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My guess would be a team to provide a data-centric approach to investment. Crunch a whole lot of numbers to identify industry trends and specific firms that are

by neil_s 13y ago

My guess would be a team to provide a data-centric approach to investment. Crunch a whole lot of numbers to identify industry trends and specific firms that are promising, and see if those can replicate human performance. Or they're simply handling recruitment for a stealth portfolio startup.

graycat 13y ago
> industry trends Why? The VC firms never invest in an "industry", i.e., there are no such 'index funds'. Instead, VC firms invest in individual companies, and there what is just crucial is what the company does. If the company looks good, then mostly to heck with the darned industry. > Or they're simply handling recruitment for a stealth portfolio startup. In this case, poor startup: A16Z is doing a "piss poor" job 'helping' the startup!