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Read full article →Valar Atomics proves that in venture capital, fission is just another word for financial structure.
Read full article →Nothing says 'ready for prime time' like pre-emptively lowering expectations for your own product.
Read full article →Miles Wang hasn't founded anything yet, but investors are already pricing his future regrets.
Read full article →Fora's $1B valuation on a $60M Series D suggests someone confused a travel itinerary with a cap table.
Read full article →The company that built its empire on recruiting talent from IBM, Microsoft, and Google suddenly discovers employee mobility is bad when it flows the other direction.
Read full article →Chemistry Ventures proves that in venture capital, your last job matters more than your actual returns.
Read full article →A company whose business model remains a mystery has mysteriously become twice as valuable.
Read full article →Khosla Ventures pays $1.2 billion for a company that promises to automate the one profession most resistant to automation: lawyers.
Read full article →AI fever has transformed venture capital into a spray-and-pray confetti cannon where mathematical rigor goes to die.
Read full article →DumbCapital covers venture capital and M&A in North America with the skepticism these markets have long deserved and rarely received. We are not impressed by large numbers. We are not moved by press releases. All articles are satirical commentary based on real, publicly reported deals. Nothing here is financial advice.