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Late-stage venture faces structural limits, shifting exit dynamics, IPO complexity, AI-driven talent wars, and monumental fund concentration strategies.
Takeaways
•Venture capital returns rely less on fund returners at late stages, with giant funds forced into concentrated bets on standout companies to generate meaningful upside.
•Recent IPOs (Hinge Health, Mountain) reveal how late-stage round investors handle dilution and preferred blocks, with public markets increasingly tolerating complexity to unlock liquidity.
•AI’s explosive momentum accelerates talent migration toward sector leaders, making access to capital and skilled workers critical as traditional growth benchmarks evolve.
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