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Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be defined as “the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings” (Britannica). The […]

By excluding the 5 biggest stocks – Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Facebook – the Nasdaq Composite Index is in bear market territory in 2021, with […]

Pitchbook recently tried to answer this important question for investors in general in the article “Index of Venture-Backed IPOs”: do VC-backed IPOs perform better than the […]

PeterThiel’s now classic book ‘Zero to One’ is about how to build companies that create new things and new markets. “Of course, it’s easier to copy […]

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, was in the news this week (no news) for his Tesla shares selling. Musk sold a $5 billion block, or […]

The Brazilian stock market index (IBovespa) reached its peak 13.5 years ago, in May 2008, at 72,767 points. Adjusted to inflation (IPCA), this peak level would […]

The recent IPO of Toast and the direct listing of Amplitude raised again the issue of what is the best method to go public under the […]

Coursera believes that: “Learning is the source of human progress”. We do too. That’s why we invested in Coursera in June 2019. At the time, Coursera’s […]

At the half-year mark in 2021, the VC market is breaking all time records: 1) More than $288B was invested in VC worldwide — the prior […]