The VC Corner 📰 #4

Recent news and resources for those investing or working in startups

Welcome to The VC Corner, your weekly dose of Venture Capital to keep you up and running! Whether you're a seasoned investor or an eager enthusiast, this newsletter is your go-to source 🚀

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Top Headlines 🚨

• EU agrees ‘historic’ deal with world’s first laws to regulate AI 🤖 [The Guardian]

• Mistral AI, a Paris-based OpenAI rival, closed its $415 million 💰 funding round [TechCrunch]

• Investment Firm General Atlantic Confidentially Files for IPO 📈 in US [Bloomberg]

• Family offices move money out of stocks and into private markets 💸 [CNBC]

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In-Depth Insights 🔍

• What share of US public companies’ R&D spending was generated by companies that were primarily funded by venture capital prior to their IPO? 📈 The answer is 62%! [Ilya Strebulaev]

  

• Europe’s technology startups are doing just fine ✨ [The Economist]

• Venture Capital is a mean business 😠 [Martin Krag]

• The startup boom times are over - have VCs fallen in love with new industries? 🔄 [Peter Walker]

  

• This vertical farming company raised $500m, and then it all but disappeared 🌱[Sifted]

• The Path to IPO for Software Unicorns 🦄 - The IPO bar is only getting higher [Herwig Springer]

  

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Interesting Reports 📊

• The Big Book of Venture Capital 📚 [Rohit Yadav]

• The vintage year power law ⏳ [Stepstone]

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Captivating Podcasts 🎙️

• Mastering early-stage board meetings 👥 [This week in startups]

• Why founders should take as many VC meetings as possible 💡 [20VC]

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Upcoming Events 📅

• VNTR Investors Breakfast 🍳 | Madrid | Dec 20

• Startups World 🚀 | Porto | Jan 13

• VC/LP Roundtable on Data Driven Portfolio Modelling 💻 | Remote | Jan 17

• Plug and Play Insurtech Europe Expo 11 🤖 | Munich | Jan 31

• Iot Solutions World Congress 🌐 | Barcelona | Jan 31 - Feb 2