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In-Depth Insights 🔍

• Where is AI Taking Us? Is SaaS Dead? 📉 Thoughts on the evolving role of AI in SaaS and its potential disruption of traditional software models

• SpaceX Discusses Tender Offer at Roughly $350 Billion Valuation 🚀 Inside SpaceX's strategic moves as it considers a tender offer at a record-breaking valuation
• Mega Funds Outperform Middle Market 💰 How large venture funds are generating superior returns compared to their smaller counterparts.

• Fewer Players, More Noise 🔊 A dive into the increasing concentration in the tech space amidst rising competition

• Emerging VC Managers: A Family Office Perspective 🌱 A deep dive into how family offices are viewing and supporting emerging venture capital managers
• Wealth Management Startups Funding Rise 💼 Why wealth management startups are gaining traction among investors

• The Top 10 Most Active Venture Capital Firms in the UK Today 💸 An overview of the VC firms shaping the UK's startup ecosystem

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Interesting Reports 📊

• How CEOs Are Turning Corporate Venture Building Into Outsized Growth💡 Explore how leading CEOs are leveraging corporate venture building to drive transformative growth and innovation. [McKinsey]

• Startup Valuation 📉 EY's comprehensive take on startup valuation methodologies.
• Agentic AI: Executive Playbook 🤖 An executive's guide to understanding and navigating the strategic impact of agentic AI on business operations and decision-making.

Recently Launched Funds 💸

• Liberty Mutual CVC Arm launches a $200M fund to support strategic investments in innovation and insurance tech
• Luge Capital secures CAD 96M to back emerging fintech companies
• Radical Ventures announces an $800M AI growth fund, focusing on the transformative potential of artificial intelligence
• Armira Growth raises €200M to invest in scaling European companies
• Supernode Global unveils its new €150M fund focused on early-stage deep tech startups
• SilverTech Ventures launches a $250M fund to accelerate innovation in the health and aging tech sectors

VC Jobs 💼

• VC Associate @ Vento (Remote)
• VC Internship @ Earlybird (Berlin, Germany)
• VC Analyst @ Practica Capital (Vilnius, Lithuania)
• VC Manager @ ABB Ventures (Remote)
• VC Analyst @ Fulgur Ventures (Remote)
• General Partner @ Flex Capital (Remote)
• VC Manager @ DaVita Ventures Group (Denver, CO)
• VC Analyst @ UMich (Ann Arbor, MI)

Hottest Deals 💥

• Lucra raises $10M to enhance its financial technology solutions
• BRM secures $15M in Series A funding to expand its AI-driven business management platform
• Sollis Health raises $33M in Series B funding to grow its concierge healthcare services
• Sage secures $35M to scale its advanced data analytics solutions
• Nuvig Therapeutics raises $161M in Series B funding to drive innovation in immune modulation
• Zopa secures €80M to bolster its digital banking and lending services
• Tado raises €43M to advance its smart thermostat technology
• GridX secures $50M in Series C funding for its energy optimization platform
• Meati Foods raises $150M to scale its plant-based protein products
• Voi secures €30M to grow its e-scooter operations across Europe
• Hydrosat raises $25M to expand its satellite-based climate analytics services
• Automata secures $40M to accelerate its robotic automation technology