Gut feeling vs. data: How modern VCs actually pick winners
Oct 14, 2026 | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Every VC claims to be data-driven. Few can explain what that actually means in practice. In this session, we pull back the curtain on how data and analytics are reshaping venture capital — from deal sourcing and pattern recognition to portfolio monitoring and exit timing. What can algorithms catch that humans miss? Where does data fail and conviction still win? And how do you build a fund culture around evidence without killing the founder instinct? A candid conversation for GPs rethinking their stack, LPs evaluating fund differentiation and founders wondering what's really behind the "yes" or "no."
