Samantha Stokes

Meet the top emerging venture capitalists of 2024, spotlighting key VCs from diverse backgrounds and sectors, including AI, healthcare, and fintech.

Insider compiled its annual list of rising stars of venture capital for 2024. These 45 investors represent the future of VC investing and hail from many different backgrounds.

According to an analysis from accounting firm Kruze Consulting, employee compensation accounts for around 75% of the total operating costs for startups.

After three years of tense reductions, the skies are clearing over Silicon Valley, and startup investors seem broadly optimistic about a resurgence in tech dealmaking.

Fidelity has boosted its valuation of the two Musk startups for the third month in a row, according to recent filings.

Vapi, which is building an infrastructure tool for developers to create AI voice agents, just raised a $20 million Series A from Bessemer.

The rise of agents, a new set of artificial intelligence tools that can work autonomously, offers a fertile ground for a select group of startups.

Sam Altman , the chief executive officer of OpenAI, has prophesied that this may be the year the first " agents " — a set of artificial intelligence

Coram AI integrates AI agents into existing security cameras and just raised $13.8 million in Series A funding from Battery Ventures.

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