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February 21, 2025

Visionaries Club has a useful habit of rubbing shoulders with tech VIPs — here are the recent bets it’s been making

The VC hosted the buzziest event at the Paris AI Summit

Wherever Visionaries Club shows up, a distinguished crowd seems to follow.

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

Hessa Alabbas

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