Detailed review of Cloud companies from Battery Ventures "Software now more than 40% of venture investing" drive.google.com/file/d/1w5Loau…

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DCVC Partner Alan Cohen shares his thoughts on #investing in #deeptech #technologies for human enablement, such as with @embarktrucks, Evolv Technology, Caption Health, and Agility dcvc.com/post/investing…

Equity investment in Scotland’s smaller businesses reached record levels in 2021, with Edinburgh named as the largest UK hub for deal activity outside of London insider.co.uk/news/record-ye…

Busy week for European venture funds. First Plural sifted.eu/articles/taave… Now this: Entrepreneur First in latest $158m funding round via Sifted Amy Lewin sifted.eu/articles/entre…

VC LP s "asking traditional VCs to slow their investment pace . This decreases the actual VC dollars in the market by 2-3X, even if the fund size announcements sound the same." blog.eladgil.com/2022/07/what-m… by Elad Gil

Our Airtable includes: 1. Specifically pre-seed funds like @CountdownVC, 1517 Fund, Cantos 2. Bigger seed funds like Refactor, NFX, Fifty Years, SciFi VC, Pillar VC 3. Big multi-stage funds like Lux Capital, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures Full list: outsetcapital.com/data/posts/dee…

Worth watching. Ignore the clickbait headline.

Sustainable, non-synthetic, CO2-negative , *high yield* nitrogen fertilizer for farmers — **right on seed** Massive breakthrough that increases Pivot Bio‘s already impressive leadership in this area — one more step towards self-fertilizing staple crops at scale

Financing trends, 1H22 from Wilson Sonsini Includes encouraging UK equity market update wsgr.com/a/web/3vzWYRRX…

America's Frontier Fund America’s Frontier Fund set up as non-profit to maximise long term investments in deep tech, building large commercial and dual-use companies focused on the national interest. steveblank.com/2022/09/13/nat… Anything like this in the UK?

“The downturn is an opportunity. It can help Europe mature exponentially quicker by developing the resilience muscle, fast” Atomico founder & CEO Niklas Zennström writes in today’s Financial Times ft.com/content/d3424e…

Amounts raised by Cooley startup clients: We call this Falling Off a Cliff cooleygo.com/trends/?utm_so…

A solid explanation of why the dry powder argument is garbage

#AI medical imaging firm Lisa Blackford has been acquired by global life sciences group Bayer AG insider.co.uk/news/blackford…

Congratulations to our portfolio co. CALCIVIS on the exciting news that they have now secured pre-market approval from the US FDA for the Calcivis Imaging System - the first Scottish medical device to secure the coveted accreditation! bit.ly/3IYkc0N

Super review by Ars Technica's Eric Berger of Ashlee Vance's book "When the Heavens Went on Sale" (itself on sale tomorrow)--which features DCVC-backed Rocket Lab and Planet. MUCH to be proud of here! Eric Berger 👇 arstechnica.com/science/2023/0…

Once again Dan Primack does first rate reporting and shows Moodys was going to double downgrade SVB early last week. The folks who are blaming VCs are just dead wrong. axios.com/newsletters/ax…

For more: semianalysis.com/p/google-we-ha…

Venture risk. Have seen this played out, and it's a high stress process, on top of the stress of building and selling product/service from Bryce Roberts bryce.medium.com/risky-business…