What Carta's Peter Walker Won't Say, But I Will
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The Venture Model Isn't Broken Because Founders Raised Too Much—It's Broken Because 46% of Seed Rounds Are Now Bridge Rounds to Nowhere
Bridge to Nowhere: How the Seed-Stage Loop Exposes Venture Capital’s Structural Crisis
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Seed-stage startups are increasingly stuck in funding limbo, with record bridge rounds replacing Series A progression. This isn’t a founder failure—it’s part of the systemic breakdown in venture capital structure.
How Venture Studios Deliver What Corporate Investors and VCs Can’t
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Discover why venture studios are emerging as the preferred innovation vehicle for corporates and institutional investors seeking alignment, speed, and ROI.
Broligarchy Endgame: Total Monopoly Through Government-Backed Intelligent Infrastructure
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This multi-part essay explores Silicon Valley’s meteoric rise in influence over public infrastructure, the monopolization of autonomous systems, and what can be done to prevent a new era of digital feudalism in the wake of the current regime’s ambition to run America like a private corporation.
2025 Venture Capital Industry Forecast
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In 2024, capital concentration among dominant VC firms reached unprecedented levels. As inefficiencies widen, 2025 will mark a recalibration of early-stage investing, with venture studios emerging as a sustainable model to fill funding gaps and challenge the Power Law Cartel.
A Constructive Critique of Time Dislocation Theory in Venture Capital
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This isn't a cyclical downturn to be waited out - mounting evidence suggests we're witnessing the death of a funding model that can no longer sustain its own mathematics, creating space for new approaches better adapted to funding next-generation innovation.
The Globalization of Innovation Investing: A Revolution in the Wake of Venture Capital's Collapse
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Globalized, borderless innovation and investment will rise from the rubble, helping to transform the startup funding landscape for the next wave
The Unicorn Hangover: A Decade of Reckoning Looms for Venture Capital
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We may be well into the 2030's before the venture asset class returns
Professionalizing the Venture Capital Industry Through Public Markets: Lessons from Bill Ackman's Strategy
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The professionalization of venture capital will be forged in public offerings, and Bill Ackman reveals how it can be done
Sequoia's Evergreen Fund and the End of Traditional Structures
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A detailed examination of Sequoia's Evergreen Fund reveals the future of venture capital
Evergreen Funds and the Remaking of the Venture Capital Asset
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The future of venture funds is Evergreen. Coupled with the venture studio business model, a new paradigm awaits