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1. Quants-as-a-service companies


2. Talent identification 


3. Dedicated funds employing this strategy 


4. Artificial Intelligence at the table model

Based purely on the number of investments in billion-dollar companies, the firms SV Angel, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, DCVC, and Felicis Ventures came out on top in my study. Some, including Index Ventures, Accel, and Sequoia, also met great success inves

I think it’s still great to take financial modeling or other courses that will be relevant, but a lot of people think that they need 2-4 years in finance or a 4.0 GPA, but VC is ultimately driven by that passion to find out the companies that are disruptive and find out who the early adopters are.

venture capitalists is the craft of working the portfolio, choosing when to pour on resources and when to withhold.

Investment Objectives Develop transformation opportunities for parent Gain unique, asymmetric view into emerging tech areas ID key talent, networks, tech, and business models for acquisition, licensing, or partnership Achieve ~ 3X return on invested capital across portfolio Investment Focus Technology and businesses related to parent businesses Tar

In other words, while both venture capital and growth equity firms are looking for the next Seamless, Uber or Netflix, the evidence of a startup becoming a market leader needs to be much stronger in growth equity. Since the risk profile is relatively lower compared to traditional venture capital, target ROI here is a little lower and typically exis