The VC Corner 📰 #11
Gulf money is flooding into European startups, VCs Turn to Discounted Secondary Market, The CEO’s guide to generative AI, and more!
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Top Headlines 🚨
Gulf money is flooding into European startups — these are the most active investors 💰 [sifted]
iRobot and Amazon call it quits, terminate acquisition agreement 🤖 [TechCrunch]
Salesforce to Cut About 700 Workers, Adding to Tech Layoff Flood 🌊 [Yahoo Finance]
Watershed Raises $100M in Series C at $1.8b Valuation 💵 [Finsmes]
Bill Gates-backed electric plane startup Heart Aerospace flies high with $107m raise ✈️ [sifted]
VC Firm Uncorrelated Ventures Raises $315 Million for New Fund 💰 [Bloomberg]
Chamath Palihapitiya is no longer raising a VC fund 🛑 [Axios]
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In-Depth Insights 🔍
VCs Turn to Discounted Secondary Market to Return Funds to Investors 💸 [Business Insider]
Portfolio Construction - How to Model your Fund 📊 [Ryan Hoover]
VC isn’t the only main source of funding for SMEs. Corporate funding is just as active as VC 🏢 [Daniel Horak]
19 Lessons from Alexis Ohanian - Founding Partner at Seven Six and Founder of Reddit 📚 [Confluence.vc]
Business Advice Plagued by Survivor Bias ⚠️ [Jason Cohen]
Roadmap: Defense Tech 🛡️ [Bessemer Venture Partners]
5 mistakes that Kill the Vibes of Investor Meetings 💔 [Kevin Jurovich]
IPO Watchlist: The fintech unicorns likely to go public 🦄 [Pitchbook]
Vertical Software 2.0 - Expansion opportunities in vertical software ⬆️ [Louis Coppey]
Interesting Reports 📊
Big Ideas 2024 💡 [ARK Invest]
The CEO’s guide to generative AI 👨💼 [IBM]
State of Quantum 2024 ⚛️ [IQM, Lakestar]
Captivating Podcasts 🎙️
Kevin Efrusy, Accel - From Investing in Facebook to Investing in LatAm [The Startupeable Show]
Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian on Reinventing Venture with Seven Six [Turpentine VC]
Managing nerves, anxiety, and burnout | Jonny Miller (Nervous System Mastery) [Lenny’s Podcast]
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