We’re happy to share the latest in AltsTech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. We’re fortunate to interview Divya Narendra, Founder and CEO, SumZero. David Teten: Please give us an overview of your firm. Divya: SumZero is the world’s largest community of investment professionals working with the...
[Continue Reading]How VCs Are Eating Our Own Dogfood: AI & Technology to Generate Alpha in Private Markets
Here are the slides and video of my keynote talk from Eagle Alpha’s alternative data conference, Feb. 12, 2025, in NYC. I spoke on “How VCs Are Eating Our Own Dogfood: AI & Technology to Generate Alpha in Private Markets.” For more research on how investors in private companies can use AI and...
[Continue Reading]Founders Edge: How we quantitatively assess founders’ odds of success
I’m excited to share the latest in AltsTech’s periodic series on the tech and analytics stack of investment management firms. We’re fortunate to interview Greg Raiz, Founder of Founders Edge VC, and Jess Lynch, Partner. Founders Edge (fka Raiz Capital) is a member of the most recent Coolwater Capital cohort of emerging venture capital managers....
[Continue Reading]How Tiferes Ventures Uses AI to Make Better Investments
Tiferes Ventures is an AI-centric VC firm founded by Clark Valberg, co-founder and former CEO of InVision. Tiferes believes in eating their own dogfood, and recently organized an internal hackathon, in which all team members had to experiment with creating Custom GPTs for the respective processes they ran. Michael Rubin, SVP Strategy and Chief Legal Officer,...
[Continue Reading]Alternative Data 101 for Students and Professors
I recently met with a friend who’s an economics professor, who agreed with me that one of the best ways for rising academics to make a mark is to acquire and mine new data sets. I prepared for him a summary of resources to help students source and understand new, alternative data sets. If you’re...
[Continue Reading]Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using AI and analytics to make better investments
Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites. When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer...
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