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Product Release #1 of 2025! The VC Map - We will start this slowly, with the top 8 VC Funds active in 2024 New York City ! As we build this map further, access to the full map will be available on our website, sign up here to be notified as soon as it is launched! https://lnkd.in/ddTHXqi4 1. Union Square Ventures - Seed to Series B - This thesis driven investor with Key ideas such as Access to Capital, Knowledge, and Wellbeing. 2. Insight Partners - Pre-Seed to Series C - With many sectors they target, including Consumer, AI/ML, Heath Tech, and Fintech among others 3. Scout Ventures - Seed to Series A - They focus on sectors aligned to their experience such as AI/ML, quantum computing, and robotics 4. Greycroft - Pre-Seed to Series B - They invest across a broad range of Internet sectors and currently group their portfolio into four verticals: Consumer Internet, Fintech, Healthcare, and Enterprise Software. 5. RRE Ventures - Series A to Series B - RRE invests in early-stage, technology-enabled companies across all sectors and across the country. 6. Lerer Hippeau - Pre-Seed to Series A - The team at Lerer Hippeau is industry-agnostic and will invest in any company. With over US$ 1.2B in AUM across three funds. 7. Starta VC - Pre-Seed to Seed - The Starta team has a focus on international startups that are looking to expand and scale their US presence. 8. FirstMark - Pre-Seed to Series A - The team at FirstMark invests in companies of a variety of industries and sectors. They have major focus areas of Enterprise, Consumer, and Frontier companies. #VentureCapital #Jobs #startups #VC #PrivateEquity #VCJobs #JobSearch

We curated 5 recently released VC reports for you to devour! 🚀 1. Andreessen Horowitz releases Big Ideas in 2025 -> https://lnkd.in/dx7ctRjS Consumer Tech, Bio & Health tech, Crypto, Enterprise, whatever you're looking for its covered. 2. PitchBook covers what to expect in US Venture Capital for 2025. Spoiler Alert, it's eye opening -> https://lnkd.in/dyVgK7G2 🚨‼️Announcement🙈 Soft Launching my up and coming Weekly Newsletter! Where all these posts will be sent directly to your inbox, with more jobs, news, and tips! Early Sign up here -> https://lnkd.in/ddTHXqi4 3. With AI building blocks set Sequoia Capital gives us insights into AI in 2025 -> https://lnkd.in/dRGrjUt3 Its now time to dive into the reasoning Era.... Synthesis AI is around the corner, and I'm all for it 👀 4. With ServiceTitan making its start on the NASDAQ on Friday the 13th, Bessemer Venture Partners shares its Investment Memo of the company back in 2015!!!!!! What a read. WHAT. A. READ. https://lnkd.in/d4esfiX9 5. A story by Index Ventures, Anine Bing building ANINE BING Is just the best read coming into the new year, what a story. Below a snippet: "In the spring of 2012, Anine Bing was sitting at home in Copenhagen, while her one-year-old daughter, Bianca, played on the floor. Looking for something to do, she began emptying her closets, picking out clothes she no longer wanted. One by one, she tried each piece on and photographed herself wearing it. Then, she uploaded the photos to her blog" TAN TAN TANNNNNNNN. Fantastic. -> https://lnkd.in/eHzCGVZ6 ➡️ Did we miss any? let us know in the comments 👇🏼 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more VC Jobs, insights, newsletters and everything in between like, share, follow to support the page ♥️ #VentureCapital #A16Z #IndexVentures #Bessemer #Pitchbook #AngelInvestors #PE #VC #MENA #Report

As 2024 comes to a close, I leave you with the last gift before a very exciting 2025 filled with projects I am so excited to share soon. Today, this gem of a document gives us an overview of Deal Sourcing and Due Diligence by Les Alexander, a VC investor and professors at University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Les, gives us a thorough deep dive into each process: ⅏ Sourcing deals: Network driven deal sourcing and its complexities with a clear breakdown of the funnel from deck review to investment 🧪Evaluate: What to look for and how to properly assess 🏛️Structure & Negotiation: Deeper dive into term sheets and negotiation with founders and other VCs 🔏Close: Documentation and Execution 👀Monitor: Financial performance, board meetings, and reporting 🚶🏼♂️➡️Exit: Liquidity event, timing, and valuation Happy new year to all ♥️ 🚨‼️Announcement🙈 Soft Launching my up and coming Weekly Newsletter! Where all these posts will be sent directly to your inbox, with more jobs, news, and tips! Early Sign up here -> https://lnkd.in/ddTHXqi4 #VentureCapital #Jobs #startups #VC #Awards #VCJobs #Newsletter

What does the GenerativeAI Tech stack look like? And who are the main stakeholders running the new tech? Let's dive in 🏊♂️ Although not exhaustive in terms of stakeholders, the GenerativeAI tech stack brings together multiple players, each making its own contribution. From an infrastructure perspective, GPU & TPU providers such as NVIDIA, AMD, Intel Corporation and Google build the initial foundation. No chips? No party! Though it is a chicken and the egg story, where GPUs without the Cloud infrastructure is well, impossible. with Amazon Web Services (AWS) , Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud make this important half of the relationship possible for their love child.... ...Large Language Models. with Meta's Open Source Llama, Hugging Face's Model Hub and closed source OpenAI's Chat GPT creating what we all cannot go a day without using. And then there are the application wrappers, where these startups have not necessarily built their own models, but leverage what LLMs have built to provide consumer products solving problems daily. This list was sponsored by Y Combinator's 2024 investments in Generative AI startups: Humanloop -> Enterprise Truewind -> Bookkeeping and finance software Shepherd -> Edtech Learning assistant Remy -> Discover upcoming Engineer work AI.Fashion Inc. -> Creative Suite for the Fashion industry Infobot.ai -> Content The list goes on and the future looks bright! 🚨‼️Announcement🙈 Soft Launching my up and coming Weekly Newsletter! Where all these posts will be sent directly to your inbox, with more jobs, news, and tips! Early Sign up here -> https://lnkd.in/ddTHXqi4 #VentureCapital #GenAI #startups #VC #PrivateEquity #VCJobs #JobSearch

John Hu founded Stan in 2021 while doing his MBA at Stanford and took the (what I'm assuming) difficult decision to drop out and build a product people want. John has had a fantastic career so far, started his Career Goldman Sachs, moved to Private Equity at Norwest Venture Partners and even created a Youtube Channel but more on that later. This Sample VC memo is an obviously shortened version of what the real thing is, but this short and sweet version captures 95% of what is talked about during Investment Committee Meetings. 🚨‼️🙈 Soft Launching my up and coming Weekly Newsletter! Early Sign up here -> https://lnkd.in/ddTHXqi4 1. TEAM - For me the single most important section, a bad idea with a great founder is a great idea. Focus on the strong background, and though a bit harsh with the A-, this video John Hu created explaining how he was able to source a deal for his previous firm is alone enough to give him an A (https://lnkd.in/d95bP-hP). 2. Market Size. Fair enough, you do not want to invest in a sluggish/small market, but yet again, Bill Gurley in this article (https://lnkd.in/dTJDe3Fa) Explains how you cannot focus on the current environment alone in assessing market size. look beyond. My favourite quote explaining this: "Sizing the market of an incumbent's market is like sizing the car industry off how many horses there were in 1910" FOOD FOR THOUGHT! 3. Competition. Well if we have determined that the market is big enough, let's now ask ourselves if the market can handle multiple competitors - I wouldn't have compared Stan to Linktree but this space is indeed very crowded. Competition is an important factor, though a disruptor in a crowded market may mean your exit possibilities are higher! 4. Differentiation. What is your moat? are you different? or are you just the same shiny object with a different sticker on the front? 5. Metrics. Though it is difficult to get many metrics for an early stage company, early signs of traction may be enough to validate consumer interest. Let customers use and abuse of your product early on, and build a strong feedback loop to improve! Here Stan got an NPS score of 80+ enough to at least validate that consumers are happy with the product 6. Exit. Of course, VC's aren't charities, and well they need to know that one day they'll be able to sell their shares for a 100x return. Though very difficult to predict, and usually more of a "fluff" piece than reality, knowing whether or not an exit is possible can make or break the deal. ➡️ Do you agree? let us know in the comments 👇🏼 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more VC Jobs, insights, newsletters and everything in between like, share, follow to support the page ♥️ #PE #Tech #startups #VentureCapital #Fundraising

What does the team at Venture Chronicle read? Our 2024 Tech Newsletter Award is out! With our three favorites absolutely fascinating us this year! 🥇In first place, Rubén D. an investor at Mundi Ventures writes The VC Corner with 55 editions and over 75,000+ subscribers. Ruben dives into industry insights, frameworks, and the most exhaustive VC lists anyone can ask for! Subscribe and read more here -> https://lnkd.in/dCZ7n6x6 🥈In second place, Nicole DeTommaso, a Principal at Harlem Capital writes VC Demystified giving tips, tricks and so much more to aspiring VCs! a must read. Subscribe and read more here -> https://lnkd.in/da4W_WyV 🥉in third place, Guillermo Flor, a VC investor at GoHub Ventures writes Product Market Fit helping startups grow and get funded by providing insights weekly. Join the 22,000+ subscribers here -> https://lnkd.in/dc4r875p This list is not exhaustive, and the ranking is by no means reflective of the hundreds of fantastic resources and newsletters available, the team at Venture Chronicle have consolidated a list of 20 and our favorites have been the aforementioned. Congratulations to all and happy holidays ♥️🎄If you want to mention your newsletter or your favorite make sure to let us know in the comments !! 🚨‼️Announcement🙈 Soft Launching my up and coming Weekly Newsletter! Where all these posts will be sent directly to your inbox, with more jobs, news, and tips! Early Sign up here -> https://lnkd.in/ddTHXqi4 #VentureCapital #Jobs #startups #VC #Awards #VCJobs #Newsletter

What are the key insights you need to make an informed investment decision? Let's dive in to this amazing resource by Growth Capital Ventures and learn more about how they make their best bets 🏊♂️👇🏼 🚨‼️Announcement🙈 Soft Launching my up and coming Weekly Newsletter! Where all these posts will be sent directly to your inbox, with more jobs, news, and tips! Early Sign up here -> https://lnkd.in/ddTHXqi4 The key points you need to ask yourself prior to partnering with a startups are: ❓What Key factors determine a startup's growth potential for investors? ❓How can thorough due diligence mitigate early-stage investment risks? ❓What financial and operational aspects are crucial in due diligence? The Author Norman Peterson, CEO of GCV breaks it down in two main checklists: 1️⃣ A 5 section guide for individual investors covering team, business, market, technology & product, and finance & tax considerations. 2️⃣ A significantly more extensive multi-section framework used internally by GCV for their own investment assessments covering company structure, business operations, acquisitions, assets, employees, intellectual property, data protection and more. Enjoy this wonderful gem of a document 💎 #VentureCapital #Jobs #startups #VC #PrivateEquity #VCJobs #JobSearch

Week # 50 - Open Venture Capital Roles! 🇪🇺 Euro Edition🚀👇🏼 Impact Growth Equity Associate @ Partech | 🇫🇷 🔥🔥🔥🌱 https://lnkd.in/e_T8BU3y Principal @ Marble | 🇫🇷 🔥🌱 https://lnkd.in/d2yGK2sn 🚨‼️Announcement🙈 Soft Launching my up and coming Weekly Newsletter! Where all these posts will be sent directly to your inbox, with more jobs, news, and tips! Early Sign up here -> https://lnkd.in/ddTHXqi4 VC Internship @ Groupe SEB | 🇫🇷 https://lnkd.in/dAQ4Uz2n Venture Scout @ Kinetic Investments | 🇬🇧🥳 https://lnkd.in/d_nPijjb UK AI Associate @ Pillar VC | 🇬🇧 https://lnkd.in/dieZYkC8 Investor @ SuperSeed | 🇬🇧 https://lnkd.in/dQP_FB_U Venture Partner @ i1x | 🇬🇧 https://lnkd.in/dKaknYig Investment Associate @ StartGreen Capital | 🇳🇱 https://lnkd.in/d5duPxxR Senior Investment Manager @ OakStar Ventures | 🇨🇭🥳 https://lnkd.in/dRZjdSnR ➡️ Any other VC Jobs ? let us know 👇🏼 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more VC Jobs, insights, newsletters and everything in between like, share, follow to support the page ♥️ #VentureCapital #Jobs #startups #VC #PrivateEquity #VCJobs #JobSearch

Week 50 - Open Venture Capital Jobs in Asia ! 🌏🚀 Principal @ K3 Ventures | 🇸🇬🥳 https://lnkd.in/dzVEVn_Y Investment Manager @ Wintermute | 🇸🇬🔥🔥👾 https://lnkd.in/ddYbSsJ6 🚨‼️Announcement🙈 Soft Launching my up and coming Weekly Newsletter! Where all these posts will be sent directly to your inbox, with more jobs, news, and tips! Early Sign up here -> https://lnkd.in/ddTHXqi4 Investment Analyst @ Crypto.com | 🇨🇳🔥🔥🥳 https://lnkd.in/dDMC_sU5 Principal @ Lunate | 🇦🇪🌱🥳 https://lnkd.in/d3pG_uTc Investor @ Global Angel Investor Network | 🇦🇪🥳 https://lnkd.in/d4hyrKFD ➡️ Any other VC Jobs ? let us know 👇🏼 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more VC Jobs, insights, newsletters and everything in between like, share, follow to support the page ♥️ #VentureCapital #Asia #startups #VC #PrivateEquity #VCJobs #JobSearch

Week 50 - Open Venture Capital Jobs 🇺🇸 Edition 👇🏼 Senior Associate @ Vanguard | 🔥🔥🔥 https://lnkd.in/dybKr8J5 Associate @ Plug and Play Tech Center | 🔥🔥 https://lnkd.in/dr9N_g_S Venture Scout @ KIATT | https://lnkd.in/dCK-5jKX Associate @ Sopris Capital | 🥳 https://lnkd.in/d8KewF_H Ventures Director @ Fitch Group, Inc. | 🔥 https://lnkd.in/djc92Gd7 🚨‼️Announcement🙈 Soft Launching my up and coming Weekly Newsletter! Where all these posts will be sent directly to your inbox, with more jobs, news, and tips! Early Sign up here -> https://lnkd.in/ddTHXqi4 Associate @ Connecticut Innovations | 🥳 https://lnkd.in/dmtWXYAg Growth Equity Associate @ Hamilton Lane | 🥳 https://lnkd.in/dsc-qtzp Executive Director @ Manhattan West | 🥳 https://lnkd.in/dR2YPRpc ➡️ Any other VC Jobs ? let us know 👇🏼 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more VC Jobs, insights, newsletters and everything in between like, share, follow to support the page ♥️ #VentureCapital #Jobs #startups #VC #PrivateEquity #VCJobs #JobSearch