🟣 Latest Report Shows Emerging Managers Are Disrupting Venture Capital

Decile Group’s latest report shows that the venture capital industry witnessed significant transformations in 2024, led by a new wave of emerging managers in venture capital.

The report highlights the evolving profiles of these managers, their fund structures, and the factors influencing their success or failure. With data from over 850 new and emerging VC firms annually, the insights reveal the critical trends shaping the future of venture capital.

Key Questions Driving the Change

The report covers these 4 main questions:

1. Who are the emerging managers in venture capital?

2. How are these managers approaching firm-building and fundraising?

3. What determines success or failure among emerging funds?

4. Which sectors are defining current investment trends?

Read the full overview here.

🟣 This Week in VC Research

Latest reports and research.

We’ve compiled 7 great VC reports and research released in January for you to dive into!

1. AngelList: State of Venture 2024

Freshly released report on venture performance throughout 2024, clarifying uncertain times and providing actionable data and candid analysis for GPs, LPs, and founders.

2. PitchBook: Q4 2024 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor

Get first-look insights into Q4 VC activity, with highlights on investment trends and sector dynamics.

3. Andreessen Horowitz's AI Voice Agents 2025

a16z’s recent update highlights the transformative role of AI voice agents in both enterprises and consumer interactions. As AI models advance, voice is poised to become a pivotal entry point for broader applications, offering businesses 24/7 customer engagement and providing consumers with accessible, always-available assistance.

4. Venture Capital Journal Jan/Feb 2025 Issue

The January-February 2025 edition of Venture Capital Journal features in-depth insights and spotlights emerging talents in VC, including Naomi Goez (Principal, Forum Ventures) and Roslyn Jin (Associate Partner, Antler).

5. Vanguard’s Investment Outlook for 2025

Vanguard’s 2025 U.S. economic outlook examines expected moderate GDP growth (just above 2%), a gradual decline in core inflation, and the Federal Reserve maintaining rates above 3.75%–4%. The report also explores alternative economic scenarios if these baseline projections do not materialize.

6. Venture5 Media VC Compensation Report

Venture5 Media’s salary survey offers detailed benchmarks across roles and regions.

7. Sequoia Capital's Arc Product-Market Fit Framework

A new framework by Sequoia Capital! Their Arc Product-Market Fit Framework identifies three startup archetypes: "Hair on Fire" (addressing urgent customer needs in competitive markets), "Hard Fact" (solving problems customers have resigned to accept), and "Future Vision" (introducing groundbreaking innovations that create new paradigms).

🟣 New Funds Announced in January 2025

We’ve added a new section to EverythingStartups with newly announced funds, which will be updated weekly!

↳Trucks Venture Capital - $70M fund

↳Defiant - $30M fund

↳Insight Partners - $12.5B fund

↳Quiet Capital - $377M fund

↳Madrona - $770M fund

↳Pelion Venture Labs - $800M fund

↳Curie.Bio - $342M fund

↳500 Global - Undisclosed size, new Saudi-based fund

↳Virtue - $55.7M

Currently raising according to SEC filings: 

↳Andreessen Horowitz x Eli Lilly - $500M fund

↳Root Ventures - $250M

↳8VC - $1B

🟣 VC Internships Galore

🚨 We’ll soon be adding VC jobs in the USA & Europe.

1. Venture Research Intern - Sony

   Location: San Mateo

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2. Private Equity Analyst Internship - Into City Prep

   Location: New York

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3. IFC Global Internship Program - IFC - International Finance Corporation

   Location: Washington

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4. Summer Investing Analyst - Evergreen

   Location: San Francisco

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5. VC Fellowship - The Impact Venture

   Location: San Francisco

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🟣 Startup Marketing Hacks: Submit Your Startup to These 49 Business Directories

We recently saw an excellent post on Twitter/X by Natia Kurdadze on business directories, and today we’re taking a deep dive into this topic since it can be really useful for helping startups with their marketing efforts.

We compiled a comprehensive guide to the top 49 directories where you can submit your startup, along with brief descriptions of each to help you prioritize your submissions.

Check it out here.

🟣 VC & Startup Favorites

Latest tidbits, resources, and social gems from the ecosystem.

The VC that passed on DeepSeek

When should founders hire generalists vs specialists?

a16z social media guide for startups

What it takes: A quantitative deep dive in last 100 $1B+ tech exits

The VC Stack

Co-founder of Linkedin new AI startup

12 things LPs should know about venture capital

Founder equity

9 tips to grow your audience

🟣 Top Pre-Seed to Series A funding rounds of the week

⚫ Healthtech ⚫

1. Little Otter, a digital mental health company focused on family care, secured $9.5 million in strategic funding.

→ Investors: Pivotal Ventures, Torch Capital, Springbank, and others
→ Founded by: Helen Egger MD and Rebecca Egger

2. OVUM, a medtech startup developing an AI-powered health assistant for women’s health conditions, raised $1.7 million in funding.

→ Investors: Giant Leap, Antler, Wollemi Capital, and others
→ Founded by: Dr Dr Ariella Heffernan-Marks

⚫ AI ⚫

3. Ivo, a startup offering an AI-powered platform to assist legal teams in contract reviews, raised a $16 million Series A round.

→ Investors: Costanoa Ventures, NFDG, Blackbird VC, and others
→ Founded by: Jacob Duligall and Min-Kyu Jung

4. Desteia (formerly Auba), a startup using AI to analyze unstructured data for managing global shipments, raised an $8 million seed round.

→ Investors: Autotech Ventures, Nazca, Village Global, and others
→ Founded by: Françoise Lavertu Stevens, Diego Solorzano, and Austin Poore

5. GetWhys a startup providing AI-powered customer insights for B2B companies, raised a $2.8 million seed round.

→ Investors: Next Frontier Capital, Tuesday Capital, Capital Eleven
→ Founded by: Philippe Boutros and co-founder and Tyler Honsinger

6. Solstice Health, a startup with an AI platform for speeding up life sciences marketing content approvals, raised a $3.5 million seed round.

→ Investors: Twelve Below, Virtue
→ Founded by: Aris Saxena

7. Neuralk AI, a startup that built an AI embedding platform to enhance business data analysis, raised a $4 million round.

→ Investors: Fly Ventures
→ Founded by: Antoine Moissenot and Alexandre Pasquiou

⚫ Blockchain ⚫

8. Mevvy, a startup offering a web-based platform for traders using strategies, raised a $2.8 million seed round.

→ Investors: Multicoin Capital, Chapter One Ventures, Hypersphere
→ Founded by: Melanie Haselmayr

⚫ Security ⚫

9. Frenos, a startup creating digital replicas of company networks to simulate cyberattacks, raised a $3.9 million seed round.

→ Investors: DataTribe
→ Founded by: Brian Proctor, Harry Thomas, and Eric Profittlich

⚫ Sales Tech ⚫

10. Warmly, a startup aggregating sales tool data to identify ready-to-buy customers, raised a $6 million Series A+ round.

→ Investors: RTP Global
→ Founded by: Max Greenwald, Carina Boo, Alan Zhao (Click-Through King) 👑, and Val Yermakovay

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