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InstaDeep’s acquisition is a classic case of an African startup gone global 

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One of the reasons we founded InstaDeep was to show that there was real potential and opportunity for AI in Africa. I believe that AI is a huge opportunity for Africa and I’ve been vocal about it. As such, it is a great opportunity for the continent.” As such, most startups have had to domicile abroad to access funding.

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The VC Firm of the Future

Tomasz Tunguz

The venture capital fund of the future will perform the same tasks as the venture funds of today: help portfolio companies, evaluate new investment opportunities and build networks of other investors, potential hires, and founders. There has never been more data collected on startups than today.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten VC

Point Nine Capital’s website is now powered by Contentful ; they use Unbounce for landing pages ; and Typeform for surveys and other data collection. LPs, coinvestors, and press use these tools, so I work for free for these data vendors to make sure that their data about our activities is correct. Her answer? ‘I

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Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten VC

Haystack VC runs almost entirely on Notion. Point Nine Capital’s website is now powered by Contentful ; they use Unbounce for landing pages ; and Typeform for surveys and other data collection. Keren Moynihan, CEO, Boss Insights , said, “Last week at an industry function, we asked a high rolling VC, “how’s your lead gen?”

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Extra Crunch roundup: 3 lies VCs tell, betting big on Kubernetes, NYC’s enterprise boom

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“If you can provide a valuable, scalable service for the older adult market, there’s a lot of opportunity to drive growth through partnerships,” he notes. 3 lies VCs tell ourselves about startup valuations. The tortoise and the hare’ story is playing out right now in VC.

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. Travis Connors, Building Ventures At Building Ventures, we see enormous opportunities developing for the use of robotics in construction over the next 20 years.

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Extra Crunch roundup: TC Mobility recaps, Nubank EC-1, farewell to browser cookies

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.” Drawing from observations gleaned from working with founders like Spotify’s Daniel Ek, Sebastian Siemiatkowski from Klarna, and iZettle’s Jacob de Geer and Magnus Nilsson, Brenner explains where “VC FOMO” comes from and how it drives dealmaking. The air taxi market prepares to take flight.