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This chapter shows how AI can be used in Venture Capital. It exhibits what variables have an impact on the probability of a company to succeed or to raise funds, and it divides those variables into three clusters: personal and team characteristics, financial considerations, and business features.

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    Francesco Corea

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Corea, F. (2019). AI and Venture Capital. In: An Introduction to Data. Studies in Big Data, vol 50. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04468-8_15

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