Venture Capital

AI And Medical Imaging Startups? 6 Key Trends

Is “IBM Watson Health Imaging” the Future of Healthcare? Google details AI that classifies chest X-rays with human-level accuracy. New Research...
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Think Global, Act Local: 4 Keys For Startups To Expand Into New Market...

You are a startup that has done fantastic in your home market. Congratulations. Can you repeat it in new markets? This...
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Raising A Startup Round? The 5 Steps To Keeping Momentum And Actually ...

The three core requirements for raising a strong round of financing: substance — vision and results, our put it another way...
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So A Big VC Fund Is Investing In Your Startup? 4 Practical Considerati...

First of all — congratulations. Getting a round together always takes work and a big VC fund is certainly a big...
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To Be Or Not To Be: Operator Vs Founder Vs Investor?

As an operator turned founder turned investor I get asked often the pros and cons of being each. I often respond...
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COVID19 and Venture Capital

Venture Capital market analysis from the Great Recession to COVID19 When analyzing a startup, especially the ones at early-stage, investors focus...
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We Need A Lot More Than Data: How Startups Can Harness AI

You open your phone, take an eye exam, and find out your risk of Alzheimer’s 3-5 years ahead even though you...
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Startup101: How Do I Divide Equity Among My Cofounders And Employees?

So you have just spent six months building a prototype with an early team, punting the question on how to divide...
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Fundraising During A Pandemic? 4 Ways For Startups To Be Most Effectiv...

The fundamentals of pitching a startup during a pandemic are no different than pitching in normal times. In fact, there is...
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So You Want To Invest In Startups? 5 Ways Other Than Being A Full-Time...

Ever considered investing in startups but don’t want to be a full-time VC? There are other paths and this post will...
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Will Robots Take Over Our Restaurants? A Startup View

Tau Ventures is an applied AI fund in Silicon Valley and food automation is one of our core focuses including an...
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Why Is That Entrepreneur Raising So Much More Than Me?

How much to raise is both an art and a science, a topic discussed at length in many other posts. What...
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