👋 Hi, I’m Andre and welcome to my newsletter Data-Driven VC which is all about becoming a better investor with Data & AI. Join 33,730 thought leaders from VCs like a16z, Accel, Index, Sequoia, and more to understand how startup investing becomes more data-driven, why it matters, and what it means for you.

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After months of hard work, we finally launched our Data Driven VC Landscape 2025 yesterday which got featured across top tier media outlets, received hundreds of thousands of social media impressions, and brought more than 300 new subscribers to this newsletter within the first 24 hours after launch👋🏻

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In order to make the extensive DDVC Landscape more digestible, I dedicate today’s episode to a “TL;DR version of the report”, so let’s focus on the major learnings below.