology, but they’re closed through great relationships. 🚀 To conclude this: There is still a chance to succeed on the investment side with a less sophisticated vc tech stack than Atomico or Earlybird Venture Capital have set up. But data driven investing is no longer just an option - it’s a necessity to leverage your knowledge specifically for always thinking one step ahead. If you are interested in venture intelligence, stay tuned - there are a few exciting things to come. #VC #DataDriven #AIDealSourcing #VentureCapital #PortfolioIntelligence ___ ROI VENTURES

Data is the new kingmaker in Venture Capital! As algorithms shape the market, more than 75% of VC deals are expected to be data-driven by 2025. The game is changing from gut instinct to strategic intelligence. Embrace the era where AI meets VC, and informed decision-making triumphs. The future of investing? Analytical, precise, and revolutionized! #LaunchFinance #LaunchYourStartup #CFO #StartupAccounting #VentureCapital #DataDriven #InvestingFuture

At Unruly Capital, we obsess about alpha and believe that success in venture capital stems from having a unique edge—an insight or conviction that others haven’t fully grasped yet. Throughout our journey, we’ve consistently found the most interesting opportunities where few others were looking, backing transformational technologies and industries long before they became obvious. Whether it was early fintech apis, decentralization or climate deeptech, our focus was always niche and misunderstood in the beginning, only to explode and become "the norm" after a few years. Alpha, however, doesn’t last forever. As markets evolve, so too do competitive dynamics, and we’re acutely aware of the concept of "alpha decay." We recognize that we can’t be at the forefront in everything forever, which is why we’re inviting you to help us identify the next big thing. But we can find people that are. If you’ve got an obsession that fits our criteria—1) intellectually fascinating, 2) few people understand, 3) most think is crazy, 4) but with massive potential—we want to hear from you. We’re offering substantial support, capital, and a platform for you to develop and deploy your thesis. If you’ve got the passion and conviction, we want to partner with you to fund the next generation of world-changing companies. You can read more about why we're doing this and how it works in our blogpost and submit your thesis by October 31st!

Theoretically, yes. If you are at pre-seed or seed, unless you have demonstrated something viable, have a history of a successful exit, have that level of connections, or are at the start of a trend such as the recent AI bandwagon, that is not likely. You are better off looking for an angel investor. At pre-seed or seed, the investor investing in the team and the potential of the idea, not the product. You should bootstrap as much as you can, and focus on building a credible core team. There should be at least one person who understands finance. You should look for people with management experience, if possible. There is little point in having a team of dreamers, no matter how great the dream. You need people who know how to make that dream a reality. Next, you develop your pitch. You need to put forth, a cogent, coherent articulation of the market opportunity, and how your idea plans to address it within the first few minutes of your pitch. You should be able to do that within five to seven minutes. You are pitching on the unique selling point, the plausible grey market, and the means to address that. You should be able to define your total addressable market, have a projected revenue, and an exit plan that justifies your valuation. As part of the pitch, you need to showcase your team. You are selling the idea and the team for funding, not the product, since it does not exist in any form where it is ready for market. Investors are looking for founders who can demonstrate a deep understanding of their business, the market, and have the ambition to grow a successful company.  That is the basis of your pitch. Terence Nunis Terence K. J. Nunis, Consultant Chief Executive Officer, Equinox GEMTZ

Check out how venture capital is rewriting the rules in 2024. • 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲, no surprise. It's not just a trend, it's the focus of VC interest. • 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲'𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 in VC growth, making it a geography worth watching. • 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 with a bang. Early innovation is catching eyes (and wallets) again. • Corporate VC's got skin in the game, especially with AI. Strategic, impactful investments are shifting. Looking ahead: • 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵? 👉 Energy, telecom, and pharma. Why? They're at the cusp of innovation and necessity. The focus is clear: 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵. It's not just about finding the next unicorn; it's about fueling ventures that matter. For a better tomorrow. 🚀 #venturecapital #innovation

💡 Imagine a VC fund that shares the detailed data on their investment fund 📈 When founders approach investors for their rounds, they end up on dozens on VC websites stating the obvious, leaving founders behind with many unanswered questions on the VC. "Venture capital is one of the most opaque industries, and while there are reasons for this, it often leads to some shady tactics that frustrate founders" .... Imagine that startups could found a full breakdown of the VC & their fund: their investments, their tickets, their domains, exits, mean valuation, ... ✔ Today there is a VC that has taken this route of total fund transparancy by launching their VC Dashboard instead of just another VC website "Founders’ time is scarce and so they are looking to access enough data to understand three things: - Are we “good” investors; - Are we the right investors for them, and; - What are the chances we'd invest in a company like theirs This will inform their decision of engaging with us or not." Bold and interesting move & breaking some rules by Unruly Capital Stefano Bernardi , we might need a new hashtag for this: #vcinpublic 😎 🔗🔗🔗 Link to their post and the VC Dashboard in the first comment (recommended) ps: I 💜 the "ADD COMPANY" button to submit a pitch, things can be simple 😎