Vincent Jacobs (@vincejaco) 's Twitter Profile
Vincent Jacobs

@vincejaco

Belgian abroad. New things. Ex-ByteDance, Ex-Kima Ventures.

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Excited to launch the updated Fundraising Field Guide! A must-have for first-time founders navigating the complex fundraising world. 🚀 Charts post-pandemic changes, offers practical guidance, and helps you find the right partner for your journey! - sdca.mp/FFG_2024

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We’re hiring for our next Visiting Analyst, a six month placement in our investment team! We’re looking for an ambitious and hard working team member who is passionate about the European Startup scene. Applications close on Thursday 6th June sdca.mp/visiting_analy…

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Good morning Europe, Let's get to work… 1) As some of you already heard: the EU has confirmed that they are starting to work on a pan-european legal entity early 2025 🔥 2) Instead of waiting and hoping for the best. We want to frontrun this and – together with the whole

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As I was preparing our end of year update for New Wave, I realised that I hadn't shared our performance for a while. While compiling the data, I realised two things : 1) The years that didn't feel good weren't good ! 2) The polarisation and transformation of performance

As I was preparing our end of year update for New Wave, I realised that I hadn't shared our performance for a while. While compiling the data, I realised two things :

1) The years that didn't feel good weren't good !
2) The polarisation and transformation of performance
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TikTok's Supreme Court oral argument is set for Friday; their odds sit at only 27% on Kalshi. The government argues the Act regulates foreign adversary control over TT, not speech. While TT argues it's a US-based platform, so its curation and publishing are protected speech.

TikTok's Supreme Court oral argument is set for Friday; their odds sit at only 27% on Kalshi.

The government argues the Act regulates foreign adversary control over TT, not speech. While TT argues it's a US-based platform, so its curation and publishing are protected speech.
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"Most likely" we see a 90-day extension but who has been rumored to want to buy TikTok? - Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful & Frank McCourt - Perplexity - MrBeast - Elon Musk (denied as "pure fiction") The Act allows for 20% to still be owned by China so an outright sale isn't the only option

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Happening Now. Watch XB-1's supersonic test flight in real-time. Join us and see XB-1 break the sound barrier from the viewpoint of our chase aircraft. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

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My controversial opinion is still that seed and pre-seed, if done well, within a large multi-stage firm can be highly impactful and more large funds should be doing it...

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We're at the stage where employers haven't changed their recruitment processes and are just asking nicely to not use AI. Sadly I think companies will just add additional steps; AI video interviewers, proctored assignments etc. instead of improving how they evaluate candidates.

We're at the stage where employers haven't changed their recruitment processes and are just asking nicely to not use AI. Sadly I think companies will just add additional steps; AI video interviewers, proctored assignments etc. instead of improving how they evaluate candidates.
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Most VCs should make more investments but that would involve doing more work. A lot of VCs are optimising for lifestyle, not for performance.