Rohit Yadav’s new paper. I added my perspective to the paper.

Data in Venture: The Strategic Perspectives | Rohit Yadav, CAIA

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 🎁 An early Christmas gift for LPs, VCs, and anyone building conviction in messy venture markets. Public markets already had their data revolution. Venture hasn’t—yet. But the direction is clear: The first venture firm to reach $100B in AuM will not win on brand alone. It will win on data infrastructure. Consider this. LPs hear this sentence a lot from VCs: “Data is our moat.” The harder question is: Is it actually a value creator—or just stitched-together tooling? A similar contradiction exists on the VC side. Access to data is no longer the advantage. Clarity is! And as sourcing becomes increasingly commoditized, selection is emerging as the true source of alpha. That shift raises uncomfortable questions: ⁉️ Is your diligence a checklist—or a compounding knowledge asset? ⁉️ Do IC decisions leave behind structured learning—or disappear into memory? ⁉️ Are humans and machines reinforcing each other—or talking past one another? We explore answers to these, and many more, in the report. Grateful to the contributors who shared their perspectives in this report: Albert Azout — case study on Level Ventures, a next-generation, data-first investment firm Dan G. — on bias, frictions, and antipatterns in venture data Eric Woo, CFA — case study on Revere and portfolio management in private markets Matt Ober (from Social Leverage) — on lessons from hedge funds and how public markets think about data (listed alphabetically) Also introduced two new frameworks that aim to move the data conversation forward: ☑️ 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 = 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 + 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲 ☑️ The Strategic Model of Data Advantage In short, this report isn’t optimistic or pessimistic about data in venture. It’s diagnostic. It’s prescriptive. And it’s strategic. Enjoy reading, and let us know what you think of data in venture.  𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝟰𝟲 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀) 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱:  https://lnkd.in/gZNRFjY8 #vc #venturecapital #data #ai #lps #strategy #fundraising

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This is a great paper talking through data, differences across investment styles, and my perspective along with other industry experts.

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