Startups
Seed Funding in 2026: How Much to Raise, What to Give Up, and Who Actually Writes the Check
Seed Funding in 2026: How Much to Raise, What to Give Up, and Who Actually Writes the Check Median seed round in 2026: $3–5M at $10–15M pre-money. That sounds like a healthy market until you look at what happens next....
Jeff Barnes, MBA··8 min read
Venture Capital
Seed Rounds Are Getting Bigger. The Odds of Reaching Series A Are Getting Worse.
The median seed round is now $3 million. Five years ago it was $1 million. The graduation rate to Series A has gone in the opposite direction. That is the blunt summary of data published by Crunchbase in May 2026, and...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read
Venture Capital
Geordie AI's $30M Series A Is Betting That AI Agents Need a Control Layer Before Enterprises Lose Control Entirely
The question enterprises are not asking loudly enough is a simple one: who is watching your AI agents? Not what they produce, but what they access, how they behave, and when they go off-script. As of May 2026, the...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··8 min read