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AI Investment
SoftBank Completes $30 Billion OpenAI Investment to Secure 13% Stake
6 sources · 16d ago
Wearable Tech
Oura Sets Terms for $2.2 Billion IPO at $15.6 Billion Valuation
7 sources · 29d ago
Startup Funding
Venture Firms Lead Massive 'Insider' Rounds to Preserve Control and Delay IPOs for Top Portfolio Companies
7 sources · 57d ago
More in Venture Capital
ExplainerFund Performance
Subscription Credit Lines Inflate Venture Fund IRR by Shortening Holding Periods
Institutional Limited Partners 35%General Partners & Fund Managers 35%Market Analysts 30%
AnalysisSoftware Economics
Per-Token Inference Compute Turns Marginal Costs Linear, Capping AI Gross Margins at 50 Percent
Factlen Editorial Team 47%Traditional SaaS Investors 29%AI Application Builders 24%
ExplainerVenture Capital
Why Capped Participating Stock Shifts Marginal Exit Proceeds to Common Equity
Founders and Common Shareholders 35%Early-Stage Venture Capitalists 35%Late-Stage and Strategic Investors 30%
ExplainerAnti-Dilution Math
The Mathematical Mechanics of Broad-Based Weighted Average and Full Ratchet Anti-Dilution Provisions
Founders and Management 35%Lead Venture Capitalists 35%Distressed Debt and Rescue Investors 30%
ExplainerVenture Metrics
Decomposing TVPI: DPI and RVPI Separate Venture Returns Into Cash and Paper Valuation
Limited Partners 45%General Partners 35%Valuation Auditors 20%
ExplainerFund Economics
Why the 8% Hurdle Rate and Clawback Provisions Dictate When Venture Capital Partners Actually Get Paid
Limited Partners 40%Emerging Fund Managers 40%Academic Economists 20%
ExplainerSAFE Notes
How SAFE Note Valuation Caps and Discount Rates Dictate Founder Dilution During a Series A
Founders 40%Early-Stage Investors 40%Legal Counsel 20%
ExplainerPlatform Economics
Structural Differences Between Direct, Indirect, and Two-Sided Network Effects
Platform Strategists 40%Venture Capitalists 35%Regulatory Economists 25%
ExplainerTerm Sheet Mechanics
Participating vs. Non-Participating Preferences: How Startup Exit Payouts Shift
Venture Capital Investors 40%Startup Founders 40%Corporate Legal Counsel 20%
AI InfrastructureFunding Surge
AI Chip Startup Etched Raises $700M at $21 Billion Valuation, Doubling Value in One Month
Specialized Hardware Advocates 40%Enterprise Infrastructure Buyers 35%Architecture Skeptics 25%
AI Capital Allocation
Sequoia Commits $10 Billion to AI, Breaks Rule Against Backing Competitors
Mega-Fund Allocators 45%Infrastructure Advocates 35%Venture Traditionalists 20%
MedTech Supply Chain
KKR to Acquire Medical Device Manufacturer Integer Holdings for $5.7 Billion in All-Cash Take-Private Deal
Private Equity Sponsors 40%Medical Device OEMs 30%Activist Investors 30%
Defense TechFunding Explainer
Helsing Raises $1.8 Billion in Record Series E, Pushing European Defense-Tech Valuation to $18 Billion
Defense Tech Investors 40%Traditional Defense Industry 35%AI Safety Advocates 25%
ExplainerIPO Regulation
SEC Proposes Raising Large Accelerated Filer Threshold to $2 Billion, Extending the IPO On-Ramp
Regulatory Streamliners 45%Investor Protection Advocates 30%Corporate Compliance Advisors 25%
ExplainerFund Regulation
INVEST Act Raises VC Fund Exemption Limits to $50 Million and 500 Investors
Emerging Fund Managers 40%Regional Policymakers 35%Regulatory & Compliance Analysts 25%
ExplainerVC Concentration
Why Capital Intensity Pushed 86% of H1 2026 Venture Capital Into AI Startups
AI Infrastructure Investors 40%Traditional Tech Ecosystem 30%Structural Economists 30%
ExplainerQuantum Tech
Quantum Startup Oratomic Secures $300 Million Series A to Build Utility-Scale Machines
Deep Tech Optimists 45%Engineering Pragmatists 35%Industry Analysts 20%
ExplainerRegulatory Law
Why the Fifth Circuit Struck Down the SEC's Private Fund Adviser Rules
Private Fund Managers 45%Legal & Compliance Analysts 35%Market Structure Observers 20%
ExplainerPrivate Markets
FinCEN's Rule Adds VC and PE Advisers to the BSA, Mandating Bank-Style AML Programs
FinCEN and Law Enforcement 35%Private Fund Managers 35%Institutional Investors 30%
Physical AI
Prometheus's Plan to Overhaul Industrial Manufacturing With Physical AI
Industrial AI Optimists 45%Labor Market Contrarians 30%Traditional Tech Skeptics 25%
AI InfrastructureMarket Move
KKR and Nvidia's $10 Billion Helix Platform Unifies Fragmented AI Infrastructure
Infrastructure Investors 35%Technology & Compute Providers 35%Energy & Grid Operators 30%
ExplainerCapital Concentration
Why Six Mega-Funds Raised More Capital Than All Other U.S. Venture Managers Combined
Mega-Fund Managers 41%Limited Partners (LPs) 35%Emerging Managers 24%
ExplainerHard Tech
The Hard Tech Renaissance: Why Venture Capital is Pivoting to the Physical World
Hard Tech & Defense Advocates 40%Space Economy Optimists 35%Market Realists 25%
ExplainerEnergy Transition
How Climate Tech Became Venture Capital's Most Resilient Sector
Hard Tech & Infrastructure Advocates 39%AI & Compute Optimizers 33%ESG & Circular Economy Proponents 28%