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Keynote agenda

— Lessons from public markets

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Coatue Prediction Reality

Resilient economy
but are we out of the woods?

+20%
but market internals more mixed

Indeed!

Correct!

“Year of Efficiency”

AI
Inflation subsiding

Record-low unemployment

European energy crisis averted

End of China’s Zero-Covid

Founder pivot: Year of Efficiency

Dawn of a new technology: AI


Inflation subsiding

Record-low unemployment

European energy crisis averted

End of China’s Zero-Covid

Founder pivot: Year of Efficiency

Dawn of a new technology: AI


Inflation subsiding

Record-low unemployment

European energy crisis averted

End of China’s Zero-Covid

Founder pivot: Year of Efficiency

Dawn of a new technology: AI


Inflation subsiding

Record-low unemployment

European energy crisis averted

End of China’s Zero-Covid

Founder pivot: Year of Efficiency

Dawn of a new technology: AI


Inflation subsiding

Record-low unemployment

European energy crisis averted

End of China’s Zero-Covid

Founder pivot: Year of Efficiency

Dawn of a new technology: AI


Inflation subsiding

Record-low unemployment

European energy crisis averted

End of China’s Zero-Covid

Founder pivot: Year of Efficiency

Dawn of a new technology: AI


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Economic-sensitive sectors suggest pressures remain

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New Market Regime: Era of free money is indeed over!

‘The Rulesof Free Money — 5% Risk Free Rate


vavcmnged Abundance of Growth — Potential for Lower Growth

Bubble Valuations Rational Valuations

Capital Innovation & Execution


Drives Growth Drive Growth

Growth at All Costs Profitable Growth


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Is it crazy that Tech dominates like oil did in the Industrial Age?!?
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Keynote agenda

— Implications for founders

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Unicorns 44 EE 1,350

Approx. Value ~$100B ETT ser | wS2sT

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Investors have many investment altematives today...

Risk-free rate: ~5%

Unicorns Need
GARP: Buy Meta or Google at o to Earn Investor
~20x P/E Capital Against
These Alternatives
Al Growth: Buy NVDA at
~50x P/E

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There are fewer exit & financing options today
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Scaled private assets raised & re-priced in-line with public markets
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But many unicoms not vet re-priced and may never get new capital
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So, what does this mean for founders?


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