The article also highlights the growing influence of AI in seed investing. The release of OpenAI's GPT-4 model has sparked interest among entrepreneurs and investors, leading to a significant increase in seed capital allocation to AI tech. The authors believe that AI will enable seed-stage companies to bring products to market with less capital, making seed-stage investing even more crucial as AI becomes the infrastructure for launching new tech products and services.
Key takeaways:
- The Seed 100 and Seed 40 lists, published by Termina in collaboration with Business Insider, are based on a statistical analysis of investor track records, focusing on potential success rather than solely past achievements.
- Termina, an AI-software platform incubated by Tribe Capital, powers quantitative due diligence for leading investors globally, analyzing each investor's performance in 25 areas using Crunchbase and PitchBook data.
- AI technology is significantly influencing seed-stage investments, with AI tech receiving over 16% of all seed-investing capital, particularly after the release of OpenAI's GPT-4 model.
- The number of female seed investors is increasing, with 187 female candidates in the latest list, up from 8% when the first Seed 100 was released in 2021.