
Venture Capital
G Squared's $2.3 Billion Fund Signals Where Venture Capital Liquidity Is Really Going
On August 5, 2026, Chicago-based G Squared announced the final close of G Squared VII at $2.3 billion , the firm's largest fund ever and, by rough math, almost exactly the size of its prior two funds
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read

Venture Capital
Why Most AI Venture Funds Will Underperform — and How to Spot the Exceptions
Global AI venture funding hit $225.8B in 2025, representing 48% of all venture capital deployed that year. But six companies absorbed nearly half that total. The math of AI VC is broken for most fund
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read