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General Catalyst, Spark in Talks to Back OpenAI Rival

By Kate Clark, Erin Woo and Amir Efrati · Jan. 12, 2023 12:00 PM PST
OpenAI is bringing back an element of the tech boom that had briefly gone dormant: steep valuations. As the artificial intelligence developer talks to Microsoft and others about a deal valuing it at more than $20 billion, at least 100 times its projected revenue this year, rival startups are trying to score similarly high prices from venture... OpenAI is bringing back an element of the tech boom that had briefly gone dormant: steep...
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After ‘Irrational Cycle,’ Venture’s Limited Partners Exert More Power Over Funds

By Kate Clark · Jan. 10, 2023 6:00 AM PST · 7 comments
The increasingly bloodied market for tech startups is strengthening the hand of one group of investors: the wealthy individuals and institutions that put money into venture capital funds. These limited partners are seeking better terms, such as guaranteed access to startup deals, reductions in the fees they pay the VC firms and even stakes in a... The increasingly bloodied market for tech startups is strengthening the hand of one group of...
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Josh Wolfe’s War: The Lux Capital Founder Blazes a Controversial Path in Defense Tech

By Margaux MacColl · Jan. 6, 2023 9:21 AM PST · 7 comments
Josh Wolfe arrived at a remote island in the Philippines by inflatable boat, surrounded by men with large guns. It was 2019 and the founding partner of the New York venture firm Lux Capital was on a very strange work trip. Over the course of two weeks, American soldiers escorted Wolfe through the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia and... Josh Wolfe arrived at a remote island in the Philippines by inflatable boat, surrounded by men...
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Insight’s New Fund & VC’s Worsening Diversity Problem
By Kate Clark · Jan. 5, 2023 1:58 PM PST · 2 comments
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Insight’s New Fund & VC’s Worsening Diversity Problem

By Kate Clark · Jan. 5, 2023 1:58 PM PST · 2 comments
New efforts to back minority entrepreneurs and fund managers are relatively few and far between these days, especially compared to 2020, when heavyweights such as SoftBank, Andreessen Horowitz and Google launched specialized funds to support underrepresented founders. One outlier is Insight Partners, which is planning to raise over $100... New efforts to back minority entrepreneurs and fund managers are relatively few and far between...
Venture Capitalists Want to Save the Planet Again
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Venture Capitalists Want to Save the Planet Again

By Kate Clark · Dec. 22, 2022 11:00 AM PST · 1 comment
We’ve written so much about venture capitalists rushing to back instant-delivery and direct-to-consumer startups that never created any value and haven’t made a positive impact on the world. That’s why it’s a relief to hear investors are chasing deals in startups tackling climate change again.Brian Halligan, the former CEO of HubSpot, had his... We’ve written so much about venture capitalists rushing to back instant-delivery and...
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Welcome to the Age of the Fit Startup

By Ben Narasin · Dec. 14, 2022 9:00 AM PST · 14 comments
In 2011, Eric Ries took a two-word concept—the “lean startup”—and turned it into a manifesto, a guidebook for a burgeoning class of entrepreneurs empowered by the new proliferation of seed investors. Lean startups ran fast and cheap, testing and deploying products repeatedly until they achieved the holy grail of product... In 2011, Eric Ries took a two-word concept—the “lean startup”—and turned...