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The venture community’s use of ‘pattern matching’ past successes to find the next big opportunity has excluded many female- and diverse-owned start-ups from raising capital. But as climate-tech investing gains steam, these start-ups that are showing some of the greatest potential to innovate in lower-income communities.

Steven Weinstein, chief executive at early stage investor Seismic Capital, says SPACs are facing a short supply of suitable companies.

The sector is on track to outpace the wider VC market, according to a recent PitchBook report. But as interest rates remain low, venture debt could become just as popular as equity in VC.

VC managers are waking up to SPACs as an alternative to an offering model that has long been outdated. But a combination of traditional IPO, direct listing and staggered lock-up release could be a future offering model.

After a few weeks of a new administration and US Congress, in which a major antitrust reform bill was introduced, Bob Ackerman of AllegisCyber and others say investors are nervous about how new regulation will ripple through the venture landscape. But it could also be an opportunity for VCs, writes Lee Bruno.

VC investment into agtech has grown 75% since 2014 and looks keen to keep growing as the sector offers opportunities across types of investors.

The well-known VC and blogger discusses the reasons public markets may be willing to pay more for high-growth companies and how this impacts early-stage cloud start-ups.

More than $273m has gone into the sector so far in 2020, already surpassing the full-year totals of four of the last five years.

Jungle Ventures' Amit Anand talks about growing interest in the region from European investors and why it is not too late for LPs to enter.

A fully realized business model may not exist for another decade, but interest in quantum computing is soaring. Pegasus, Morpheus and Redpoint, among others, are planning for the long game.