May 10, 2020Member-onlyThe VC Tech StackTools for your investor soul — Full Tech Stack here! I. Setting the stage As everything these days seems to move online, it may be a good moment also for investors to sit back and re-evaluate the ways they run their businesses. When I started this mapping (and yes, it was way before the lockdown)…Venture Capital8 min readVenture Capital8 min read
Oct 17, 2019Member-onlyArtificial Friend or Virtual FoeIs AI making more good than harm? — I. Is AI doing any good at all? Researchers, entrepreneurs, and policy-makers are increasingly using AI to tackle development challenges. In other words, using AI for a greater good is a real thing. Several studies and prototypes have been run to prove the value of AI in high-impact fields…Sustainable Development8 min readSustainable Development8 min read
Sep 19, 2019Member-onlyUsing Machine Learning in Venture CapitalAssessing different ML methods to better score startups — Download the full article: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8821312 I. Setting the stage If you have read some of my previous posts, you may know I am very bullish on data-driven funds. …Venture Capital4 min readVenture Capital4 min read
May 29, 2019My Angel Investment ThesisBeing a good investor is, first of all, a matter of discipline. It is obvious that most of the time being a thematic-driven or general investor gives you more flexibility on where to invest, but it also makes easier for you to get lost into any opportunity that may…Venture Capital4 min readVenture Capital4 min read
May 23, 2019Member-onlyLife 3.0 and BiohackingRewriting Human Life in the Digital Age — I. Setting the stage Healthcare is a rare bird. We can neither disregard it nor make it cheap, simple, and safe (Fernandez et al., 2012). In fact, we globally spend more than 10% of the GDP in healthcare and about $1,000 per capita every year (World Health Organization, 2018)…Healthcare7 min readHealthcare7 min read
May 10, 2019Member-onlyData-driven VCsWho is using AI to be a better (and smarter) investor — I. A data-driven what?? The ones of you who know me are very well aware that if there is something which has sort of obsessed me for the last few years, this is definitely how to use analytics and AI to improve the venture industry. While I tended to…Venture Capital9 min readVenture Capital9 min read
Mar 28, 2019Member-onlyDistributed Artificial IntelligenceA primer on Multi-Agent Systems, Agent-Based Modeling, and Swarm Intelligence — I. Setting the stage Almost two years ago, I paused thinking about the future of AI and drew down some “predictions” about where I thought the field was going. One of those forecasts concerned reaching a general intelligence in several years, not through a super powerful 100-layers deep learning…Artificial Intelligence14 min readArtificial Intelligence14 min read
Oct 15, 2018Member-onlyThe blockchain-enabled intelligent IoT economyThe convergence of AI, blockchain, and IoT — The 21st century would be the “century of complexity” (Stephen Hawking) I. Setting the stage The IoT and consumer hardware industry have seen multiple failures and a few exits over the last 12–18 months (while the B2B side has been doing a bit better overall) and some critics have been recently made to…Blockchain13 min readBlockchain13 min read
Aug 31, 2018Member-onlyArtificial Intelligence and Venture Capital: a RecapA few weeks ago I wrote a quite long post trying to highlight the existing studies that either proved or disproved the impact of a specific feature on the probability of a company to succeed. The post is very detailed and frankly sometimes hard to read cause it looks more…Artificial Intelligence2 min readArtificial Intelligence2 min read
Aug 29, 2018Member-onlyAI Knowledge Map: how to classify AI technologiesA sketch of a new AI technology landscape — A shorter version of this article appeared first on ForbesMachine Learning11 min readMachine Learning11 min read
