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Only 0.7% of seed rounds and 2.5% of Series A rounds exceeded $100M last year—media conflates exceptional outliers with the actual fundraising market.

When capital source is misaligned with a business's growth potential, founders and investors naturally end up at odds—VC is wrong for most startups.

Valuation caps for $1M pre-seed rounds range from $6M to $16M—anyone claiming a single right answer is misleading founders negotiating their first round.

More cities and states are addressing pay discrimination by requiring pay transparency in job postings. Learn how to navigate pay transparency laws and build a compliant compensation strategy to help you attract and retain top talent.

A partner capital account (PCAP) statement is the definitive record of an investor's equity in a fund. Learn its key components and why accurate, timely reporting is important for fund administration.

AI policy accelerates in Washington, meanwhile, Congress reauthorizes SBIR/STTR programs. Plus, new tentative stablecoin deals and the INVEST Act aim to modernize capital formation and digital asset regulation for the innovation ecosystem.

Unlock critical fund data with Carta Document Intelligence. Automatically extract over 150 fields from SPAs and make them searchable and queryable for rapid VC/PE insights.

The 90th percentile valuations across venture stages are now significantly higher than the 2021 boom—mostly driven by AI companies at the top of the market.

The top 5% of seed rounds hit $174M median, up from $62M a year ago—chasing the frothy upper end of seed looks increasingly like a capital destruction exercise.

From 1,000+ rounds in the last 6 months: seed median is $25M for AI, Series A hits $90M, and Series B shows widening spreads between AI and non-AI companies.

An emerging VC can now use Claude to pull fund performance, summarize top investments, and build a pitch deck for a family office meeting in minutes.