What Israeli Founders Need to Know About Raising in H2 2026
The honest state of early-stage funding: Data-driven signals from 128 tracked rounds in H1 2026
Category venture capital
The Venture Capital Paradox: Why This Market Is So Hard to Read
AI has made company creation faster than ever. But for VCs, allocating capital has become more complicated, more concentrated and more consequential.
The Power of Small Tickets: When “Getting In” Matters More Than the Model
Ownership matters in venture. But in a market where capital is concentrating into fewer companies, access may matter even more.
VC is being rewired by AI
While venture capital remains a relationship-driven business at its core, the industry is rapidly transitioning and adopting AI automation across the various tasks of a VC fund
How Venture Capital Firms are Changing in 2025
Venture Capital as an asset class is in a tough spot. Based on the Q1 2025 Pitchbook-NVCA Venture Monitor, Venture fundraising in Q1 2025 dropped sharply, with only 87 funds raising $10B, as capital concentrates in top geographies and LPs…
The Art of Non-Consensus Investing: Unlocking Venture Capital’s Hidden Gems
The most important companies are those that others don’t see as valuable. Peter Thiel The statistics for startup success are well known. About 90% of startups will fail within three years of starting. Within the group of startups that succeeds,…
Needle in the haystack: tips for founders to find the right investor
“To find a needle in a haystack, it’s helpful to know what a needle looks like. To find the right investor, know exactly what you’re looking for in a partner.” Finding the right investor for your startup can feel like…
Emerging Manager Mode: The VC’s version of “Do things that don’t scale”
Paul Graham’s recent essay, Founder Mode, describes the mindset that founders need to adopt to navigate the early stages of building a startup, and how they’re different than ‘manager mode’ which is traditional management/corporate best practices. In effect there are…
The VC shakeup 2020-2024 and what’s ahead
The last few years have been a bit of a rollercoaster for tech entrepreneurs and investors. The highs were high, the lows were low, and the future seemed uncertain. Luckily, Vintage Investment Partners, an Israel-based fund of funds and growth…
Pre-Seed Funding in 2024: Why the Round Made a Comeback
Pre-seed funding rebounded in 2024 even as Series A slowed. Here is what changed, why investors moved earlier, and what founders should take from it.