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News from the tech and venture ecosystem over the last week

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The Lowdown #16

The Lowdown #16

Merry Christmas from Aarish and Off Balance! Matthew Stafford, CoFounder of 9Others on Nothing Ventured, 50 more lessons from another 12 months as Founder and CFO

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The Lowdown #13

The Lowdown #13

Nothing Ventured talking venture debt with Bootstrap Europe, Hussein Kanji joins the Midas List Europe, Venture funding in Europe down 50% in 2023, ChatGPT One Year On

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The Lowdown #12

The Lowdown #12

Nothing Ventured Live with Eghosa Omoigui and Jonathan Sun, Plus my conversation with Sam Beni, the ex Head of Innovation at Tech Nation, All the spicey news around OpenAI's revolving door, Softbank and Tiger Global's falls from grace and Sam Lessin's take on the Future of Venture

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The Lowdown #11

The Lowdown #11

Nothing Ventured with Dom and Elliot Chapman, Is PE the new VC, Pitchbook's Q3 League Tables and are LPs running shy?

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The Lowdown #10

The Lowdown #10

A deep dive into data with Carta's Head of Insights Peter Walker plus Shruti Ajitsaria, Head of Fuse - Allen & Overy's Legaltech incubator on Nothing Ventured, Open AI releases GPTs, Elon Musk launches Grok by X.ai and Fred Destin announces he won't be raising a new fund at Stride - at least for now

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The Lowdown #9

The Lowdown #9

WeWork is done, Carta's State of Private Markets report, UK hosts first AI Safety Summit

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The Lowdown #8

The Lowdown #8

Nothing Ventured Season 5: Mark Kleyner - Dream VC, Julio Martinez - Abacum, Martin Sibley - Purple Goat Agency, Dan Pandeni Idhenga - 1818 VC and London Venture Capital Network, Dami Hastrup - Moonhub plus who's up next 👀

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The Lowdown #7

The Lowdown #7

Techno Optimism and the State of AI plus Julio Martinez Founder of Abacum on the Nothing Ventured Pod

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The Lowdown #6

The Lowdown #6

Private Equity firms pass the buck to themselves, Loom becomes a Loomicorn, California passes law mandating VCs report on diversity

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The Lowdown #5

The Lowdown #5

Atomico, Dawn Capital and Greylock Partners close billions whilst African Enza Capital locks down $58m - Venture keeps on growing

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The Lowdown #4

The Lowdown #4

Open AI looks to 3x its valuation, HS2 not on the move, Akshata Murty winds down her VC fund

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