Anirudh Nair on LinkedIn: Last week, we at Base10 Partners, along with NFX hosted a gathering of VC… (original) (raw)
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Last week, we at Base10 Partners, along with NFX hosted a gathering of VC professionals to explore how Product, Data, and Engineering are shaping our industry. We welcomed over 30 guests from numerous firms including TCV, Abstract Ventures, Pear VC, ICONIQ Capital, Greenoaks, General Catalyst, First Round Capital, Y Combinator, Greylock, Lightspeed, Sapphire Ventures and Ribbit Capital. The core of our event was the 'Speed Shares' session. Four firms, including ours, demonstrated their use of data and engineering to enhance their investment strategies and workflow. Key Takeaways: Customization is Key: NFX showcased their internal version of otter.ai, demonstrating the substantial value of customizing and fine-tuning an LLM for specific use cases over off-the-shelf solutions. Check out Amy Lin's post about this here: https://dub.sh/gCxXbRRNew Venture Models Unlocked with Data: Tony Ho at GC is building the Customer Value Fund, which leverages Snowflake database connections to provide non-dilutive venture capital to startups. Learn more here: https://dub.sh/niI2XXkExpanding Data Tools for VC: There is a plethora of tools that have launched over the past few years to help VCs elevate their tech game. Ed Parsons has aggregated these tools at https://www.dataeng.vc/, and he is working on bringing more features to the platform! GPT as an effective Classifier: Our demonstration highlighted the effectiveness of using GPT to classify companies based on website descriptions according to emerging trends, offering out-of-the-box accuracy and insights. Interested in learning more about tech in VC? Reach out to me, Robby Greer, or Amy Lin to join our growing community of tech professionals in VC! A quick shout out to Robby Greer for being an amazing growth partner, who onboarded me onto the VC landscape and helped me gain a deep understanding of the industry in just a few months!
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