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Dispatches from the Road: Q4 2023

Revolution

What we did: The Rise of the Rest team kicked off October with a trip to Chi-Town to catch up with portfolio companies Blueprint , Unreal Estate , and Rheaply and co-investor, Chicago Ventures. Their jam-packed agenda culminated with a gathering of local entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders for happy hour at Siena Tavern.

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Dispatches from the Road: Q3 2023

Revolution

What we did: Revolution Ventures Managing Partner, Tige Savage , and Associate, Carl Leacock , reconnected with the Houston innovation ecosystem during a jam-packed day planned by local startup, Rivalry Tech. Here’s a snapshot of the stops and connections we made in Q3. Where we went: Houston, TX? Where we went: Bozeman, MT?

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Big, costly seed deals were the exception in 2023’s lackluster venture capital market

TechCrunch

Hopes that it would become easier for startups to raise capital in 2023 were left unmet as the year ended. New data from business database PitchBook paints a modestly dim picture of venture capital investment […] © 2023 TechCrunch. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. All rights reserved.

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What Will Happen In 2023

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I believe that sometime in the first half of 2023, the central banks around the world will start backing off the tightening that they have been engaged in as inflation continues to ease and the economy continues to cool. Startups are going to have a tough year in 2023.

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Menlo Ventures closes on $1.35B in new capital, targets investments in AI startups

TechCrunch

Menlo Ventures has raised $1.35 billion in new capital that it plans to use in part “to support the forthcoming generation of AI startups,” the venture firm announced today. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The oh-so-biased branding risk in venture capital

TechCrunch

One of the quieter conversations in venture capital has only grown louder, in my DMs and interviews, over the past few months: The known bias in venture capital has been a branding issue for some of the emerging, diverse fund managers just now splashing onto the scene. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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How Much will the US Early Stage Venture Market Contract in 2023?

Tomasz Tunguz

In The Figures that Will Move the Venture Capital Market in the Next 3-5 Years , I wrote about the correlation between interest rates & venture capital investing. The correlation is strong enough to build a simple prediction of early stage venture capital activity in 2023. correlation to -0.51.

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