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New Venture Funds - August 2026
a16z closed $9.6 billion. A Brussels solo GP closed $10 million. The OpenAI Startup Fund closed $400 million. All in August 2026.
Dario Villena
Director, VC Archive
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30 Best Active Insurtech VCs in 2026
Insurance is a $7 trillion industry that everyone needs, nobody wants to buy, and technology has been promising to fix for a decade. In 2026 it is actually fixing it.
Dario Villena
Director, VC Archive
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What a Family Office Can Do That a Bank Never Will
Family offices turn fragmented wealth management into a coordinated long-term strategy.
Scott Gelbard
Founder at Peak Ventures
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The Rise of Pre-Idea Funding: How Venture Capital Is Betting on Talent Before the Business Plan
Pre-idea funding is reshaping venture capital by backing exceptional founders before they have a startup idea, product, or team.
Mohamed Gamal
CEO and Founder, Kotobna
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The Secrets that Venture Capitalists Won’t Tell You
The gap between founder ambition and VC incentives can shape a startup’s entire path to success.
Ziad Abdelnour
CEO, Blackhawk Partners
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30 Best Active PropTech VCs in 2026
Every building you have ever been in was designed, built, managed, and financed using technology that has barely changed since the fax machine was invented. That is finally, genuinely changing.
Dario Villena
Director, VC Archive
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Why Family Offices Are Quietly Becoming the Most Disciplined Investors in the Room
Family offices use patience and discipline to build lasting wealth.
Scott Gelbard
Founder at Peak Ventures
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Top 30 Startup Pitch Decks to Model Yours On
The difference between a "no" and a $120M Series C often comes down to a few slides. Here are 30 that got the yes
Dario Villena
Director, VC Archive
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Venture capital is vital. But can it fund the next wave of innovation?
Venture capital is entering a new era where unlocking liquidity matters more than simply deploying capital.
Ilya Strebulaev
Founder and Director, Stanford GSB Venture Capital Initiative, Stanford University
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22 Active Family Offices in Romania
The country that gave the world Dracula and the first electric street lighting built its billionaires the same way. In the dark, faster than anyone expected.
Dario Villena
Director, VC Archive
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