Venture Capital

Overview I’ve spent the last 3 years observing the VC/Founder relationship. Everyone knows that strong networks lead to the best deals. Yet, most founders today still feel disconnected and out of touch from investors. Unintentionally, it seems like factions have been formed on both sides. Founders networking in tight knit…

Authors: Alex Petrescu, Daniel Fetner & Ryan Freedman In January, Alpaca announced its PropCo Data Initiative with the Center for Real Estate Technology & Innovation (CRETI) to fill an information gap in the market for founders, investors, and stakeholders by providing data, analytics, and funding figures on the PropCo space…

What we learned from Quona and Royal Park’s first Fintech Fest in South Africa On February 21, Quona and Royal Park Partners teamed up to host Fintech Fest Cape Town, the first in a series of events focused on bringing together fintechs, investors and corporates for collaborative discussions and networking…

Top Venture Capital funds — think of those whose managers appear on The Midas List — have historically returned astonishing profits to their investors (Limited Partners, LPs). But established top performing oversubscribed VCs are difficult to access, especially for individuals, small Family Offices and emerging or small Fund of Funds…

What does it take to raise capital for Synthetic Biology companies in 2023? Biology has increasingly become an engineering discipline and with the convergence of biology and software a new class of high impact companies has harnessed compounding attention over recent years. Consequently, Venture Capital funding for this new breed…

In case you’ve been living under a rock since November 2022, the hype surrounding generative AI has reached an all-time high. Products like ChatGPT exposed a huge number of people to the power of large language models (LLMs) and inspired a new cohort of builders, many of whom do not…

Nomura’s digital assets subsidiary, Laser Digital, has announced a strategic investment in ClearToken, a startup that will introduce a clearing house to the digital asset marketplace, enabling the scale and structure required for mass institutional engagement with digital assets. As part of Laser’s strategic investment, its CEO, Dr. …

A perspective on tomorrow’s billion-dollar standalone categories in Supply Chain and ProcureTech land — This article is split into two parts and will touch upon these topics: Part ❶: Why I think that 2023 provides a super opportunity-rich context for founders: the shift from operational to strategic procurement & the unbundling of incumbent product suites Part ❷: What I believe will be tomorrow’s standalone, bn-$ ProcureTech categories — and my take on notable contenders for category leadership…

A couple of years ago I made the leap from being a generalist VC to focusing on healthcare. I was a bit intimidated and thankfully, blissfully ignorant. I consider myself very lucky because of this. And today, I consider it one of my biggest strengths. I never had the experience…