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Simple Advice for Junior Folks in Venture Capital: Don’t Be a Generalist. Do One Thing Really Well for your GP and One Thing Really Well for Founders.

Hunter Walk

” If you’re joining a venture capital firm as a junior professional I’d recommend against being a generalist, or trying to get good at everything. Or some data analysis competency. Or running data analysis projects. Maybe it’s around sourcing and depth within a particular network.

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Alumni Ventures launches Women’s Fund 1

American Entrepreneurship

Data about Funding Women Founders While data analysis shows that female startup founders are very strong candidates for funding, biases in venture capital remain. The Fund will join a growing list of top women-led and women-focused venture capital firms. Pitchbook reports that in 2022 U.S.-based

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Fuel Me Raises $18 Million Series A Round

HPA

HPA is excited to announce our investment in Fuel Me ’s $18M Series A Round , which was co-led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Tribeca Venture Partners and includes co-investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Interplay Venture Capital, and FJ Labs.

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BankTech Ventures’ Fintech Investing focuses on Community Banks

American Entrepreneurship

When Bank Tech tapped Carey Ransom as its first Managing Director, the firm valued his extensive 25-year career in software and venture capital. The post BankTech Ventures’ Fintech Investing focuses on Community Banks appeared first on American Entrepreneurship Today®.

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TrustLayer raises $6M seed to become the ‘Carta for insurance’

TechCrunch

Per a recent TechCrunch data analysis and some external data work on the insurtech venture capital market, it appears that private insurtech investment is matching the attention public investors are also giving the sector. and insurance carriers to build out its digital proof of insurance offering.

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Investors discuss how labor shortage is shaking up the construction tech stack

TechCrunch

All the investors, however, did agree that the sector’s biggest developments lie in automation, data collection and data analysis. For Suzanne Fletcher , venture partner at Prime Movers Lab , automation is the obvious solution to the labor shortage issue.

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The 2020s promise better tech solutions to humanity’s biggest problems

TechCrunch

Even basic but accurate data analysis on a business can raise performance substantially compared to gut instinct and expired spreadsheets. As venture capital rebounds, what’s going on with venture debt? From Alex : Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast ( now on Twitter!