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title: Breaking Network Barriers VC
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4941953/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 4941953
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4941953
featured: 2024-09-05
citations: unknown
topic: ML & AI Methods
---


# Breaking Network Barriers VC

The article notes that US Venture Capital activity is increasingly using digital data and machine learning to guide investment decisions, leading to more investments outside major hubs.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4941953
- Identifier: SSRN 4941953
- Released: 2024-06-01
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 64 (2024-09-05): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-09-05/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: ML & AI Methods

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