Venture Selection Via Machine Learning [Google Drive]

• Standard machine learning algorithms can significantly improve the selection of successful startups. This improvement does not come at the expense of missing out on highly successful startups and is robust to forward-looking and selection bias. I provide evidence that "AI-empowered" firms actively use these technologies, contributing to a decline in predictability and rationalizing the existence of these potential gains.

Presentations: University of Lausanne PhD Seminar (2024), SFI Research Days (2024), 9th Annual Cambridge Conference on Alternative Finance

The Role of Institutional Venture Capital Firms in Startup Success [Google Drive]

• Institutional Venture Capital (IVC) Firms specifically are responsible for most of the successful outcomes in venture capital, with a distinct (separable) and incremental (positive) effect toward success.

Presentations: Junior Academics Research Seminars (JARS), Online (2024)