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So here’s the thing… you all know how we love bombarding you with awesome insights here at Cake. Here's Lauren Capelin, VC BD, Amazon Web Services (AWS), sharing valuable points that can transform the way you approach investor meetings at the Giant Warm Intro. Watch this short clip of her talking about: ✅ Zooming out to focus on your long-term objectives. ✅ Connecting meetings to your broader strategy. ✅ Conducting research to tap into unique expertise. Want more startup funding insights? Watch the whole webinar, link in the comments below. #StartupSuccess #InvestorMeetings #GiantWarmIntro
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Today in TechCrunch, Janelle Teng and I from Bessemer Venture Partners share our 7 Cloud Resiliency Lesson for Founders and Startups to navigate this market in anticipation to shift from Survive to Thrive! The end of 2023 will mark nearly 2 years of the most challenging time we've seen in the SaaS ecosystem in more than a decade. Founders and their teams have had to weather one heck of a storm just to stay afloat: from the shock of COVID lows, to remote work highs that fueled software spend, back to global macroeconomic uncertainty, inflation & interest rates, banking collapses, geopolitical conflict, a shift to efficiency and weighing recessionary fears. List goes on and on but startup Founders are the true embodiment of Resilience! 👇 https://lnkd.in/eUSHP93J
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If you're a startup, beware of misaligned incentives. Keep in mind that MANG investors have strategic directives that may not always align with purely financial investors. This misalignment of interests may lead to limitations or blocks on acquisition offers or financing rounds that may have been financially advantageous but not in line with their strategic interests. Stay vigilant and carefully consider all investors before making any decisions. #startup #investors #misalignedincentives
New VC in town: “MANG”
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Index Ventures just published a book looking at 200 companies that grew to 1k employees. And 3 years ago published an impressive How To guide on expanding to the US from Europe https://lnkd.in/erH-VC2Q. Since hosting Index in 2014 we've been codifying those practices for New Market Growth so Founders can re-use them on Venture Cloud using AI at http://globalventure.com. #GrowwithAI #VentureCloud #ArtificialIntelligence
A VC Firm Tracked 200 Startups Through The Chaos Of Growing Fast. Here’s What It Found.
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🚀 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 $642 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 $7 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 CoreWeave, a leading AI cloud infrastructure company, has achieved a $7 billion valuation with a substantial minority investment of $642 million. The funding, led by Fidelity Management And Research Company, along with participation from key players like Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO), Jane Street, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and others, signifies strong investor confidence in CoreWeave's strategic position. 🌩️ 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞'𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: - Specialized GPU cloud provider - Modern hardware engineering - Proprietary software stack for complex workloads - Transitioned from Ethereum mining to advanced cloud computing 💡 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: - 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬: Raised $221M in April, $200M Series B extension, $2.3B debt facility in August - 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: Quadrupled employee headcount, expanded data center presence - 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞: Trusted by major AI players like Inflection AI, Mistral 👥 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: Investors recognize CoreWeave's market-leading performance, significant technology advantage, and strong customer adoption. The funding emphasizes the differentiation CoreWeave brings to the market, addressing the critical need for AI computing power. 🚀 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞: - 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: End-to-end control for optimized workload management, visibility, and stability. - 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: Define the next generation of cloud computing, catering to the evolving demands of the AI industry. - 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: Continuously contribute to the advancement of AI software adoption. #VentureCapital #FundingNews #AI #CloudInfrastructure #AIComputing #TechInvestment #StrategicInvestment https://lnkd.in/d_MSrF6u
Fidelity and Jane Street Back CoreWeave at $7B Valuation
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Today Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes, and Salesforce Ventures announced the eighth rendition of The Cloud 100! ☁ The companies in this year’s cohort—representing $654 billion in aggregate value—are innovating with AI and driving efficient growth. Seventy of the 2023 Cloud 100 honorees are using AI or ML in their products today, and 94% of companies on the list are expected to be profitable by the end of 2025. From the Bessemer Venture Partners Growth team, Mary D'Onofrio, Janelle Teng, Alex Yuditski, Andrew Schmitt, and I break down the key trends seen with the 2023 Cloud 100 in this year's benchmarks report ⬇ https://lnkd.in/gpNXgTC8
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In the annals of Silicon Valley’s storied history of booms and busts, the tale of #Juicero stands out not merely as a business case gone awry but as a psychological enigma. How could savvy Venture Capitalists, seasoned in the art of discerning the wheat from the chaff, pour substantial resources into what now seems, in retrospect, a glaring misstep? In this post, I delve into the psychological underpinnings that played a pivotal role in Juicero’s rise and fall. I peel back the layers of Founder charisma—a compelling force that can cloud judgment and skew investment decisions. I also examine the subtler yet equally potent power of projection bias, where Investors and Founders imbue their desires and expectations onto the market, crafting an illusory demand that fails to materialize. In our newsletter #129: 📊 The Poll: Why do VCs make Juicero-like mistakes? > https://lnkd.in/eYSyDWwM? 📨 The Tweet: Sam Altman (formerly OpenAI, now Microsoft) 📖 The Article: Courtney Russell McCrea & Sara Zulkosky (Recast Capital) 📺 The Video: John Hu (Stan) 📈 The Graph: Chris Harvey ▶️ https://lnkd.in/e4MakNrA 📨 Subscribe now! #venturecapital #newsletter
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