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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a16z is challenging Silicon Valley’s love for drop-outs by launching a school

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Raising a Seed Round Is Harder Than Ever — Here's Why, and What It Means for Emerging Managers

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VC-backed startups commit more fraud, and researchers think they know why 

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The $100M Pre-Seed Problem

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The new math: Why seed investors are selling their winners earlier

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ACA Releases Model Convertible Promissory Note

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Valuations of startups have quietly rebounded to all-time highs. Some investors say the slump is over. 

Seed VCs are turning to new ‘pro rata’ funds that help them compete with the big firms

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Why Have Early Stage Valuations Remained Surprisingly High?

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Beyond AI, venture market remains stodgy midway through 2024

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A venture capital firm looks back on changing norms, from board seats to backing rival startups

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Peter Thiel-founded Valar Ventures raised a $300 million fund, half the size of its last one

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Techstars Seattle is shutting down as accelerator shifts focus to cities with more VC activity

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Why Sequoia’s Klarna board drama made the VC world wince

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Investors raise billions to buy discounted stakes in start-ups

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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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Deep tech exits: Not just science fiction anymore

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

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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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Scoop: Andreessen Horowitz prepares its next mega-funds

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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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A closer look at seed investors’ biases and incentives

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

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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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VC funding dropped to $18 billion last month

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Sequoia Doubles Down On Seed Investing

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VC Funding down 66% YOY but early-stage activity remains robust

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Khosla isn't quitting yet