🟣 Roundup of New Venture Capital Funds December 2024

December 2024 was a strong month for venture capital fundraising, with a range of established and emerging firms announcing significant funds to support high-potential startups. From AI to biotech, gaming, and energy, these funds reflect the industry’s continued focus on early-stage innovation and strategic follow-on investments.

Notable among these were Dimension Capital and Fifth Wall, both securing a $500 million fund, while other firms like Swish Ventures also raised substantial funds.

Here’s a roundup of the venture funds launched last month, highlighting the diverse strategies and target sectors fueling VC interest across the globe.

🟣 This Week in VC Marketing

Biweekly marketing lens for venture capital firms. 

How can you stand out as a VC?

I have a very special interview dropping next week with an incredible marketer of a VC firm. Stay tuned.

For this week, I’m sharing a checklist on how to know if your VC firm’s content is on point. Here ya go:

Branding

• Does your homepage clearly describe your firm's value proposition?

• Can your visitors list the sectors or investment themes you want to be recognized as an expert in?

• Are you using clear and consistent branding (logos, colors, fonts) across all content formats?

• Do you highlight results, milestones, or achievements that demonstrate your firm's credibility and success?

• Do you have a FAQ section addressing common questions from startups and potential partners?

Strategy

• Is there a clear strategy behind the content you post, aligned with your firm's goals?

• Do you align your content distribution strategy with the consumption habits of your target audience (e.g., preferred social media platforms, content formats)?

• Do you have a content calendar to ensure consistent and strategic content distribution of new and old content?

• Are you conducting regular audience research to understand their changing needs, preferences, and pain points?

Engagement & Communication

• Are you monitoring and responding to comments and messages on your social media platforms?

• Are your social profiles active and engaging, with relevant followings?

• Do you post content on social media and your blog regularly? (more than once a week)

• Are you utilizing multimedia content (videos, podcasts, infographics) to enhance engagement and reach?

• Do you engage in content partnerships or guest blogging to expand your audience and increase credibility?

🟣 VC Internships Galore

1. Private Equity Intern - Caprae Capital Partners

   Location: Chicago

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2. VC Internship - Palumni VC

   Location: Miami

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3. VC Internship - Connecticut Innovations

   Location: New Haven

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4. VC Internship - HBCUvc

   Location: Remote

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5. VC Internship - Amex Ventures

   Location: New York

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🟣 Where are VCs betting big in 2025?

Where are VCs betting big in 2025? (it's not only AI)

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 10 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐕𝐂𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫. 👇

1. AI in Clinical Trials

2. AI in Fintech & Healthcare

3. AI-Driven Vertical Software

4. GenAI in Europe

5. AI in Legacy Industries

6. Compliance Software

7. Ethical Fintech

8. Cross-Border Payments

9. Better Consumer Experiences

10. Sustainability Transformation

🟣 For the founders: A brief overview of how Robinhood got its first customers

Last year I worked with a founder and helped them get 1 million impressions across 3 posts.

I wanted to share with you what we did to do that, because:

Amazing content ≠ immediate growth.

That’s a part of it, yes. But not the whole story.

And there’s one REALLY important thing that helped a lot (no, not the hook).

Here’s the story.

🟣 VC & Startup Favorites

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

A YC founder shares their top growth hacks

What’s inside an early-stage VC investment memo

30 growing startups with job openings

13 companies that could go public in 2025

Investor updates matter

How to “hook” in exactly 3 seconds

Femtech startups that got funding in December 2024

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

⚫ Healthtech ⚫

1. Twentyeight Health, a platform providing online consultations and home delivery of birth control, raised a $10 million Series A round.

Investors: Seae Ventures, Impact America Fund, and others
Founded by: Bruno Van Tuykom and Amy Fan

2. Red Rover Health, Inc., a platform enabling healthcare providers to integrate third-party applications into their electronic health record systems, raised a $4 million seed round.

Investors: NewShore Partners
Founded by: John Orosco

⚫ Cleantech ⚫

3. Alta Resources, a company developing advanced methods to extract rare earth elements from low-grade sources and electronic waste, raised a $5.1 million seed round.

Investors: DCVC, Voyager Ventures, Orion Industrial Ventures, and others
Founded by: James Bere

⚫ Data Privacy ⚫

4. Dataships, a platform that helps SMBs automate compliance with data privacy laws, raised a $7 million Series A round.

Investors: Osage Venture Partners
Founded by: Michael Storan and Ryan McErlane

⚫ AI ⚫

5. Fazeshift (YC S24), a platform automating accounts receivable processes, raised a $4 million seed round.

Investors: Gradient Ventures, Y Combinator, Wayfinder, and others
Founded by: Caitlin Leksana and Timmy Galvin

6. Fermata, a platform that uses AI to detect pests and diseases in crops, raised a $10 million Series A round.

Investors: Raw Ventures
Founded by: Valeria Kogan

7. Jentic, a platform creating AI agents to automate tasks, raised a $4.1 million pre-seed round.

Investors: Elkstone, Sure Valley Ventures, TechOperators, and others
Founded by: Sean Blanchfield, Dorothy Creaven, Michael Cordner, and Dr. Tilman Schaeffer

⚫ Blockchain & Crypto ⚫

8. JAN3, a wallet designed for seamless management of Bitcoin and Tether, raised a $5 million seed round.

Investors: Fulgur Ventures, Grupo Salinas, Tether, and others
Founded by: Samson Mow

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