Fast Company

Venture capital is hurting innovation—but the indie startup era might save it

Catherine Bracy is the Founder and CEO of TechEquity, an organization working at the intersection of tech and economic equity. The company advocates on behalf of policies that ensure people—not ...
Inc

How Venture Capital as a Service Differs From Traditional VC

What is this model and how is it unique? VCaaS is a white-labeled or customized venture model in which an experienced venture capital firm acts as a strategic operator on behalf of a corporate or ...
Inc42

Venture Capital in 2025: The Return Of Smart Money Over Fast Money

Fast money develops in conditions that are dominated by hype, and the decisions are rightly emotive with very little ...
The New York Times

Start-Up Investors Push Back Against Venture Capital’s Bigger-Is-Better Mantra

A small but vocal group is forming new funds and taking new approaches to counter the swell of money into venture capital in recent years. By Erin Griffith Reporting from San Francisco After nearly 10 ...
Entrepreneur

You Don’t Need Venture Capital Anymore — Here Are 4 Funding Alternatives

Venture capital isn’t the only way to fund a startup; entrepreneurs can explore crowdfunding, angel investors, grants and bootstrapping as viable alternatives. Crowdfunding platforms enable ...
Los Angeles Times

Venture capital investment is rising in Los Angeles — and not just for AI startups

Venture capital investors and private equity firms poured $3.1 billion to fund 144 deals in the L.A. area in the first quarter of this year, up 15% from a year ago. The money not only funded AI ...
Forbes

From Passive LP To Strategic Partner: How Corporations Can Leverage The Venture-Capital-As-A-Service Model

For years, the default way for corporations to gain exposure to the startup ecosystem was through passive limited partner (LP) positions in traditional venture capital funds. While this approach ...
Business Insider

Family offices are making more startup bets as venture capital shakes out. Here's what founders need to know.

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Crain's Detroit

Detroit's startup ecosystem is 2nd-fastest growing in the world, report says

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Venture capital funding in Michigan remained steady ...
NOLA.com

These Louisiana venture capitalists, armed with federal money, are racing to invest in startups.

LSU astrophysicist Manos Chatzopoulos just wanted a place to park. A decade ago, as a postdoctoral fellow in Chicago, he would circle his neighborhood trying to find a spot, only to have to walk ...
Business Insider

Sequoia partner says there's too much venture capital and not enough companies to invest in: 'It's a return-free risk'

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