
Venture Capital
Why Founder-Friendly Isn’t the Same as LP-Backable.
Jeff Barnes, MBA··8 min read

Venture Capital
Blackbird Ventures Closes $1 Billion Sixth Fund: What It Signals for US LPs
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read

Venture Capital
Micron's $250 Million Paradigm Fund: A Corporate VC Playbook for AI Investors
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read

Venture Capital
Pershing Square Ventures: Ackman's New Evergreen Fund Has a Liquidity Problem
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read

Venture Capital
Blacksmith's 10x Markup: What Rapid AI Valuation Jumps Actually Signal
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read

Venture Capital
Accel's $550M India Fund Closed in Weeks, With 55% of the Last Fund Still Unspent
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read

Venture Capital
Team8's $365M Fund III Already Has an Exit. Here's What That Signals About Deployment Discipline.
Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read

Venture Capital
Craft Ventures V: What David Sacks First Fund Since the White House Signals for LPs
Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read

Venture Capital
Why Institutional Language Can Hurt a Small Fund Raise
Jeff Barnes, MBA··8 min read

Venture Capital
The Soft Skills That Kill Hard Raises.
Jeff Barnes, MBA··7 min read

Venture Capital
LPs Can Smell Delegated Conviction.
Jeff Barnes, MBA··8 min read

Venture Capital
Stop Chasing More Investors. Fix the Leaks in Your Raise Process.
Jeff Barnes, MBA··8 min read