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How VCs Think

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Burak Buyukdemir
May 22, 2024
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Venture capitalists (VCs) are in the business of making high-risk, high-reward investments. They look for companies with the potential to grow into "unicorns," or startups worth over $1 billion. But how do they identify these rare opportunities?

It all comes down to math. VCs know that most of their returns will come from a small number of investments. S…

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