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RRiding Unicorns
Joseph Pizzolato explains Defiant VC's three unique principles: investing based on conviction regardless of market trends, being obsessively data-driven with massive datasets, and dedicating a third of their fund budget to building proprietary software. He details how they create tools both for internal operations like due diligence automation and for supporting their portfolio founders.
Joseph Pizzolato explains why VC is surprisingly non-innovative compared to other financial industries and outlines Defiant VC's three-pillar approach to modernizing venture investing. He contrasts how hedge funds evolved from rooms full of people to algorithmic trading while VC practices have remained largely unchanged despite investing in transformative technologies.