Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association’s Post

📣 Attention all Deep Tech founders and investors! Join us for our Deep Tech Founders & Investors BBQ in Berlin on May 14th. We're teaming up with our friends from SquareOne Venture Capital & Vsquared Ventures to bring Deep Tech founders and investors together for a BBQ to unwind after a long day at the Deep Tech Momentum conference. Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with others in the industry! 🍻 👉 Sign up for the event here: 2ly.link/1xmAE We can't wait to see you there! #deeptech #firstmomentum #deeptechmomentum #founders #VCs #berlin

In venture capital a big reason for lack of conviction is only seeing a Christmas bauble, not the tree ⭐🎄 In deeptech that's even more true. It's easy to get lost in pitching and building "the product". But the way I see it, the product is just your wedge. It gets the company started. But the company isn't the idea. Nor the product. A wedge gets the cut started, but the job is done over time. By the company. And in VC, investors are looking for potential huge enterprises at their inception stage. Try to have at least a tough plan how to build a gigantic business, not just commercialise a product.

It was a pleasure and a privilege to moderate this panel at the NY Venture Summit. I am grateful to our esteemed panel of VCs for their deep dive into the exciting opportunities and challenges in AI investing. The future of AI looks bright.    #AIInnovation #VentureCapital #AIInvesting #NYVentureSummit #TechInvestments

Just returned from a week-long trip to NYC and the Bay Area, where I had the opportunity to meet with over 30 different early-stage venture capitalists as well as some of the iconic VC firms in Silicon Valley. My objective was to gain more insight into the next wave of AI-driven technology applications companies. It was an excellent opportunity to network and learn more about the latest trends in the industry. Looking forward to implementing these findings in my work and staying on top of the game! #AI #venturecapital #technology #networking Viktor Izakowicz Maxime Junak

🚀 Weekly Deeptech Labs Update 🔍 Topic: Refining the Narrative Deeptech Labs final programme week is about sharpening your pitch and ensuring that you paint the most compelling vision for your company. The primary audience to have in mind is the investors who will be present at Demo Day, but this work and refinement also refines the story for potential customers, partners and employees. We ensure our founders get real feedback from investors without the confines of a “real” pitch scenario and refine the story in the run up to our demo day's. This weeks expert session ran differently than the past, as we asked founders to prepare a five minute pitch to present at the start of the session before going into the 1-to-1s with experts.  We where joined by the fantastic Simon Calver on Tuesday night's fireside. Simon ran the DVD-by-mail company LOVEFiLM until its exit to Amazon in 2011 for £200m, he then went onto become Managing Partner of BGF Ventures. He currently sits on the board of HSBC alongside multiple other Non-Exec and Chairman roles. As we ramp up to our Demo Day's, our founders enter an intense phase of pitch practice with the Deeptech Labs team and our Community of Experts and Venture Investors. Join us on the 4th of June in Leeds and 12th of June in Cambridge for the Deeptech Labs Demo Day's (link in comments)

Dear feed, I am pleased to share with you that I successfully completed a rewarding externship of AI- Powered VC Deal Sourcing Extern, in collaboration with igniteXL Ventures. Here are some of the most valuable lessons I gained from this experience: 📊 Market Research: Gained deep insights into the VC landscape 👨💻 Artificial Inteligence: Continuing developing my skills in multiple sectors 🔍 Deal Sourcing: Discovered promising startups 💡 Investment Analysis: Evaluated investment opportunities with a critical thinking 📑 Final Portfolio: Created detailed investment presentations Special thanks to the Extern team and to Christie Andersen for her unwavering support and guidance. This experience has significantly honed my skills and deepened my understanding of Venture Capital. I'm excited to apply what I've learned to future opportunities! #VentureCapital #DealSourcing #ArtificialInteligence

The speed of new companies launching is unlike anything before because for the first time during a massive technological shift the SaaS playbook is completely democratized today. The debate between horizontal vs. vertical solutions in the new AI world we're living in is happening across every venture capital firm and every founding team that is ideating. Ilir Sela and I unpacked some of the differences that Founders need to think about when deciding between going vertical vs. horizontal in our recent conversation on Change Order. Check out the full conversation on Youtube at the link below.

✨ Hello Tomorrow last week was awesome! There’s something about the deep tech community that just stands out. It’s not just the groundbreaking technologies or the ambitious projects; it’s the people. As regulars at the Hello Tomorrow Summit, we’ve come to expect nothing less than brilliance, but last week’s event that transformed Paris into a buzzing hive of the world's foremost deep tech luminaries, founders, investors, and industrialists truly exceeded expectations. 🔥 Within this week we: - Benjamin Tincq led a panel on critical minerals with Julia Davourie(Convergent Ventures), Eric Dusseux (Breakthrough Energy Ventures), and Lilian Schwich (cylib) - Hosted amazing breakfast event with over 100 attendees in collaboration with Kiko Ventures - Had a great time attending side events from Contrarian Ventures daphni Extantia Toyota Ventures Fifty Years DCVC Climate Salad Norrsken VC EQT Ventures Vsquared Ventures TOMORROW DeepTechXL Positron Ventures - Enjoyed pitches from tozero Robeauté Jurata Thin Film and were delighted to see the amazing women leading those hard tech companies! - The deeptech ecosystem still has a long way to go - from strenghtening collaboration between startups with large industrials, to having more capital to deploy for #FOAK, to ensuring the right practical advices for scientist-founders at the early stages. But building Marble, and seeing our portfolio companies in action - pitching, hiring and fundraising - was the best testament of what we have been doing…and ought to do more. We’re just getting started, let’s build more radical climate deeptech ventures together! A huge shoutout to the #HelloTomorrow team for putting this together Arnaud de la Tour, Thomas Salzgeber, Vincent Durand, Alizée Blanchin, Megha Balachandra and the rest of the team! #deeptech #cdr #startups

Glyph Platforms will be taking part at the Boost VC demo day along with 30+ other deep tech startups! If you're an accredited investor, this is your chance to discover how Glyph is redefining Augmented Reality for major enterprises worldwide! Let’s shape the future together. For quick access to the event, reach out directly! #DeepTech #AR #ComputerVision #BoostVC #DemoDay

For the foreseeable future Sam is on the move with big expectations,plan and vision for AI…