Founders don’t realise how quickly fundraising topic can become complicated. Especially for first time ones, financing technicalities (term sheets, etc.) are simply daunting. I curated a visual ‘Fundraising Canvas’, to highlight structural mapping & democratise knowledge..

I think the tools we use to build software will fundamentally change. For example, I have a hard time believing that specs will be managed in an issue tracker in the future. Here is an insightful blog post from @_shriyanshk in the future of git.

Enjoyed chatting with @RohitYadav_ about @CrossoverVC and why we believe that the best returns in venture are concentrated among small founder/operator-led funds investing at the earliest stages, and where the right to win is derived from the manager's operating experience.

If you're building with atoms, Series B is your kill zone. You can vibe your way to big Seed & A rounds, but you don't have software's luxury. Each iteration is burning millions, pivots are costly, supply chains drag, and GTM can be long. For the B, the game shifts from

Dive into the June OpenLP newsletter, packed with fresh perspectives + insights from across the venture ecosystem: ✅ 22 Years in Venture Secondaries – Abe Finkelstein (@Vintage_Inv) ✅ Rethinking Venture Capital: A Strategic Lens – @RohitYadav_ ✅ Inside a University Endowment

** Correction on the 10th of June regarding the move of Ryan Collins. Please check w.r.t additional details directly with Ryan.

"We're past the down phase but not quite in liftoff." In this @CAIA_Blog, @RohitYadav_ breaks down VC trends from Q1 2025, including why exits remain the ecosystem's Achilles' heel. The smart money's moving—quietly. Read more: https://t.co/iVkqeSbg4o

𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗩𝗖 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 !? Once just a trade policy sub-point, tariffs are now forcing VCs to review the playbook. Not as flashy as AI, but make no mistake: tariff is quietly shaking the entire venture value chain. And

𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗩𝗖 𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 !? Once just a trade policy sub-point, tariffs are now forcing VCs to review the playbook. Not as flashy as AI, but make no mistake: tariff is quietly shaking the entire venture value chain. And

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝘅 🚀 It’s truly humbling to witness your passion and dedication translate into milestones. Crunchbase publishing my first guest post on the venture industry is one such moment for which I’m deeply grateful! 🙏🏼 📰 The post

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝘅 🚀 It’s truly humbling to witness your passion and dedication translate into milestones. Crunchbase publishing my first guest post on the venture industry is one such moment for which I’m deeply grateful! 🙏🏼 📰 The post

Can we accelerate progress by helping investors understand the value of novel technology? @credistick talks about the mission of Equidam, on #TheOnePoint podcast with @RohitYadav_. 🎬 Full episode ("Decoding Startup Valuations") linked below.

Great conversation with @RohitYadav_ about startup valuation, fundraising, and some more technical topics like the misuse of multiples in venture capital. Full episode here:

How should founders prepare for fundraising? What does a 'venture backable' company look like? @credistick runs through a number of questions to ask ahead of speaking to investors, on #TheOnePoint podcast with @RohitYadav_. 🎬 Full episode ("Decoding Startup Valuations")

📩 Advice on building startups from @AngelList, @Equidam and @HustleFundVC: ➡️ https://t.co/g7fjAXKhJJ • 📢 Trends in the world of venture capital • 🚶 Advice from founders, investors and experts • 🏃 Early stage fundraising news

Valuation is a foundational concept for investors. It’s the fulcrum of risk and reward; how they find value in uncertainty. This is especially true (and particularly tricky) for private markets. Despite that, it’s poorly understood. In the decade of easy-money from 2011 to

The Big Book of VC (Q3 2024) was just released. What stayed the same? Slowdown in funding: • Down rounds • Exit/IPO challenges • Investor-friendly terms (n/w Seed-stage & AI resilience) What changed? Concentrations: • 33% of VC→AI • 41% of AI→SV • 90% of LP $→Old VC

𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟐 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 (𝐐𝟐 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒)

@crunchbasenews @geneteare @PeterJ_Walker @cartainc 12) The last takeaways are reserved for tweets that were in the deck that I either authored or found insightful (not always both). See below. Thanks @RohitYadav_ for putting this VC report together! Here's a full download link: https://t.co/TDdDxqomL9 https://t.co/LkIzlECs4G

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 - 𝐐𝟏 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 Will post some excerpts below

Decoding the Black Box of Compensation, Part II Introducing https://t.co/8jnCvRBM7T, a tool to algorithmically estimate fair compensation — for any title, at any stage of company, anywhere in the world. After thousands of regressions, analyses and backtests, we’ve determined