{"id":90031,"date":"2026-06-01T14:43:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/three-vc-perspectives-on-spacex-ai-valuation-fever-and-where-to-bet-next-strictlyvc-athens-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:43:52","slug":"three-vc-perspectives-on-spacex-ai-valuation-fever-and-where-to-bet-next-strictlyvc-athens-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/three-vc-perspectives-on-spacex-ai-valuation-fever-and-where-to-bet-next-strictlyvc-athens-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Three VC Perspectives on SpaceX, AI Valuation Fever and Where to Bet Next | StrictlyVC Athens 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does the SpaceX IPO mean for the startup ecosystem? Is the AI funding frenzy justified, or is it groupthink <!--more--> at scale? At this StrictlyVC event in Athens, host and TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief Connie Loizos sat down with three seasoned investors to break down the state of venture capital, the hunt for white space, and what it actually takes to back a breakout company in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ben Blume: Partner, Atomico<br \/>\nAndreas Stavropoulos: Partner, Threshold Ventures<br \/>\nNiko Bonatsos: Founder &amp; General Partner, Verdict Capital<\/p>\n<p>Recorded live at StrictlyVC Athens 2026, presented in partnership with Endeavor Greece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does the SpaceX IPO mean for the startup ecosystem? Is the AI funding frenzy justified, or is it groupthink<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}