Early-stage emerging technology venture capital. Actively engaging in angel and start-up investing, Real-Estate investments and development projects.

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Investing in early-stage startups creating or using emerging technologies to provide better solutions which were previously not possible.

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INVESTING IN TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGY TODAY

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Big VC vs Small VC

Big VC Funds Are Underperforming Smaller Ones and Their Future Is Dim

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Seed-stage investors react to higher hurdles for Series A funding

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Venture capital firms lose billions in start-up winter

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3,200 VC-Backed Companies Go Under in ‘Difficult Year’ for Startups

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THE BIRTH OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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Deep tech exits: Not just science fiction anymore

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IBM releases first-ever 1,000-qubit quantum chip

13 Biggest AI Stories of 2023

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VC VALUATIONS.  4 charts: Stagnant VC valuations fail to spur discount investment spree

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AI is about to completely change how you use computers

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Scoop: Andreessen Horowitz prepares its next mega-funds

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Billionaire Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, says a lot of venture capitalists screw their investors

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France wants to boost angel investment by copying UK’s investment schemes

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Timing Is The Single Biggest Reason Why Startups Succeed!

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Air Taxi Anyone?

Google

Google’s AI-powered search experience can now generate images

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From FTX to Coinbase ventures, plenty of VCs have made big crypto bets that could actually pan out

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Creators raising venture capital: Unsettling or genius?

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California passes law mandating VC firms to release investments’ diversity information

Y Combinator beefs up with a string of new lieutenants

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Venture capital spring is here

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Where Do Unicorns Come From?

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AI rivals the human nose when it comes to naming smells

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A closer look at seed investors’ biases and incentives

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Harvard Medical School Creating AI in Medicine Ph.D. Track

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Future Fund was meant to save British startups. Now it risks bankrupting them

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Startup extinction season is going to kick into high gear 

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Nvidia earnings show AI hype isn’t slowing down

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Angel and seed funding remain insulated from startup market volatility: Report

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Startup founders should care more about Serve Robotics’ listing

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Venture funding on Carta inched upward in Q2

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Q1 2023 Venture Financing Report

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Microsoft launches Pegasus program for startups, awarding up to $350,000 in credits

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The AI wars are heating up

Meta AI Releases the Segment Anything Model (SAM)

Bill Gates: The Age of AI has begun

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World’s largest asset manager BlackRock is exploring ‘tokenization of stocks’

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VC funding dropped to $18 billion last month

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No Pilot, No Problem? Here’s How Soon Self-Flying Planes Will Take Off

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Waymo’s L.A. Robotaxi Fleet Is Going Fully Driverless

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 Israeli foodtech startups rank second in the world in terms of investments

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Sequoia Doubles Down On Seed Investing

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Designing Ethical Self-Driving Cars

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Predictions: Top global CTOs predict the key tech trends for 2023