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Wise: Europe's next $100B tech giants will focus on AI, fintech, fashion
“They're going to go and build the third wave, which is the 10, fifty, hundred billion dollar companies. And they're obviously not going to be competitive with the types of companies built in San Francisco in the same fields, not in sort of the information sear…”
James Wise Apr 25, 2016 ▶ 9:07 20VC: Europe's Youngest Series A Venture Partner, James Wise @ Balderton Capital on How To Get Into Venture & What The Future Of The VC Industry Looks Like
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Wise: Balderton will invest in narrow AI applications, not general AI platforms
“So once again, I don't think we're going to make investments in AI companies as a whole, right? I don't think that's the thing, but I think companies which have already thoughtfully found ways to apply what have been recently Some significant breakthroughs in …”
James Wise Apr 25, 2016 ▶ 29:39 20VC: Europe's Youngest Series A Venture Partner, James Wise @ Balderton Capital on How To Get Into Venture & What The Future Of The VC Industry Looks Like
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Wise: Small, hyper-specialized VC funds will prove flawed in the long run
“And that's why just saying, hey, you know, I'm going to set up the best three-man team to do, you know, something really specific in venture is, is I think going to be flawed in the long run.”
James Wise Apr 25, 2016 ▶ 22:19 20VC: Europe's Youngest Series A Venture Partner, James Wise @ Balderton Capital on How To Get Into Venture & What The Future Of The VC Industry Looks Like
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