Contents

• Editorial: Bonfire of the Unicorns

• Essays of the Week

  • Historical Futurism
  • Venture Capital and the Retail Investor
  • Raising a fund in a downturn
  • Fundraising in Confusing Times
  • Fundraising is Hard - Fund of Fund Fundraising is Harder
  • Unicorns Hobbled Amid VC Pullbacks
  • The Unicorn Fire Sales Ahead
  • Hopin, the struggling virtual conference unicorn, sells events and engagement units to RingCentral
  • Reset & Rethink – Assessing Venture Capital with Gené Teare of Crunchbase

  • Video of the Week

  • LK-99 - Room Temperature Super Conductor

  • AI of the Week

  • SEC Proposes New Conflict of Interest Regime for Predictive Technology

  • Where Will AI Have the Biggest Impact? Healthcare.

  • News Of the Week

  • State of Private Markets: Q2 2023

  • Early-Stage Venture Capital Investment Down 54%
  • Coatue Raises $331 Million for Early-Stage Fund, 34% Below Target
  • Alphabet Stands Out in a Trio of Unimpressive Earnings
  • Meta Posts Strong Q2 Results as Facebook Crosses 3B Monthly Active Users
  • AngelList expands into private equity with the acquisition of fintech startup Nova
  • Venture Capital Firm Sequoia Cuts Crypto Fund by 66%
  • Volkswagen takes 5% stake in XPeng as part of Chinese EV deal
  • Tuesday Capital, a Silicon Valley firm that moved to Austin during the pandemic, captures $31M for its newest seed-stage fund

  • Startup of the Week

  • LK-99

  • Tweet of the Week

  • Stripes New CFO

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