VC Math Explained📊, Grow with Roll-Ups 🔄, The Top 1%🧠

Welcome back to The VC Corner, your weekly dose of Venture Capital and Startups to keep you up and running! 🚀

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In-Depth Insights 🔍

• VC Math Explained: The High-Stakes Game of Startup Funding 📊
  Halle Tecco’s blog breaks down the metrics that drive venture capital funding, helping founders understand the high-stakes math behind startup investments.

• VC Megadeals Are Booming, and AI Isn’t the Top Category 💥
  TechCrunch analyzes the recent surge in VC megadeals, revealing surprising data on which sectors see the biggest deals beyond AI.

• Ten Years of AI Venture Capital Deals and Exits 🤖
  Visual Capitalist provides an in-depth look at AI venture capital trends over the last decade, showcasing the major deals, exits, and growth in the AI sector.

• Beyond the Obvious: How Data Generates Pre-Seed Deal Flow 💡
  Exploring how innovative data strategies now help VCs source pre-seed deals, this article dives into the data-driven transformation in early-stage investment.

• How to Join the Top 1% of Intelligence: Full Guide 🧠
  Dan Koe shares insights on habits, strategies, and mindsets that lead to peak performance, aiming to help individuals elevate their intellectual game in competitive spaces.

• How Industry Consolidators and Serial Acquirers Use Roll-Ups 🔄
  An exploration of “roll-up” strategies used by industry consolidators to scale quickly by acquiring smaller players in fragmented markets.

• Shifting Venture Capital Dynamics: 2024’s Liquidity Landscape 💸
  A LinkedIn deep dive into the evolving liquidity landscape in VC, analyzing shifts in capital flow, distributions, and commitments from LPs through 2024.

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Interesting Reports 📊

• The Unicorn Profile: Southeast Asia Since 2000 🦄
  M Venture Partners analyzes the unique characteristics of unicorn founders in Southeast Asia, uncovering insights that define this dynamic tech ecosystem.

• The Startup Sprint: Inside the Accelerator Engine 🚀
  A look into the world of startup accelerators, these high-stakes programs aim to convert early-stage startups into scalable, high-growth businesses.

• Titans of Tech 2024 🦸‍♂️
  GP Bullhound’s latest report examines the biggest players in global tech, focusing on their growth strategies and market influence.

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Recently Launched Funds 💸

• Aramco’s Venture Arm allocates $100M to fuel AI innovation, targeting transformative startups in artificial intelligence.

• Axon Partners Group is set to raise up to €250M, focusing on tech SMEs across Europe with growth-oriented investments.

• Chemistry Ventures, launched by former Bessemer and a16z alums, enters the scene to support tech-driven companies with early-stage capital.

• BITKRAFT Ventures has unveiled a $275M fund for gaming and Web3 ventures, aiming to accelerate innovation in interactive entertainment.

• Riyad Bank’s Fintech Fund launches with $213M to support the burgeoning Saudi fintech ecosystem and enhance digital financial services.

• Stride Ventures Fund III closes at $165M, focused on expanding its venture debt portfolio and supporting high-growth startups in India.

• Benchmark is raising a $170M fund exclusively for partners, furthering its legacy of backing transformative tech startups.

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VC Jobs 💼

• NextGen Ventures - VC Associate, Ede, Netherlands

• Ring Capital - VC Associate, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

• Hivemind - VC Partner, New York City, NY

• Telkomsel Ventures - Senior VC Associate, Jakarta, Indonesia

• TNB Aura - VC Analyst, Singapore

• Altos Ventures - VC Investor, Burlingame, CA

• Partners Capital - VC Associate, New York City, NY

• AI Fund - VC Principal, Palo Alto, CA

• GSV Ventures - Program Associate, Remote

• Impact Assets - VC Associate, Remote

• Capital Impact Partners - Chief Strategy Officer, Remote

• Serent Capital - Head of IR, Austin, TX

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Hottest Deals 💥

• Vinted raises €340M, reaching a €5B valuation. The Lithuanian second-hand marketplace scales new heights, solidifying its unicorn status.

• Waymo secures $5.6B from Alphabet, a16z, and Silver Lake. The autonomous driving leader continues its mission to commercialize self-driving technology.

• WeWork restructures amidst a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Embassy Group and Virwani step up to help reconfigure its growth strategy in India.

• Nooks secures $43M in Series B to advance its collaborative workspaces platform.

• Reverie Labs raises funds to drive precision medicine in oncology through AI-powered solutions.

• Caduceus AI secures new financing to expand its AI-driven healthcare technology.

• Eventum AI closes a strategic funding round to enhance its event analytics and prediction platform.

• Sphere Bio secures capital to scale its bioinformatics solutions for drug discovery.

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