114 Companies Created 43% of VC Exit Value🚀, Lessons from the Trenches 🩹, Organizing Your Board Framework 🗂️

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Dec 07, 2024

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Startup Scars: Lessons from the Trenches 🩹
Jason Cohen explores the hidden lessons startups learn from their toughest challenges, helping founders turn scars into growth strategies.

These are the countries where workers are most likely to use generative AI—and the U.S. is lagging behind the leaders 🤖
Generative AI may not be coming for your job, but it’s certainly coming to your job. Worldwide, 75% of knowledge workers now use gen AI in their work, according to a recent Microsoft survey.

Anthropic proposes a new way to connect data to AI chatbots 📊
Anthropic introduces the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a standard to enable AI assistants to access and use data from diverse sources like business tools and repositories.
Organizing Your Board Framework 🗂️
A comprehensive guide for startups on structuring and managing a board, ensuring alignment and strategic execution.

Corporate Venture Building’s Strategic Impact 💡
A McKinsey survey reveals that 50% of CEOs rank venture building as a top-3 priority, with companies investing in new ventures achieving significantly higher growth rates.

The Five Prospect Stages: Maximize Your Market Impact 🎯
Understanding prospects’ buying stages is critical. Focus on the 10% who are actively or open to buying with tailored content and efficient solutions while building awareness for the remaining 60%. Avoid wasting resources on the disinterested 30%.
114 Companies Created 43% of VC Exit Value 🚀
A staggering 1.4% of companies accounted for $5B+ exits over the last decade, showcasing the power law of VC. Felicis ranks 8th among early-stage investors for backing 8 of these top companies.

Liberty Mutual CVC Arm launches a $200M fund to support strategic investments in innovation and insurance tech
Luge Capital secures CAD 96M to back emerging fintech companies
Radical Ventures announces an $800M AI growth fund, focusing on the transformative potential of artificial intelligence
Armira Growth raises €200M to invest in scaling European companies
Supernode Global unveils its new €150M fund focused on early-stage deep tech startups
SilverTech Ventures launches a $250M fund to accelerate innovation in the health and aging tech sectors

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