Venture Capital Blog

• Oct 15, 2025 12:55:24 PM •

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What to Research Before Investing in a Crypto Project

Every coin, token, or blockchain that hits your feed comes with a story. You’ll hear about revolutions in finance, gaming, and governance. You’ll see words like innovation and decentralization tossed ...

By Darren Wall

• Oct 11, 2025 6:01:42 AM •

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California AI Funding Week-in-Review: $148.5M Across 5 Rounds (Oct 1–7, 2025)

The first week of October was a quietly strong start for California’s AI scene. Five companies pulled in $148.5M. It is not the flashiest headline, but the details matter: deals were spread across the...

By Darren Wall

• Oct 10, 2025 9:26:04 AM •

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What Crypto Startup VCs Are Searching for in 2025: Trends, Metrics and Red Flags

With crypto markets back on the upswing in 2025, venture capital is back streaming into blockchain-enabled startups. But the VC expectations have matured and founders must learn the new rules to thriv...

By Darren Wall

• Oct 1, 2025 8:46:04 AM •

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Instant Gratification Tech: How Apps Deliver Immediate Rewards

Your brain processes rewards in just 13 milliseconds. That's faster than you can snap your fingers. And app developers? They've figured out exactly how to exploit this quirk of human psychology.

By Darren Wall

• Oct 1, 2025 6:12:56 AM •

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How to Create a Financial Forecast That Attracts Investors

Crafting a financial forecast investors will take seriously isn’t simple, and that’s not an issue in isolation. The downside is that you need to do more than simply plug numbers into a spreadsheet.

By Melanie Miller

• Sep 15, 2025 1:04:40 PM •

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5 Financing Strategies Every Startup Needs Beyond Venture Capital

Raising venture capital feels exciting. It also creates pressure. Equity dilution grows. Control shifts. Timelines compress. Many founders later realize they needed broader options. Strong financing b...

By Darren Wall

• Sep 8, 2025 6:36:21 AM •

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Content as an Asset Class: Treating Business Content Like Capital

Founders and executives often treat content as a line item in the marketing budget, something to fund quarterly and measure in clicks or impressions. But in reality, content functions more like capita...