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How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023

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Seed and pre-Seed investment levels and valuations remain healthy, there’s more talent in the market and less competition. From a technology point of view, new tech tools like generative AI means that tasks can be accomplished with fewer resources and at a higher speed. Luck favours the bold!

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How the pre-seed round made a comeback in 2024

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In smaller funds, ticket sizes tend to be lower, so pre-seed is the only stage where micro funds are able to secure their minimum equity targets. Lower valuations and follow on valuation sensitivity – fundraising is a recurring event in the life of a startup.

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2023 Global Venture Reports were Gloomy, but there are reasons to be optimistic

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That’s the case for most companies that are already in the market, especially if they raised funding at imaginary valuations before. Spoiler alert: I believe that 2024-2025 will be an amazing time to invest in early stage startups. Valuations are down massively from 2021 peak, especially at the growth stage.

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State of Israeli tech in Q4 2023

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A bright spot is emerging in early-stage funding, signaling renewed investor risk appetite and startup momentum. The rise in the number of funding rounds for AI startups in Q2 and Q3 is a testament to this trend, with Israel being no exception. The number of transactions is down as well, 41% less than 2022.