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  Pierre Schurmann

  

  Number of unicorn funding deals plummeted 50% in 2016

  VentureBeat - Bérénice Magistretti

  Unicorns are increasingly starting to look like regular horses, and their magic is fading. Back when there were only a handful of private companies valued at over $1 billion, the term certainly had meaning and value. Today, however, there are some 185 unicorns galloping around, and their numbers …

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  Pierre Schurmann

  

  How a bot could automate 80% of startup investment screening

  VentureBeat - Roger Dickey, Gigster

  I have a 100-step checklist that I use to screen new investments. I’ve backed about 70 companies, but I’ve evaluated 40x that many — a dizzying amount of research. The fact is, a bot could do 80 percent of that work for me. After all, I have a series of questions, and I need to fill in answers. …

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  Pierre Schurmann

  

  You pick the Valuation, I set the Terms…

  Medium - Alex Oppenheimer

  This is an old adage in the world of venture investing that represents the potentially massive disconnect between the “valuation” on the term sheet …

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  Pierre Schurmann

  

  The drought is over… a torrent of tech IPOs is expected in 2017

  TechCrunch - Sandy Miller

  We’ve just witnessed one of the most surprising tech IPO markets in decades. Wall Street set record upon record throughout 2016, and tech stocks led the way, hitting all-time highs. And yet, we saw a mere 13 IPOs for venture-backed U.S. technology companies during the entire year. I’ve been working …

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  Pierre Schurmann

  

  Europe on track for record tech investments this year - Atomico

  Reuters - Mia Shanley

  HELSINKI/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Europe's tech sector is on track for a record level of investments this year but poor access to late-stage capital is keeping it from creating independent tech "gorillas", one of the region's most active investors said. Europe is expected to hit $13.6 billion (10.89 …

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  Pierre Schurmann

  

  China’s investors target Brazil in hunt for growth

  Financial Times - Lucy Hornby

  Beijing’s shift from pure resources sparks $11.9bn of deals spanning food to tech