Posts by Joe Decicco

Private Equity | Private Equity Insights

AI is Steepening the Power Law in Venture Capital

AI is steepening the power law, concentrating venture returns even further and widening the gap between outlier companies and everyone else.
Investment Strategy | Private Equity Insights

AI is Redefining How Startups Scale

Advancements in generative Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and large language models are enabling early-stage companies to scale faster than ever before. Venture investors who can identify and access...
Private Equity | Private Equity Insights

Understanding the Venture Capital Investment Opportunity

Venture capital (VC) has long been a powerful engine for innovation, fueling the growth of transformative companies and shaping entire industries. From prior technology platform shifts - such as the...
Private Equity | Private Equity Insights

Charting the Course: Where Generative AI Could Be a Game-Changer

The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in creating text, images, music, and videos marks a new technological era. Incumbent business leaders are eager to incorporate this technology to...
Market Commentary | Private Equity Insights

Are Mega-Cap Technology Stocks Enough to Ride the AI Wave?

The past 18 months have witnessed the dominance of a small group of tech stocks in the U.S. equity market. Collectively dubbed the Magnificent Seven (Mag 7)1, these stocks as a basket have...
Market Commentary | Private Equity Insights

Is the Generative AI Opportunity Bigger than the Software and IT Markets?

We are entering the next phase where start-ups harnessing generative AI opportunities possess the potential to fundamentally re-invent the $65T services market. This opportunity represents more than...
Market Commentary | Private Equity Insights

Venture Capital Valuation "Marks": What’s in Your Wallet?

In order to underwrite new commitments in an uncertain market environment, it is critical to normalize valuation methodologies and deeply analyze underlying portfolio companies.