Venture capital is slowly but surely becoming a more data-driven business. Although data on private companies can sometimes be scarce, an increasing number of firms are relying on quantitative analysis to help determine which start-ups to back. But Bloomberg’s venture capital arm, Bloomberg Beta, is going one step further: it’s using an algorithm to try to select would-be entrepreneurs before they’ve even decided to start a company.
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