🗒️ A startup 'mass extinction event' has begun. You can't see it clearly yet, but it's going to be bad. Business Insider: Venture capitalists love to talk about how failure is essential to innovation. They will have a LOT to discuss soon. The startup failure
🗒️ A Page From the Agenda of an LP and Their Checklist When Choosing a VC Fund The Recursive: “I want to know what is happening in the tech world. One of the reasons why I chose venture capital as an investment asset is the access to valuable industry information, which
🗒️ For YouTuber multi-millionaires Rhett & Link, venture capital is the future of creators CNBC: Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal are two of the most successful content creators in the social media market, with their long-running YouTube show “Good Mythical Morning” helping them earn $30 million in 2022 — the fourth-most among
🗒️ Women-founded firms get a trickle of venture funding Business Daily: Only seven percent of the venture capital deals struck in 2022 went to women-owned companies, indicating the disparity in backing in the sector. Venture Capital in Africa Report by African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) also shows the
Milken Conference: May 1, 2023, Los Angeles, CA Moderator: Jamie W. Montgomery Co-Founder and Managing Partner, March Capital at March Capital, Santa Monica, USA Ibrahim Ajami, Head of Ventures, Mubadala Capital at Mubadala Investment Company Anu Duggal, Founding Partner, Female Founders Fund at Female Founders Fund Raj Ganguly, Co-Founder and
🗒️ SOUTH KOREA TO INVEST $748M IN FUND OF FUNDS THIS YEAR TO BOOST THE COUNTRY'S VENTURE CAPITAL SECTOR TechNode Global: The Ministry of Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and Startups (MSS) in South Korea said it will invest around KRW 1 trillion ($748.43 million) in a fund
🗒️ How VC Funding Is Shifting From Crypto to AI 247WallSt: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become this year’s favorite buzzword, particularly after the successful launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Now, investors are pouring tens of billions of dollars into startups specializing in generative AI — and new reports suggest that some
🗒️ Bitcoin & The History of Bank Runs: From The Great Depression To Today Bitcoinist: Bitcoin has recently been rising in the midst of widespread banking sector issues, prompted by Silicon Valley Bank. But bank runs have been a recurring issue throughout history, causing significant damage to the economy. The collapse
🗒️ Andreessen Horowitz is now openly courting capital from Saudi Arabia, despite U.S. strains Techcrunch: Andreessen Horowitz is now openly courting capital from Saudi Arabia, despite U.S. strains. According to Bloomberg, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz appeared on stage with WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann to talk for at least
🗒️ How the titans of tech investing are staying warm over the VC winter Economist: Venture capitalists are not known for humility. But many have been striking a humbler tone of late. In a recent letter to investors Tiger Global, a hedge fund and venture-capital (vc) investor, reportedly admitted that it
🗒️ Impact X-Venture Studio: Microsoft’s drive to accelerate underrepresented tech startups Microsoft: With more unicorns than France and Germany combined, the UK has no shortage of innovative entrepreneurs. Yet investment remains a challenge – particularly for founders from minority groups. That’s why Impact X — a venture capital firm founded to
🗒️ How VCs’ lack of succession planning is leaving big firms without a future Sifted: From the monarchs of yore to today’s global CEOs — leaders have always had succession on their minds. Even more so today; the average CEO is only around for five years. Yet for many VCs, the