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🔍 EIF VC Survey 2024 Insights 🎙️ The latest EIF Venture Capital Survey 2024 reveals key market trends for VC investors in Europe. Fund managers face significant challenges, such as limited private LPs and access to scale-up finance, but there’s optimism for sectors like #cleantech, #medtech, and #digitalization. Curious about the future of VC in Europe? Tune into my AI-generated podcast for a deep dive into the opportunities and challenges shaping the investment landscape! 🎧 #VentureCapital #InvestmentTrends #AI #Podcast

AI Just Another Bubble? 🤔 In this latest clip with Nataraj Sindam, we dive into the nature of bubbles and hype cycles. Often, people mistake bubbles as indicators of value or importance, but they're really just a reflection of social behavior and how we process information. What do you think? Can bubbles distort the real potential of emerging technologies like AI? 💭 Thank you Nataraj Sindam for being part of the podcast! Stay tuned for the complete story next week-> Episode #167 of Impact Investing #AI #EmergingTech #HypeCycle #Innovation #ImpactInvesting Jeffery Potvin (JP) Laura Lirette The Supporters Fund Hardboot Inc. | Human Resource Services Open People Network (OPN)

Navigating the AI Hype 👇 Bubbles and hype cycles are a natural part of the business landscape, but the real challenge lies in identifying the true value beyond the noise. Nataraj Sindam highlights that it's not about whether AI is in a bubble—it’s about assessing and acting on the genuine opportunities. How are you cutting through the hype to uncover real, actionable value? 💡 #AI #BusinessStrategy #TechInnovation #EmergingTech #ImpactInvesting Jeffery Potvin (JP) Laura Lirette Open People Network (OPN) The Supporters Fund

Preparing for Exit from day one. I was recently invited to speak on EHE Ventures Fast Growth Funding, the podcast demystifying AI investments for forward-thinking investors. Guy and I talked about the benefits of exit planning at all stages of business. We undertake market analysis w Implicit Advisory Limited to add vital insights the funding and exit planning process. By reviewing M&A and fundraise data we identify: 🚀Valuation metrics 🚀Strategic drivers 🚀Active buyers 🚀Active investors 🚀Active sector advisers No successful plan is ever built in isolation, we apply a combination of knowledge, market research, network insights and peer groups to test and iterate the strategy. Listen the podcast here. https://lnkd.in/e_XtvU7E Want to learn more? Book an Appointment #exitplanning #funding #growthcapital #investment #venturecapital #privateequity #manda

Great to have our partner Sumit Gautam of Scalar Gauge Fund, LP on Equity Mates Media podcast this week ahead of the Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference next month. Highly recommend the listen to deep dive into Scalar Gauge Fund, LP's Private Equity style approach to Public Markets. In this conversation, Sumit unpacks: 💡 His investment philosophy 💡 Why private equity outperforms and how he's applying it to public markets 💡 The divergence between the tech economy and the real economy 💡 Why the AI narrative is unlikely to live up to investor public market expectations in 2025 💡 How he would advise investors that are overweight in the magnificent 7 tech stocks 💡 Why he is investing in software companies over AI.

🎙 We're really excited about this next podcast episode! This week's guest is Matt Ober, CAIA, an extremely accomplished data leader turned venture capitalist, and currently General Partner at Social Leverage, an early stage seed investment fund. In a truly fascinating conversation, Matt shares with Jake George Schuster and Alec Coughlin how data practices from the financial world can apply in the world of sports, why AI will become just another part of tech stacks, and the key difference between winning and losing data organizations. You don't want to miss this one! Listen here: https://lnkd.in/ea4NRhPT #datapodcast #datapractices #aiinsports

It’s a brand new series of Cut the Chat – Life Science Insider podcast, and we’re talking investment with the inspiring Stephanie Oestreich! Join us to get a glimpse into biotech investment and find out what a specialist fund is looking for in an asset. Episode 1: Bridging the Gap, Accelerating the Path to Cure with Strategic Funding Solutions - Tune in here https://hubs.ly/Q02snzHB0 #BiotechLeadership #InnovationMatters #cutthechat #lifescienceinsider #cutthechatpodcast #LifeSciences #VentureCapital #Investment #BiotechInvestment

🎙Alt Goes Mainstream EP. 104 - Intapp's Ben Harrison by Michael Sidgmore, Co-founder & Partner at Broadhaven Capital Partners. Key points include: 👉 Why scale matters in enterprise software just like it does in alternative asset management. 👉 The strategic question of building a comprehensive end-to-end software solution versus building a point solution. 👉 What are alternative asset managers looking for when building or buying software solutions for their business? 👉 How are alternative asset managers thinking about data and tech differently? 👉 Why and how the TAM for software solutions for private markets is growing in lockstep with AUM industry growth. 👉 How data helps investors make better decisions. 👉 Where AI can help automate processes for alternative asset managers. 👉 Is AI over- or under-hyped? Listen to the podcast episode EUVC Insights! 🔽 https://buff.ly/3BiWUm4 #venturecapital #startupfunding #Europe #EUVCInsights

Thanks so much, Ty Findley, for having me as a guest on Heavy Hitters: The Digital Industrial Podcast! It was great to chat about: 🏭 Our launch of the Industrial Renaissance practice at Bain Capital Ventures that builds upon our investments in scaled companies like Kiva, ShipBob, FourKites, Inc., Vention and MaintainX and many emerging seed and Series A companies. ✨ The tailwinds that are converging and creating a perfect ecosystem for innovation including unprecedented technological advancements, compounding geopolitical and environmental pressures, public and private alignment, and the new wave of talent entering the space. 🤠 Core insights from 20 years of investing in founders transforming the physical world - namely that the key is still software! https://lnkd.in/eJGR9TkB

In this episode, we discuss the opportunities beyond the Mag 7, or is it the Mag 5 now?