AI Investment Thesis with Daniel Cohen, Viola Ventures

AI Investment Thesis with Daniel Cohen, Viola Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had Daniel Cohen, General Partner at Viola Ventures, discussing his firm’s AI Investment thesis. If you have been following this series, you know that it has yielded a lot of insights. If you want to catch up with the series, check out my new Udemy course How VC Investors Think About AI Startups .

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

The Animation Co.

First, Varun Taneja from Mumbai, India, pitched The Animation Co. , a super interesting animation company that fuses influencer marketing with original content production. Very cool!

Help Me Find My Baby LLC A Missing Dog Service

Then, Megan Groce from Roanoke, Alabama, pitched Help Me Find My Baby LLC A Missing Dog Service , a service for locating missing dogs. Did you know 10 million dogs are reported as missing in America every year?

As always, I would very much like to hear about your business, so let me invite you to come and pitch at one of our?free 1Mby1M public roundtables . We will be holding future roundtables on Thursdays at 8am PDT:

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The key insights in short are a competitive market with abundant capital, challenging talent acquisition, and the importance of due diligence focused on fundamentals. He advises startups to fundraise early and tell compelling stories. Notable trends include sector specialization and secondary exits, while FinTech, cybersecurity, and AI applications across industries present significant investment opportunities. Adaptability and strategic focus are crucial in this evolving landscape.

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Sufiyan Ishaq

CloudHire | CEO

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Leveraging AI offers invaluable opportunities - intriguing to hear varied perspectives?

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