Venture capitalists know that their advantage lies in identifying the most promising opportunities before their competitors do. This is confirmed by a University of Chicago study by Morten Sorensen, which shows that investors create 60% of their value from the upper part of the funnel, specifically from sourcing and screening.

In which case, sourcing and screening must be a constant target for improvement, right? No — apart from a few VCs who have reinforced their sourcing with web crawlers, sourcing and screening practices have remained the same since the inception of the VC asset class around 1940. However, AI is uniquely suited to solve these challenges and create greater value for investors. READ MORE