
Venture Capital
TVPI Explained: What Total Value to Paid-In Capital Tells You About a Private Fund
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read

Venture Capital
Cognition AI Raises $1 Billion at $26 Billion: What the Valuation Math Actually Tells You
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read

Venture Capital
Afore Capital: The Pre-Seed VC Firm Betting on Founders Before Anyone Else
Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read

Venture Capital
ROFR in Venture Capital: How Right of First Refusal Actually Works in Deals
Jeff Barnes, MBA··12 min read

Venture Capital
Management Company vs. Fund Entity: What Every LP Should Understand About the Two Entities Collecting Your Money
Jeff Barnes, MBA··12 min read

Venture Capital
Rolling Funds: The VC Innovation That Changed Who Raises, But Not Who Wins
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read

Venture Capital
Pre-Seed Funding: What It Is, Who Writes the Checks, and What Founders Need to Know
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read

Venture Capital
Seed Rounds Are Getting Bigger. The Odds of Reaching Series A Are Getting Worse.
Jeff Barnes, MBA··9 min read

Venture Capital
$60 Billion for a Code Editor: What the SpaceX-Cursor Deal Tells Angel Investors About the AI Coding Land Grab
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read

Venture Capital
Geordie AI's $30M Series A Is Betting That AI Agents Need a Control Layer Before Enterprises Lose Control Entirely
Jeff Barnes, MBA··8 min read

Venture Capital
Anthropic's $65B Series H: What a $965 Billion Valuation Tells Angel Investors About the AI Race
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read

Venture Capital
Thrive Capital: Inside Josh Kushner's $10B Fund and 15-Year Rise to VC's Elite
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read