Venture Capital
Mach Industries Raises $300M at $1.8B Valuation: What Defense Tech's Hottest Startup Means for Investors
Mach Industries, a three-year-old defense manufacturer founded by 22-year-old MIT dropout Ethan Thornton, closed a $300 million Series C on June 2, 2026, valuing the company at $1.8 billion, a 4x...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··6 min read
Market Analysis
Q1 2026 Venture Funding Broke Records. Here's What Accredited Investors Should Do With That Data.
Per Crunchbase's Q1 2026 global funding report , venture capital hit $300 billion in a single quarter, shattering every historical record. Four AI companies absorbed $188 billion of that, or 65 cents
Jeff Barnes, MBA··7 min read
Venture Capital
VC Funding Q1 2026: Record $330.9B, 80% AI, and What the Numbers Don't Show
TL;DR: Global VC hit a record $330.9B in Q1 2026, per KPMG's Venture Pulse report . AI absorbed 80% of that capital. The headline is real. But the story underneath it is not what most founders and ...
Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read