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Requests for Startups in 2024

VC Cafe

AI to make IRL matches – What if you could chat with a bot that learns about you on a deeper level and uses this information to make a curated set of matches? Smart Contracts – Powering the internet-native financial system, smart contract networks could generate fees of $450bn in 2030. It’s time to build!

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Generative AI: Opportunity or the end of media as we know it?

VC Cafe

The internet had a massive impact on the media industry, as the reporting of news became a commodity few are willing to pay for. One of our strategic investors is using HourOne.ai (disclosure: a Remagine Ventures portfolio compan y) to create synthetic video news around sports. But is the opposite true as well?

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The rise of the vertical reputation graph

Version One Ventures

They are artifacts of an older time, before the Internet made it so easy for people to share their work with the world. These vertically-focused platforms cater to the specific needs of their users, offering a close networking community around shared interests. In this process, the CV and its lines of text are pretty inconsequential.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare). Tell us more about MetaCafe? (37:00-40:30).

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Our Investment in One Jackson: Fresh, Yet Familiar

Genuine VC

One Jackson is a new online children’s clothing retailer which is surprisingly fresh – all of its designs were created by independent designers and then curated with love from its community of parents. For us, the investment is certainly fresh and newest in our portfolio, but it also feels familiar.