VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Taking stock of the venture capital market in 2023, it’s clear to see that we’re in a transition point. In today’s market, I believe small is beautiful, and that specialisation matters. Seed and pre-Seed investment levels and valuations remain healthy, there’s more talent in the market and less competition.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Pre-seed rounds accounted for 14% of all seed stage deals in 2023, up from just 5% in 2020 according to Pitchbook data and I predict it will be even higher in 2024. Seed is about showing initial product market fit. While the answers are somewhat semantic, the pre-seed funding round is making a comeback in 2024 startup financing.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

I believe that the Creative AI landscape is ripe for disruption and will advance leaps and bounds in the next five years. In this post I cover a non-exhaustive list of content categories that are being re-invented with AI. GPT-3, a complex algorithm for AI text generation, is making text automation broadly available.

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