The Gap
Early-stage investing is changing
Founders and investors are adapting in real time. Some recent notes and conversations that capture the transition towards AI in VC. Champion exists to work in that gap.
Ryan Hoover
Founder of Product Hunt
All that matters is winning
The job of an investor is to source, pick, win, and help. But as AI and public data erode the edge in sourcing and picking, winning allocations becomes the only thing that truly matters.
Introducing Fast Round
Ryan Hoover
Founder of Product Hunt
A tool to help founders fundraise by discovering which investors follow them on X and connecting via DM.
Standardizing Early-Stage VC Rounds
Dinesh Pai
Founders Office @Zerodha, Leading Investments @Rainmatter
Why early-stage investment rounds in India take too long and a proposal to standardize terms and due diligence timelines.
AI in Private Markets: Today's Alpha, Tomorrow's Infra
Donald Lee-Brown & Terran Mott
Research Team at Positive Sum
How AI is automating diligence and operations, with 70% of private market AI tools highlighting time savings.
Indian Pre-Seed VCs & Minimalism
Akshat Chhapolia
Helping Founders & CHROs hire hard-to-fill roles
A satirical yet insightful take on the 'minimalist' communication style of Indian pre-seed VCs and the realities of fundraising.
The Biggest Mistakes at Better Capital
Vaibhav Domkundwar
Early Stage VC | 3x Founder | Berkeley Alum
Reflecting on why falling in love with a problem too much without deep validation leads to investment mistakes.
The 10x VC: Moonfire's Tech-First Vision
Mattias Ljungman
Founder & Managing Partner at Moonfire
Using AI to redefine venture and build the era of the bionic VC, enhancing execution with data and algorithms.
Founders x VC x Tech x AI
Shubham and Tejas have been founders themselves. They’ve raised from VCs. Shubham later worked in early-stage investing. Having seen both sides of the table, the gap became hard to ignore.
Tejas Agarwal
Tech - Slice | ex - Razorpay | ex Co-Founder & CTO - Creditail | ISpirt | ex - Dunzo | ex - Smallcase
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Peter Thiel
Entrepreneur & Investor
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