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How VCs create value


Venture Capitalists create value

VCs are in risky business as mentioned in a recent article where I talked about how the Venture Capital business operates. Yet the world’s top seed investor, Fabrice Grinda is developing a systemic approach to generating a steady 68% realized Internet Rate of Return. I’ll talk about my conversation with Fabrice in an upcoming article. In this article, I’ll talk about how VCs create…

Emmanuel Macron - France Digital Day - courtesy of Sputnik

Building unicorns: sure! But why? How is the current French president, Emmanuel Macron, planning on creating an innovation ecosystem conducive to giving birth to 25 unicorns by 2025? What is it about the existing French economy that must be overhauled? And why is it important for France to be producing unicorns in the first place? How does this tie into value creation and jobs?…

As digital technologies should pave the way to $1210 billion in value by 2025, bankers will be playing a dual role. First of all, they will be investing across many industries in order to optimize production chains and increase overall capital efficiency. Second of all, they’ll be revamping their own business as the financial sector should generate $108 Bn in value by 2025. But where…

What are the most sizable market segments in the industrial internet space? Which sectors stand as the most promising? What use cases may turn out as most conducive to growth and profitability? What technologies should we invest in? These questions prove crucial to: Established digital players such as IBM, Accenture and Fujitsu, Startups-turned-multi-billion-dollar-corporations like Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon, Incumbent industrial companies looking to…