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Summary: This article discusses various venture capital news, including insights and analysis of VC firms, trends in investments, and the impact of technology on the industry. Key takeaways: The article mentions that Insight Partners is potentially raising over $10 billion for its 13th fund, and OpenAI may be altering its complex corporate structure. There is a growing trend of Silicon Valley companies following China's lead and a discussion of how VC Mike Moritz believes the pace of work in tech companies should be "furious." Y Combinator is expanding the number of cohorts it runs, a new decentralized music streaming service called Tune.FM is introduced, and there is discussion about startups working on addressing climate change. Counter arguments: There may be concerns about the potential drawbacks of following China's lead, and the idea of a "furious" pace of work may raise questions about work-life balance and company culture. Some may argue that expanding the number of cohorts may lead to a decrease in the quality or effectiveness of Y Combinator's program. The article does not mention potential challenges or limitations facing the new decentralized music streaming service or startups working on climate change solutions. #venture #venturecapital #vc

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Worth checking out for any companies at the right stage.

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I love this! Thank you to Rachel Brown from Beauty Independent to kick-off this exchange with Andrew Ross' provocative thesis and have us all react to it. I truly enjoyed reading everyone's thoughts on the topic of the shortening lifecycle of beauty brands. Here is a snippet of mine: "Because beauty brand lifespans are shortening, it is important that we are able to differentiate brands with staying power from brands that will end up being a flash in the pan. There are much more of the latter than the former in the market right now, and if a brand is not well-positioned, it will be challenging for that brand to survive over the long-term. That’s why we focus on understanding each brand’s differentiators and long-term relevance." See more here: https://lnkd.in/esVbwnu2 and you will discover what Kevin Murphy, Odile Roujol, Rich Gersten, Tina Henry Bou-Saba, Oliver Nordlinger, Claire Chang, Manica Blain, Sonya Brown, George Birman had to say. #beautyindustry #beautyinvesting Stride Consumer Partners

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The recently published Institutional Investor Digital Asset Study from Fidelity Investments certainly has some eye opening stats to browse through. Cudos to the team for a clear and concise overview. What stuck out most was the top reason investors cited for their change of view on the space... 💡 increased understanding 💡 This is still a new asset class, demonstrably so in the United States where acceptance has been slow. Increased education and understanding is paramount. Anyone with questions, reach out, always happy to answer incoming messages. Some other interesting tidbits: 1) Price volatility remains one of the largest barriers to entry [more thoughts to share here but at a later date...] 2) 30% of respondents saw digital assets as their own, unique asset class [interesting, what is your allocation to it?] 3) US investors remain the least accepting of digital assets [I think this really goes back to the first point of the post, increased understanding and truly think the tide is turning] If you are curious about the space, here to help through it. As someone who spent a decade working with fintechs and financial companies I get the skepticism. As an investor however, skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been the past twenty years #digitalassets #crypto #blockchain Full Survey (link below) https://lnkd.in/g7h2_Bq8

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In the context of the Governor’s proposed Mass Leads Act, my colleague Benjamin Downing and I spent some time thinking through Massachusetts' edge in our country’s expanding clean energy economy. In today’s Boston Business Journal, we caution that while Mass has long been a global leader in driving the energy transition, our pole position is no longer a given in an increasingly competitive environment. As we state in our op-ed: “At stake is the significant economic growth that comes from the convergence of multiple new trillion dollar markets for clean energy in electric power, transportation, heating and cooling. Doing nothing will cede this leadership to other states, limit our ability to direct the future of climate change mitigation, and result in the gradual erosion of our workforce.” We focus our recommendations on the need for new demand formation for clean technologies across sustainable cement and steel, and pathways for decarbonizing our natural gas infrastructure with hydrogen and heat pumps. These types of incentives were foundational for securing MA’s leadership in solar and energy efficiency a decade ago and should be replicated for the next phase of the state’s energy transition. https://lnkd.in/ef8x5BdY

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