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   "text": "Venture capital deal flow, meaning the totality of potential deals and business plans screened by venture capitalists, would provide the optimal assessment of innovation trends, but that data is not available, so realized investment allocations must be used as a second-best proxy.",
   "abstract": "innovation trends. While deal flow, that is, the totality of potential deals and business plans screened by venture capitalists, would provide an optimal assessment of innovation trends, deal flow data is not available. We therefore use venture capital investment",
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   "text": "Without a full view of the impact market, Impact 1.0 donors end up funding projects run by people already in their existing networks rather than the most qualified projects judged by objective standards.",
   "abstract": "Without a full view of the market, impact donors in Impact 1.0 often end up funding projects by people they know through their existing networks, not the most qualified projects based on objective standards.",
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