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Europe

🎙️ ElevenLabs doubles to $22B, Factory accuses its VC adviser of leaking to Cognition & Mistral's seed VC raises $400M...

Oct 5, 2026

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6 min read

🎙️ ElevenLabs doubles to $22B, Factory accuses its VC adviser of leaking to Cognition & Mistral's seed VC raises $400M...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

VC Fund Performance

🌱 Langdock hits €50M ARR on $3.5M raised, only 49 FoFs back emerging managers & 2017 fund IRRs fall from 22% to 9.3%...

Oct 1, 2026

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4 min read

🌱 Langdock hits €50M ARR on $3.5M raised, only 49 FoFs back emerging managers & 2017 fund IRRs fall from 22% to 9.3%...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

Europe

Sep 24, 2026

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5 min read

⚡ Two price cuts in 90 minutes, who dies when a lab ships & only 9.3% of Europe reaches Series A...

Max. 4:20 min read

Jannis Hake

Unicorns

💼 Family offices skip the funds, Claude leads 26% of Anthropic's R&D & Crusoe triples to $30.9B...

Sep 21, 2026

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5 min read

💼 Family offices skip the funds, Claude leads 26% of Anthropic's R&D & Crusoe triples to $30.9B...

Max. 4:50 min read

Jannis Hake

VC Fund Performance

💸 OpenAI eyes $1.2T private round, just 20 of 3,000 VC firms sustain 3x & AI startups sell before five...

Sep 17, 2026

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6 min read

💸 OpenAI eyes $1.2T private round, just 20 of 3,000 VC firms sustain 3x & AI startups sell before five...

Max. 5:01 min read

Jannis Hake

M&A

⌚ Apple's Watch eats the AI notetakers, Miro sells at 92% off & Anthropic models a $44T AI economy...

Sep 14, 2026

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5 min read

⌚ Apple's Watch eats the AI notetakers, Miro sells at 92% off & Anthropic models a $44T AI economy...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

Unicorns

🧮 OpenAI claims a $1M math prize, top seed rounds price at $100M & Harvey hits $15.6B...

Sep 10, 2026

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5 min read

🧮 OpenAI claims a $1M math prize, top seed rounds price at $100M & Harvey hits $15.6B...

Max. 5:01 min read

Jannis Hake

Unicorns

🧠 OpenAI says AGI is already here, Thinking Machines wants 400x revenue & AI’s solo founder boom...

Sep 7, 2026

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6 min read

🧠 OpenAI says AGI is already here, Thinking Machines wants 400x revenue & AI’s solo founder boom...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

Deep Tech

🤗 Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face deal, a 610x seed return & a16z’s $1.1B hardware bet...

Aug 31, 2026

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5 min read

🤗 Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face deal, a 610x seed return & a16z’s $1.1B hardware bet...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

Deep Tech

🌶️ Linear’s $99M tender, OpenAI’s spicy new chip & the VC herd chasing the same winners...

Aug 27, 2026

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4 min read

🌶️ Linear’s $99M tender, OpenAI’s spicy new chip & the VC herd chasing the same winners...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

VC Fund Performance

🤯 Anthropic hits a $65B run rate, Big Tech owns 7.9x more of the disruptors & AI talent costs $118M per head...

Aug 20, 2026

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6 min read

🤯 Anthropic hits a $65B run rate, Big Tech owns 7.9x more of the disruptors & AI talent costs $118M per head...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

VC Fund Performance

💜 Lovable raises $400M, median VC fund at 1.38x TVPI & 100x ARR multiples are back...

Aug 13, 2026

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4 min read

💜 Lovable raises $400M, median VC fund at 1.38x TVPI & 100x ARR multiples are back...

Max. 5:15 min read

Jannis Hake

Deep Tech

🍩 OpenAI's $400 AI donut, Musk's 100M sq ft chip factory & 19 new decacorns...

Aug 10, 2026

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4 min read

🍩 OpenAI's $400 AI donut, Musk's 100M sq ft chip factory & 19 new decacorns...

Max. 4:35 min read

Jannis Hake

M&A

🦖 Myspace is coming back, 70% of startup options go unexercised & AI writes 54% of developers’ code...

Aug 6, 2026

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4 min read

🦖 Myspace is coming back, 70% of startup options go unexercised & AI writes 54% of developers’ code...

Max. 5:01 min read

Jannis Hake

VC Fund Performance

🎢 Index raises $2B, Leopold Aschenbrenner loses 67% & LinkedIn declares war on AI slop...

Aug 3, 2026

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4 min read

🎢 Index raises $2B, Leopold Aschenbrenner loses 67% & LinkedIn declares war on AI slop...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

VC Fund Performance

⚡ Elon revives X.com after 27 years, 5% of VCs generate 90% of profits & a $10M fund beats a $38.3M fund...

Jul 30, 2026

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4 min read

⚡ Elon revives X.com after 27 years, 5% of VCs generate 90% of profits & a $10M fund beats a $38.3M fund...

Max. 5:01 min read

Jannis Hake

Deep Tech

💥 SpaceX blows up another booster, Anduril eyes a $100B valuation & the median 2021 VC fund sits at just 1.04x...

Jul 27, 2026

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3 min read

💥 SpaceX blows up another booster, Anduril eyes a $100B valuation & the median 2021 VC fund sits at just 1.04x...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

VC Fund Performance

Jul 23, 2026

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4 min read

⚡ The hottest startup sectors right now, VC fund performance may peak at just $74M & Dimension raises an $800M third fund...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

VC Fund Performance

💸 VC megafunds may be costing LPs 2.6% a year, Kimi K3 emerges as China’s new LLM heavyweight & Uber buys Delivery Hero...

Jul 20, 2026

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4 min read

💸 VC megafunds may be costing LPs 2.6% a year, Kimi K3 emerges as China’s new LLM heavyweight & Uber buys Delivery Hero...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

Careers in VC

🤖 49% of DDVCs hire engineers, GPT-5.6 launches & Lyzr’s AI agent raises $100M...

Jul 13, 2026

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4 min read

🤖 49% of DDVCs hire engineers, GPT-5.6 launches & Lyzr’s AI agent raises $100M...

Max. 4:59 min read

Jannis Hake

Fundraising

🐘 Mega-funds’ Seed machine, 10.2% AI hiring growth & a16z’s 70-person media team...

Jul 9, 2026

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4 min read

🐘 Mega-funds’ Seed machine, 10.2% AI hiring growth & a16z’s 70-person media team...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

Europe

🧊 Nordic VC hits $561B, $85M Wayve tender & Bridgewater’s 84.7% AI win...

Jul 6, 2026

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3 min read

🧊 Nordic VC hits $561B, $85M Wayve tender & Bridgewater’s 84.7% AI win...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

Unicorns

Jul 2, 2026

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4 min read

🦄 Only 99 of 619 unicorns exited, Bending Spoons IPO’d & the VC FoF market map...

Max. 5:00 min read

Jannis Hake

VC Fund Performance

💻 Sequoia’s 41x VC gap, OpenAI takes back the lead & Apple prices jump up to 30%...

Jun 29, 2026

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4 min read

💻 Sequoia’s 41x VC gap, OpenAI takes back the lead & Apple prices jump up to 30%...

Max. 4:58 min read

Jannis Hake

Fundraising

⚡ Menlo VC raises $3B, ChatGPT falls below 50% & seed startups in freefall...

Jun 25, 2026

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4 min read

⚡ Menlo VC raises $3B, ChatGPT falls below 50% & seed startups in freefall...

Max. 5:50 min read

Jannis Hake

AI

🎙️ ElevenLabs doubles to $22B, Factory accuses its VC adviser of leaking to Cognition & Mistral's seed VC raises $400M...

🌱 Langdock hits €50M ARR on $3.5M raised, only 49 FoFs back emerging managers & 2017 fund IRRs fall from 22% to 9.3%...

⚡ Two price cuts in 90 minutes, who dies when a lab ships & only 9.3% of Europe reaches Series A...

💼 Family offices skip the funds, Claude leads 26% of Anthropic's R&D & Crusoe triples to $30.9B...

💸 OpenAI eyes $1.2T private round, just 20 of 3,000 VC firms sustain 3x & AI startups sell before five...

⌚ Apple's Watch eats the AI notetakers, Miro sells at 92% off & Anthropic models a $44T AI economy...

🧮 OpenAI claims a $1M math prize, top seed rounds price at $100M & Harvey hits $15.6B...

🧠 OpenAI says AGI is already here, Thinking Machines wants 400x revenue & AI’s solo founder boom...

🤗 Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face deal, a 610x seed return & a16z’s $1.1B hardware bet...

🌶️ Linear’s $99M tender, OpenAI’s spicy new chip & the VC herd chasing the same winners...

🤯 Anthropic hits a $65B run rate, Big Tech owns 7.9x more of the disruptors & AI talent costs $118M per head...

💜 Lovable raises $400M, median VC fund at 1.38x TVPI & 100x ARR multiples are back...

🍩 OpenAI's $400 AI donut, Musk's 100M sq ft chip factory & 19 new decacorns...

🦖 Myspace is coming back, 70% of startup options go unexercised & AI writes 54% of developers’ code...

🎢 Index raises $2B, Leopold Aschenbrenner loses 67% & LinkedIn declares war on AI slop...

⚡ Elon revives X.com after 27 years, 5% of VCs generate 90% of profits & a $10M fund beats a $38.3M fund...

💥 SpaceX blows up another booster, Anduril eyes a $100B valuation & the median 2021 VC fund sits at just 1.04x...

⚡ The hottest startup sectors right now, VC fund performance may peak at just $74M & Dimension raises an $800M third fund...

💸 VC megafunds may be costing LPs 2.6% a year, Kimi K3 emerges as China’s new LLM heavyweight & Uber buys Delivery Hero...

🤖 49% of DDVCs hire engineers, GPT-5.6 launches & Lyzr’s AI agent raises $100M...

🐘 Mega-funds’ Seed machine, 10.2% AI hiring growth & a16z’s 70-person media team...

🧊 Nordic VC hits $561B, $85M Wayve tender & Bridgewater’s 84.7% AI win...

🦄 Only 99 of 619 unicorns exited, Bending Spoons IPO’d & the VC FoF market map...

💻 Sequoia’s 41x VC gap, OpenAI takes back the lead & Apple prices jump up to 30%...

⚡ Menlo VC raises $3B, ChatGPT falls below 50% & seed startups in freefall...

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