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VC 3.0, with the entire network of support for the startups they fund, seems a hell lot like every single version of VC should look.
I would argue that quite a lot of the dynamics between founders and funders is less-than-healthy, but evolution toward more help coming from vetted people who have seen much (including failures) is a welcome change.
In fact, the VC 2.0 always seemed weird to me. Again, oversimplifying: "Let's throw a bag of money at them and hope for the best. Some have to turn to unicorns, right? *Right?*"
If an individual were investing in their neighbor's small-scale business, they'd go the extra mile to help the business. VCs redefined the game through the scale and unprecedented valuation growth. Only to see it go out of the charts with AI businesses these days.
Let's see how the landscape for them will look once the AI race settles. In the meantime, many funding-starved non-AI startups will reinvent themselves, and they may not come back knocking when VC 3.5 will face another turn in "the control curve."
At a risk of oversimplifying:
VC 3.0, with the entire network of support for the startups they fund, seems a hell lot like every single version of VC should look.
I would argue that quite a lot of the dynamics between founders and funders is less-than-healthy, but evolution toward more help coming from vetted people who have seen much (including failures) is a welcome change.
In fact, the VC 2.0 always seemed weird to me. Again, oversimplifying: "Let's throw a bag of money at them and hope for the best. Some have to turn to unicorns, right? *Right?*"
If an individual were investing in their neighbor's small-scale business, they'd go the extra mile to help the business. VCs redefined the game through the scale and unprecedented valuation growth. Only to see it go out of the charts with AI businesses these days.
Let's see how the landscape for them will look once the AI race settles. In the meantime, many funding-starved non-AI startups will reinvent themselves, and they may not come back knocking when VC 3.5 will face another turn in "the control curve."