Best of Data-Driven VC

In September 2022 I decided to double down on my deep passion for data-driven innovation and AI in VC by launching a weekly newsletter, Data-Driven VC.

Since then I’ve written 100+ newsletters (🤯) and Data-Driven VC reaches a community of 21,000+ readers (🤩).

Whether you’re new to Data-Driven VC or looking to catch up, here’s an organized list of the best hits spanning thought pieces & frameworks, step-by-step guides, insights from the data, and more.

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👩‍🎓 How-To Guides

Sourcing & Data Collection

• 3 Data Sources Every Investor Should Track

• How to scrape alternative data sources

• How to create a single source of truth for startups

• How to extract names from startup landscapes and market maps at scale

• How to find new LP investors for your fund at scale (+ list of top 46 LPs in German VC funds)

• A blueprint to map the entrepreneurial footprint of organizations

• A guide to AI-based startup sourcing

Screening & Due Diligence

• Find competitors of any company and measure their similarity with Google Sheets

• AI-powered Google Sheet to track LinkedIn profiles

• How to automate startup screening

ChatGPT & Agents

• 10x your productivity with ChatGPT

• How to build AI-based agents for founders and investors

• Your personal 10x Analyst: Everything you need to know about ChatGPT Code Interpreter

• Create custom GPTs & 10x your productivity: A tutorial for everyone

Productivity Hacks

• Top 13 Chrome plugins every VC should use

• Grow and manage your knowledge with "Second Brain" system

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🔭 Thought Pieces & Frameworks

Transform Your VC Firm

• Assess and win competitive deals with data & AI

• Measure productivity and identify potential for improvement

• 3 steps to convince the data-skeptics/dinosaurs

• Processes and frameworks for augmented VCs

• Why data-driven approaches are like an e-bike

• Why VCs should hire an engineer instead of another investment professional

• Differentiate - Even if everyone has the same data

• Whatever you do, be aware of these 21 biases

State of Digitization in VC

• The VC digitization journey

• An Emerging VC's Tech Stack

• Top 10 Takeaways from the Data-driven VC Landscape 2023

• Transformers, LLMs, and the (R)evolution of the Moonfire Tech Stack

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🕵️‍♂️ Insights From The Data

• Patterns of successful startups

• It's not what you know, but who you know

• The impact of gender inequality in startups

• Why do KPIs matter? The most comprehensive guide on what it takes to raise a growth round

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🤖 AI, AI, AI

• AI Cheat Sheet: Get the Basics Right With These 2 Simple Frameworks

• The impact of AI on the cost of starting and running a business

• How to not miss the AI train: Essentials you need to know

• Value accrual in the modern AI stack

• 10 charts about the state of AI