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Taking advantage of Latin America’s market downturn

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As a banker covering technology, I thought there was an opportunity to invest in the region and decided to quit my job at J.P. In 2020, I founded a new growth fund to fill the funding gap in the region, giving me the opportunity to see how startups from recent vintages fared in a scenario of bonanza. Morgan and give it a shot.

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Black Crow AI raises $25M to predict which products e-commerce customers will buy

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Site59 was acquired for $43 million in 2002 by Travelocity, where Harris served as SVP of strategy and distribution prior to Expedia’s purchase of Travelocity in 2015. We think this is the next huge opportunity in machine learning and AI — mass-market adoption and mass customization.”

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. He does think there are opportunities in vertical search. I’m now back & ready for action.

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Fireside Project manifests a $200K fund to improve access to careers in psychedelic health

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I started having my own psychedelic experiences many years ago, the first one was in 2002 I think. To explore that career transition, I figured I should try to get a couple of volunteer opportunities to see if I actually liked providing emotional support to other people. But psychedelics became a bigger part of my life around 2010.

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Tiger Global is raising a new $3.75 billion venture fund, one year after closing its last

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A spokesperson for the firm declined to comment on the letter or Tiger’s broader fundraising strategy when reached this morning. billion in capital commitments. It’s a lot of capital to target, even amid a sea of enormous new venture vehicles. New Enterprise Associates closed its newest fund with $3.6 billion last year.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. Exactly the opposite of what a rational investment strategy would advise. Or worse yet they may never get financed.

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Jedox raises over $100M to expand its financial modeling and analytics software to more verticals

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Today, a company that is providing the platform to do that is announcing a significant fundraise to tap into that opportunity. Jedox got its start way back in 2002, and in a way is a very typical European startup story. In any case, there are no plans for an exit anytime soon with growth going strong.

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