Top 10 Takeaways From the Data-Driven VC Landscape 2024
The TL;DR Version ;)
👋 Hi, I’m Andre and welcome to my weekly newsletter, Data-driven VC. Every Tuesday, I publish “Insights” to digest the most relevant startup research & reports, and every Thursday, I publish “Essays” that cover hands-on insights about data-driven innovation & AI in VC. Follow along to understand how startup investing becomes more data-driven, why it matters, and what it means for you.
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The past few days were just mind-blowing🤯
Firstly, we ran our inaugural Data-Driven VC Summit with 29 speakers and about 600 participants across 4 days; learnings & major takeaways follow soon.
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Sitting here exhausted at 3.26am burning the midnight oil, I’m really overwhelmed by your positive feedback and for me personally, it just shows we’re on the right track: Building in public, learning from peers, and making the venture capital industry more efficient, effective, and inclusive with technology - one step at a time.
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.