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Doing Diligence Well In Venture Investing: Going Back To The Future

Crunchbase News

By Nicolas Sauvage Due diligence has made a comeback. On an average deal, VCs would spend 118 hours on due diligence and call 10 references. The assumption was often that someone else had already done the diligence. With that, high-quality diligence has returned, and it is both art and a science.

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14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies

TechCrunch

Last year, round sizes for climate tech startups quadrupled, with more than 600 investments totaling over $40 billion. What is your climate tech investment thesis in H1 2022? We’re constructive around things like voluntary carbon markets. Which technologies are you paying attention to right now?

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6 investors discuss why AI is more than just a buzzword in biotech

TechCrunch

VCs are also increasingly looking for what biotech startups can do with AI beyond just R&D and are wary of companies that use the technology as a marketing tool. The survey also covers the implications of U.S Have declines in the public-market valuations of biotech companies impacted your investments in the sector?

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What is digital transformation? A necessary disruption

CIO

Most CEOs (72%) continue to prioritize digital investments, according to the 2022 CEO Outlook report from KPMG, in part due to concerns about emerging and disruptive technology, a top three risk to organizational growth. Digital transformation is the integration of digital technologies into all aspects of business operations.

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Is fintech’s Series A market hot, or just overhyped?

TechCrunch

We’ve increasingly wondered if the Series A market in fintech is really as hot as it seems. As pre-seed and seed-stage investors, we know that the health of the Series A market is of critical importance. As investors have gotten more comfortable with the new normal, they have been more open to a virtual diligence process.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Fintech investor survey, data-driven fundraising, VC scouting jobs

TechCrunch

The public markets may have cooled on fintechs in recent months, but for entrepreneurs who are still considering starting up, “outlook good,” says the Magic 8 Ball. To find out, fintech reporter Mary Ann Azevedo contacted several active fintech investors to hear their thoughts on the state of the market in Q1 2022.

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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO

Optimizing cloud investments requires close collaboration with the rest of the business to understand current and future needs, building effective FinOps teams, partnering with providers, and ongoing monitoring of key performance metrics. We need hard metrics because we’re running 800 instances of cloud computers.

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