99% of Startups Are Noise.
Executive Summary
Forget unicorn hunting. The real game in venture capital is identifying outliers early—and owning a meaningful stake when they take off. According to Dealroom’s 2025 Power Law report, the top 1.5% of tech startups are responsible for over 90% of all value creation. Most others either stagnate, pivot endlessly, or quietly die.
At Jasmine Blue Capital, we don’t play the spray-and-pray game. We build around high-potential assets, back real-world infrastructure, and structure deals where investors can ride the exponential curve—without taking blind early-stage risks.
What’s Happening Now?
According to Dealroom (2025):
Only 1.5% of tech startups become breakout successes.
That elite group captures over 91% of the total VC value generated between 2010–2023.
The top 25 companies account for 52% of total venture value in Europe.
Meanwhile:
The number of funded startups has exploded—creating massive noise.
Early-stage valuations remain inflated despite down markets.
The venture model is under scrutiny for being inefficient and hype-driven.
Venture capital is finally confronting its efficiency crisis.
What This Means for Investors
Here’s the kicker: It’s not about how many startups you back—it’s about backing the right one at the right time.
Jasmine Blue Capital’s strategy shifts away from pure founder bets toward asset-backed, cashflow-generating investments with embedded exponential upside. That includes:
Aviation infrastructure with proven demand (flight schools, aircraft leasing, pilot training)
Technology platforms with real user needs (AI-moderated content, private MVNOs)
Legacy-driven industries that are overdue for transformation
This isn’t about waiting 10 years for a unicorn. It’s about creating leverageable value from day one, while keeping upside open through smart structure and narrative-driven positioning.
What’s Next?
Smart capital is evolving:
From FOMO to Frameworks – Investing based on network quality, not Twitter trends.
From dilution to control – Using SPVs, EMI structures and asset-backing to minimize risk.
From unicorn chasing to portfolio resilience – Curated portfolios built around core industries with global relevance (aviation, communication, tech).
Investors are realizing: Owning 20% of a company that never exits is worthless. Owning 5% of a rocket ship—at the right moment—is life-changing.
Join Jasmine Blue Capital
We don’t invest in everyone. We invest in signals:
Iconic assets
Infrastructure that scales
Teams that build around momentum, not ego
If you’re an investor looking to escape the noise, and enter the power zone where outliers thrive, let’s talk. We’re opening our Dataroom for selected investors. Get early access to the most iconic asset-backed aviation deals of 2025 – before they hit the market.