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  • Powering the brains of tomorrow’s intelligent machines

    Powering the brains of tomorrow’s intelligent machines

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    Shahin Farshchi Contributor Shahin Farshchi is a partner at Lux Capital. More posts by this contributor Four ways to bridge the widening valley of death for startups Building a great startup requires more than genius and a great invention Sense and compute are the electronic eyes and ears that will be the ultimate power behind…

  • Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs

    Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs

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    First Round Capital has both the Dorm Room Fund and the Graduate Fund. General Catalyst has Rough Draft Ventures. And Prototype Capital and a few other micro-funds focus on investing in student founders, but overall, there’s a shortage of capital set aside for entrepreneurs still making their way through school. Contrary Capital, a soon-to-be San…

  • To fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo Day

    To fund Y Combinator’s top startups, VCs scoop them before Demo Day

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    Hundreds gathered this week at San Francisco’s Pier 48 to observe the more than 200 companies in Y Combinator’s Winter 2019 cohort present their two-minute pitches. The audience of venture capitalists, who jointly manage hundreds of billions of dollars, noted their favorites. The very best investors, however, had already had their pick of the litter.…