VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Voice AI applications will unlock $10B of new software TAM over the next five years Bessemer Venture Partners Remember when talking to machines felt like science fiction? Voice AI tech stack – by A16Z The landscape is still relatively small, but growing. Well, that future is now knocking on our door.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

.” Rahul Vohra, founder of Superhuman Getting your first 1,000 users is an important early milestone for any B2C startup. What are the most effective strategies for early B2C growth? This post is about how to get to your first 1,000 users, and how to get to know your users better, in particular for B2C startups.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

I also recommend checking out my post on conversion, retention and churn benchmarks for various business models (B2C subscription, marketplaces, etc). Metric Unremarkable Good Excellent Outlier ARR <$500k $500k-$1.5m $1.5m-$2.5m >$2.5m ARR growth rates decreased significantly in 2023 and growth stage companies were most impacted.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

APPOINTMENTS Congratulations Eran Westman on your appointment as Managing Partner at Planven to lead growth investments in Israel! One door closes and another one opens, Iddo Gino and team Rapid API. Congrats on the sale to Nokia for an undisclosed sum to boost API-driven 5G monetization ! BRINTHEMHOME NOW!

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

Marketing is particularly well suited for adopting generative AI because it is an iterative, creative, and dynamic practice that relies on the types of media — texts, images, video — that have driven LLM development. This is one of the reasons why many of the first B2B GenAI use cases were for marketing!)

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