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Worth reading: Situationsl Awareness by Leopold Aschenbrenner PDF : https://lnkd.in/gkxQ3yMD Web site: https://lnkd.in/gyJUCBhb Interesting perspective, time of course will tell.

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BSV Ventures is the newest addition to the NIF Fund of Funds portfolio! 🎉 Coming back from their LP day in Vilnius, we’re ready to find unicorns together 🦄 The true alpha of a fund is often felt before it is seen. Intangible at first — it is a capability that often precedes visible results. Having gone through several months of DD with BSV, I can confidently say BSV embodies their alpha through their unique insights, and complementary dynamics of the GPs. This is combined with an unwavering commitment and track record in transforming the Baltics into a leading hub for deep tech and dual-use innovation, critical to European sovereignty.

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#ProjectForABillion Today, in our regular column, I want to talk about the Cariloop project, which raised $20 million in a Series C round this spring. The lead investor was ABS Capital, which is also known for its investments in PowerReviews (recently exited) and LabConnect. But let's get back to the project in the Mental Health category. By the way, if psychologists ever asked me how to get rich and build a capitalized business, I would recommend working in their specialty and creating projects for corporations in the psychological and mental health category. In 2023, $435.2 billion was directed to this industry (this includes all project investments, not just venture capital). While there are still some managers in Russia (and elsewhere) who don't believe that a depressed employee who sleeps poorly, is torn between caring for children, and walks on the parapet at night is unlikely to create high results and a sustainable team, managers of almost all large corporations around the world are paying just as much attention to mental health as to physical health. Maybe these naive people are indeed investing half a trillion dollars so that employees can more efficiently scold their parents and school teachers? I've heard that silly version too. Cariloop is a platform where each employee is assigned a Care Coach with whom they can share or, in light cases, delegate the search for solutions to problems (although the platform indicates various types of problems, medical issues are most often mentioned in examples) not only for the user but also for their family members: children or even parents. A Care Coach can help navigate the healthcare system, provide educational support (about diseases, care methods), emotional support, and, if needed, legal or financial assistance. Special emphasis is placed on the fact that health coaches interact with each other and exchange information (how they do this without violating confidentiality, I will clarify later). I will not dwell in detail on the business efficiency claimed by the startup. It is clear that there are very beautiful infographics and analytics on the website about how much employee efficiency and, consequently, business efficiency improve when interacting with such a service solution. Check it if you want. I am skeptical about trying to measure the impact of employees' psychological health on business in numbers. However, evaluating the results of a business managed by psychologically unhealthy employees in numbers is much easier. We can start from there. *This is not an investment recommendation. **This is not a project the author has invested in (yep, it's required now). ***This is not a project I've been studying in detail for 10 years; it's just my subjective assessment of one of the most interesting projects that raised a round in the reporting period.

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As the Shasta Ventures approval deadline approaches, we're presented with a unique opportunity to observe the complexities and inherent conflicts in GP-led secondary transactions. This scenario sheds light on the considerable leverage GPs hold within the private equity infrastructure. According to the article, proposed continuation fund requires LPs to approve the transaction if they wish to roll their interests into the new structure—a stipulation that could be seen as putting undue pressure on LPs. This raises critical questions about the balance of power in private equity deals and the alignment of interests between GPs and LPs. What are your thoughts? Is it appropriate for GPs to demand such conditions for LPs to participate in a continuation fund? How do you see this impacting the broader private equity landscape and the perception of GP-led secondary transactions? Looking forward to hearing your insights and perspectives on this pivotal issue. #PrivateEquity #VentureCapital #InvestmentTrends #ShastaVentures #GPledSecondaries

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✨ Breaking: Cadenza Announces New Fund.- Cadenza Cadenza AI Venture Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm, closed a $50 million fund on December 3, 2024. The fund targets pre-seed and seed investments in the artificial intelligence sector, focusing on infrastructure and enterprise applications. Cadenza aims to invest in companies that enhance workforce efficiencies and disrupt incumbent enterprise software providers. https://cadenza.vc Please share to let other #Founders know For the ❤️ of Startups #Fusion42 #Startups #Venturecapital

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✨ Breaking: MountTech Announces New Fund.- MountTech Growth Fund - Kavachh : Led by Dr. Ajay Kumar, the fund emerged in 2024 focusing on startups in sectors such as defense and national security, space and aerospace, cybersecurity, semiconductors, communications, critical minerals, and industrial sectors. Investments range up to Series A, with ticket sizes from $1-3 million. https://lnkd.in/dRiJ4fUM Please share to let other #Founders know For the ❤️ of Startups #Fusion42 #Startups #Venturecapital

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David Yi (Ethos VC) a.k.a "The VC who hates most VCs" on his Personal Journey and Perspective on Growth:  "As an eight-time founder with two exits, I've seen the landscape from multiple angles. It's not about being a hero but about building a team, learning, and evolving. Whether it's in education or tech, the journey is about adapting and finding your path, not just in Korea but globally." https://lnkd.in/gVduV3MQ #startupswithseoul Chang (CK) Kim

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Excited to share our portco Noble has completed its $15mn Series-A led by Paradigm with participation from Polychain Capital, Foresight Ventures, Wintermute, Informal Systems and renowned angels from Celestia Labs, @Skip Protocol, Succinct, Conduit and others Noble's mission is to accelerate #stablecoin adoption for everyone with an internet connection. By partnering with leading stablecoin & #RWA issuers like Circle, Ondo Finance, Hashnote, and Monerium, Noble currently manages over $500 million in assets and has facilitated over $5 billion in volume in less than a year! Noble began with a simple idea: to improve #UX of stablecoins for asset issuers navigating the complexities of a multichain environment. Today, Noble connects over 50 applications with a one-click #UX workflow for seamless stablecoin interactions. The platform has partnered with dozens of blockchains, including dYdX, @Osmosis, Celestia Labs, INJECTIVE, Neutron Foundation, MANTRA, THORChain amongst several others, to provide deep and reliable stablecoin liquidity for their applications There are 100+ #appchains in the modular ecosystem, leveraging solutions from Cosmos Network: Internet of Blockchains to Celestia Labs to Ethereum to Movement Labs & others. Noble's goal is to provide reliable stablecoin & RWA liquidity so developers can focus on building exceptional products without worrying about the underlying infrastructure. Noble is committed to developer sovereignty and delightful #UX. They want to see developers building sovereign #appchains succeed. The platform's innovative forwarding model, support for $USDC and other stablecoins for transaction fees, and lightning-fast block times on @Cosmos stack (sub one-second) deliver a seamless and efficient user experience. Noble's focus on seamless integration allows users to focus on what matters most: their applications. It is excited to introduce innovative products like the Noble Dollar, a collaboration with the M^0 Foundation, to bring users closer to the source of #stablecoin issuance. Noble's infrastructure is already making a significant impact on the crypto ecosystem. By providing reliable and accessible #stablecoin liquidity, Noble is helping to prove the viability of the sovereign #appchain model. In the near future, Noble will directly empower end-users with a suite of products, including swaps, forex, payments, and lending, to make it easier than ever to interact with the world of stablecoins More here: Fortune: https://lnkd.in/dQyAH6wX ChainCatcher: https://lnkd.in/daBufnPE

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✨ Breaking: Artesian Venture Partners Announces New Fund.- Artesian (Alternative Investments) Artesian Venture Partners, a partner of the WAVC initiative, focuses on venture capital investments in early-stage startups across various sectors, including health sciences and renewable energy. https://lnkd.in/dvfKFtkf Please share to let other #Founders know For the ❤️ of Startups #Fusion42 #Startups #Venturecapital

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Link to 2Point2 Capital's Q2 FY25 Investor Update - https://lnkd.in/gEZkKMgc In this update, we talk about The Invisible Tax Burden on equity investors in India.

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For Ep 18 of Hutt Capital's Inside the Hutt podcast, we talked with Mahesh Ramakrishnan of Escape Velocity (EV3) about building EV3 and all things DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks). Great conversation for anyone interested in this emerging category. Topics included: -Mahesh's studies of religion and how understanding the incentive systems there tie into his current work -Firm overview of EV3 -What is DePIN and why is it interesting -Advantages of DePIN vs. traditional infrastructure networks -How blockchain & crypto are used In DePIN -The different categories within DePIN and how it represents several large underlying markets -Current traction & usage of DePIN, and tracking this data via DePIN Ninja -EV3's annual DePIN Summit -How does EV3 differentiate its capital to win deals -Running a sector-specific fund vs. generalist crypto fund Apple: https://lnkd.in/geCZga-s Spotify: https://lnkd.in/g_MXFptb

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We at NGP Capital are delighted to partner with Sapphire Ventures on the $120M Series C investment in TRACTIAN! Tractian is bringing the power of AI to improve uptime and productivity in factories worldwide!

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Robert, you highlight some crucial points! You mentioned the vast geopolitical stakes, espionage threats, and investment needs in AI development. By 2026-2028, we might see human-level AI. Are we ready for post-superintelligence volatility and an AI arms race? BYW → thank you for endorsing Ethan Mollick’s “Co-Intelligence” → a must read!

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Congratulations to Surojit Chatterjee, Souvik Sen and Ema Unlimited team on a successful fundraising! SCB 10X is thrilled to announce our investment in Ema as part of the $36M Series A extension funding round, which brings their total raise since inception to $61M. This round, led by Accel and S32, included participation from other notable investors such as Prosus Ventures, Hitachi Ventures, Sozo Ventures, Wipro Ventures, COLLE CAPITAL and Frontier Ventures B.V. Ema's innovative approach to enterprise workflow automation through Generative AI strongly aligns with our investment thesis in the Deep Tech space. Their platform, which combines a proprietary Generative Workflow Engine™, Knowledge Graph, and EmaFusion™ Model, addresses critical challenges in enterprise AI adoption while ensuring the highest levels of security and compliance. Founded in 2023, EMA has shown impressive rapid tractions within their first year. Their ability to create customizable "AI employees" or "Personas" for specific business functions promises to revolutionize enterprise productivity across multiple industries. The founding team's exceptional track record in scaling products and technologies at companies like Google, Flipkart, Coinbase and Okta, gives us confidence in Ema's ability to capitalize on the fast-growing autonomous AI and agents market, projected to reach $41 billion by 2029. As SCBX Group aims to increase our AI-enabled revenue to 75% by 2028, we believe this partnership will provide valuable insights into deploying efficient, reliable, and compliant AI solutions. We're excited to support Ema's vision of transforming the future of work with Universal AI Employees and look forward to the innovations that lie ahead. Press release of Ema’s fundraising: https://lnkd.in/gpe-FV26 #artificialintelligence #generativeai #ai #startups #venturecapital

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 Showcasing the sustainability and economic efficiency of #renewableenergy projects can persuade #investors of their viability and potential for #highreturns.

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Baidu (#BIDU) has launched a new generation of robotaxi, allowing costs to drop significantly and paving the way for the business to become profitable (https://lnkd.in/dWqDtzYZ). It would be good that "analysts" would be more objective when praising Tesla's (#TSLA) full self-driving (FSD) technology as "a huge value driver" (https://lnkd.in/dd33zB49).

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Excited to announce our investment in Alta Resource Technologies alongside Leonardo Banchik (Voyager Ventures) with participation from Orion Resource Partners, Overture Ventures, and WovenEarth Ventures. Rare earths are critical in products from magnets to ceramics and it's important for the US to develop its own supply chain. While the US has some of the best rare earth resources, separating them has historically proven expensive and environmentally unfriendly. Alta through it's computationally designed and optimized proteins allows the US to bring back rare earth production with a cleaner, lower capex, and lower opex solution - and that's just the beginning. Congrats to Nathan Ratledge and the entire Alta team. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gbGnAJn3

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Only one day left to register for the #GlobalStartupSymposium. You don't want to miss out on connecting with more than 170 investors and 150 founders ready to present. And the great speakers and panelists providing educational webinars and panel discussions hosted by Quan Nguyen | NGUYEN TARBET IP Law and others. Last day to register, but the event is next weeks with a full agenda geared towards facilitating interaction between startups and investors in addition to providing invaluable educational opportunities. The 4-day conference, Dec 9, 10, 11, & 12 is Pismo Ventures' 12th consecutive event for startups at the stages of Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A - Life Science (Day 1), AI/ML (Day 2), DeepTech (Day 3), etc. (Day 4). The symposium offers a unique opportunity to connect startup founders with investors worldwide. Register Now and take advantage of a 50% discount code: SPO50GSS24 https://lnkd.in/g6nZegSz Thank you to all of our sponsors and partners for making this event happen. TCA Venture Group Orange County | TechCon SoCal | PeopleConnect Staffing | Orange County OC Startup Council | Keiretsu Forum | Berkeley Angel Network | New Mexico Angels, Inc. | Gao Family Office LLC | Ashton Capital | LabX Ventures®| Cross Ocean USSS Fund I (A) Del Feeder LP | Pasadena Angels | CarbonN Venture Partners | The Healthcare Syndicate | Medina Ventures | Rhapsody Venture Partners | MAKR Venture Fund | Indigenous VC | 7BC Venture Capital | Kamay Ventures | Breakform Ventures | VU Venture Partners | E12 Ventures | Venture Diplomat | Fundie Ventures | BDev Ventures | Techstars | Anza Capital | Allstate Strategic Ventures | Binary Crypto | Breakform Ventures | 37 Angels | NuFund Venture Group | TCA Venture Group | MEDA Ventures | TiE SoCal Angels | TiE Dallas Angels #Entrepreneurship #Startups #Founders #Angels #Investors #VentureCapital #TechLeadership #CommunityBuilder #FamilyOffices #PitchEvent #InvestorConference #StartupConference #PitchCompetition #Connect #Partners #Disrupt #Innovate #LifeScience #AI #ML #DeepTech #ClimateTech #Cybersecurity #Web3 #Blockchain #InnovativeLeadership #Networking #BusinessGrowth #Partner #BookAppointment #BookMeetings #Chat #Opportunities #DealFlow

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