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What we learn running the cycle.
Case studies from corporate open innovation, sector deep dives, and notes from the programs we run with governments and corporates.
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Most VC Track Records Don't Measure What You're Buying
A 0.27 correlation, a 100,000-person study, and what they say about picking managers
What 492 funded decks show about the round you are actually raising
Median seed in our library of 492 funded decks is $750K, and the seed range spans 3,000x. What the data says about naming your number.
Who actually commissions an accelerator: 27 programs, counted
Across 27 delivered programs, only seven were accelerators. Eleven were market entry, and government agencies commissioned 16 of them.
What 326 fund software tools reveal about where the money goes
More tools are built for portfolio monitoring than for deal sourcing, and two-thirds of vendors will not tell you what their product connects to.
The Deal Was Never the Point
Five signals this week, from Seoul to Tashkent, all say the same thing: capital doesn't chase the product. It chases whoever controls the access.
The Boring Line Nobody Checks
Five places cross-border capital work quietly breaks, all for the same reason: someone skipped the five-second check.
Capital is corridors. And they are being rewired.
Money does not move like one global pool. It moves in corridors, each with its own mandate and direction.
Most Cross-Border Rounds Don't Die From the Deck. They Die From the Network.
An advance copy of Yaron Flint's new book gave me language for a problem I see every week: founders trying to build Stage 3 relationships with a Stage 0 network.
Most Pitch Deck Feedback Is Useless
Founders do not need more comments. They need a verdict.
Stop Chasing US Valuations: Why Higher Isn't Better (Part 3)
The contrarian truth: US rounds with 4x higher valuations can leave you with less money at exit while taking more risk.
Cross-Border Fundraising Red Flags Checklist: The 10-Minute Reality Check That Saves 6 Months
The 10-Minute Reality Check That Saves 6 Months of Wasted Pitches
Your First Investors Will Kill Your Cross-Border Round (Here's How to Stop Them)
Raising abroad doesn't fail because of your pitch. It fails because your existing investors become "Silent Blockers." Here's the 5-step alignment system that prevents cap table wars.
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