C10 Labs Hosts GenAI and CVC Collaboration Event with Pega Ventures

The biggest venture quarter ever recorded just happened with $300B deployed and 81% of it going into AI. Yet most early-stage founders raising right now are still getting passed on in the first meeting. This isn't a panel about how to build a better slide deck; it's a conversation about the gap between what founders think investors want to hear and what actually drives an investment decision. GoPresent is bringing together investors and founders who've been on both sides of that conversation to break down: • What kills a deal in the first 5 minutes (and why founders rarely see it coming) • How the Q1 2026 AI funding explosion is changing what "investable" looks like at Pre-Seed through Series B • The specific patterns that separate founders who close rounds from founders who get "great meeting, we'll circle back" I'm so excited to be speaking on this panel and sharing my experience as a VC to help founders raise. Come join us on June 1st at 2pm EST for this NY TECH WEEK by a16z event! RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/g25R-4Je #VentureCapital #Startups #Founders #EarlyStage #NYTechWeek

We're featured in the San Diego Business Journal! 🎉 TurboInnovate is making waves in the deep tech investment space and the San Diego Business Journal took notice. The article covers our strategic partnership with Intelligence Ventures, a VC firm backing AI-driven healthcare startups at the pre-seed and seed stage. Through TurboInnovate, investors can now tap into the world's largest deep tech startup dataset to evaluate commercialization potential, market competition, and long-term financial outlook and help promising startups get VC-ready faster. We're proud to be building tools that bridge the gap between early-stage startups and the investors who believe in them. 💡 👉 Check out the full feature in the San Diego Business Journal https://lnkd.in/gAs8zHPB Are you an investor, accelerator, or startup looking to learn more about what TurboInnovate can do for you? We'd love to connect https://lnkd.in/gaFjhXDG #TurboInnovate #OmniSync #SanDiego #SanDiegoBusinessJournal #DeepTech #VentureCapital #StartupEcosystem

🔮💰 This week, the future of VC will be discussed in Malta 🇲🇹 At this years' EU-Startups Summit, the panel “Future of Venture Capital: The Impact of AI, New Trends, New Approaches” dives into how investors are adapting to a rapidly shifting landscape. This session brings together experienced VCs and ecosystem builders to unpack what’s changing, and what founders need to know next. 🔎 Moderated by Julija JJ Jegorova, expect insights on: 💸 How AI is transforming investment strategies 💸 What’s changing in due diligence and deal flow 💸 The trends defining the next era of VC 🎤🗯️ Panelists include: 💰 Alex Farcet - Founder, Startupbootcamp, Raspberry Ventures 💰 Joe Seager-Dupuy - Director, True Capital 💰 Ilena Mece - Principal, KOMPAS VC 💰 Pekka Mäki - Managing Partner, 3TS Capital Partners All the dets so you don't miss out: 📅 Day 1 (May 7th) ⌚️ 14:15 📍 Main Stage https://bit.ly/4n7VJKh

Kayvan Baroumand is a true innovator, founder, investor, CEO, entrepreneur He also runs an accelerator that helps early-stage talent and startups grow, connect, and succeed.” His latest company, @signalrank, is an AI-driven venture fund that is set to go public and will democratize VC investing by giving the public access to invest in high growth startup portfolios. Absolutely incredible vision #thinktankvc #signalrank #AI #innovation #innovationrevolution

AI megadeals reshuffle top investor rankings April’s most active startup investors included familiar names like Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator, but also a few surprise entrants as big deals for companies working on AI-adjacent sectors like data and computing bring new names into the rankings. https://lnkd.in/dvh-yNHM

AI megadeals reshuffle top investor rankings April’s most active startup investors included familiar names like Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator, but also a few surprise entrants as big deals for companies working on AI-adjacent sectors like data and computing bring new names into the rankings. https://lnkd.in/dhwFvJUE

Investors don’t just invest in ideas. They invest in strong teams, clear vision, market potential, and the ability to execute. In today’s startup ecosystem, innovation alone is not enough. Investors are looking for founders who understand their market, solve real problems, and have the determination to scale their business. At Nexvest Group, our goal is to connect investors with startups that combine innovation with long-term growth potential. The strongest investments are built on vision, execution, and the right partnerships. #Startups #Investing #Innovation #AI #Technology #VentureCapital #Nexvest

Why your startup can't get funded right now New data shows 81% of all venture capital went to AI startups in Q1. Here's what that means for everyone else. 👉 Want more like this? Join our newsletter.

For the second year running, IMI Venture Studio held a round table bringing together 18 leading investors for open conversations on latest market trends and what venture signals do investors actually trust especially for early stage startups. We talked about 🔍 Where market attention is going: where in AI, the shift to energy security, moves in industrial tech, and focus on localisation. ✅ What gets funded: Real customer pain. Defensible IP. Early commercial traction even in deep tech. Motivated founders. ⚠️ What's holding the ecosystem back: Gaps in support for deep tech - from limited corporate co-development, grant dependency, and working capital constraints. And how while M&A is growing but Southeast Asia needs more credible exits. We host these sessions so that we at IMI can continuously learn how we can build better ventures to future proof our business. We invest in startups because we want to invest in the future of energy and industrials. And beyond that, we want to play our part in the ecosystem - to connect capital, operators, and ecosystem builders to exchange knowledge and best practices. Big thanks to all the VCs who showed up and shared openly. And great to have our IMI leadership Jackie Hu (COO, IMI plc) and Richard Yu (Head of Sector Ops) in the room. We're proud to also have our ventures from our portfolio, HySights and ThermoTune share their venture journey during the session. Thank you to our wonderful organising partner: e27 (Optimatic) VCs attendees: ABD Ventures, ACV_VC, Altara Ventures, Analog Ventures, B Capital, Cento Ventures, Clime Capital, Elev8 Venture Partners, Genesis Alternative Ventures, Monk's Hill Ventures, Openspace Capital, Plug and Play Tech Center, SEEDS Capital SG, SOSV HAX, Starburst Ventures, TNB Aura, Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India, 500 Global #IMIplc #IMIVentureStudio #VentureCapital #Fundraising #NewVentures #VentureBuilding #Founders #Startups #Innovation #Deeptech #Energy #Industrials

“Deep tech founders, especially in Europe, are chronically underselling themselves” In our latest Investor Insights article, David Ordonez,  Deep Tech Investor at the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF), shares his advice on how tech startups can get noticed, what mistakes companies make when communicating to potential backers, and how gen AI is impacting investment strategies. David spent years in Formula 1 engineering before transitioning to venture capital, and he now uses that instinct for real-world performance to back dual-use deep tech startups. For tech startups looking to fundraise, David’s interview is a must-read and is packed full of insights to help companies engage investors and differentiate. Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/ehbCbZgP