VC Theses #98 | The Rise of Synthetic Media, Next Gen Real Estate, & more
Oct 17th–23rd | Insights from Bessemer, NFX, Pace Capital, Slow Ventures, A16Z, and others
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Investment Themes, Theses, & Outlooks
Roadmap: The rise of synthetic media (Janelle Teng, VC @ Bessemer)
Generative Tech Begins (James Currier, GP @ NFX)
What I’m chasing down these days (Jordan Cooper, GP @ Pace Capital)
Opportunities in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Measurement & Insights Tooling (Ripple Ventures)
Brazil’s Surprising Fintech Tailwind (Flora Oliveira & Angela Strange, A16Z)
3 Things: Spirit Halloween for Other Holidays, Diapers.com for Seniors, Wheel for Home Health (Elaine Zelby, Partner @ SignalFire)
Industry Developments & Analyses
Next Gen Real Estate: Unpacking PropCo Alpha Generation Sources (Alpaca VC Team)
AI: Startup Vs Incumbent Value (Elad Gil, Angel Investor)
Consumer Social Is Dead. Long Live Consumer Social. (Rex Woodbury, Partner @ Index)
Digital health is just ecommerce all over again (Yoni Rechtman, Principal @ Slow Ventures)
Climate's Corporate Conscience (Meera Clark, Principal @ Redpoint)
The Creativity Supply Chain (Michael Mignano, Partner @ Lightspeed)
Guides, Case Studies, and Best Practices for Operating
Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) 101 (Morgan Cheatham, VP @ Bessemer)
How To Run a Pricing Project (Kyle Poyar, Partner @ OpenView)
Everything You Need to Know About Market Sizing (Alex Iskold, GP @ 2048)
⚠️ BeReal ⚠️ (Ali Abouelatta, First1000)
How Similarweb Grew To $190M Revenue Run Rate And Beyond (Kyle Poyar, Partner @ OpenView)
Additional Reads
Alien Truth (Paul Graham, Founder @ Y Combinator)
Our Secret: Delivering the Same VC "Product" to the Next Generation of Founders (Rick Zullo, GP @ Equal Ventures)
The Most Dangerous Thing About The Moment (Michael Dempsey, GP @ Compound)
Learning To Dream (Kyle Harrison, GP @ Contrary)
So, is it Venture scale? (Abhishek Maran, VC @ Folklore Ventures)
Gassing the Miracle Machine (Packy McCormick, GP @ Not Boring)
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