A panel of capital allocators questions valuations they themselves are responsible for inflating.
Read full article →After 18 years of ignoring the world's largest venture market, Seedcamp finally decides to show up.
Read full article →World's dominant AI chipmaker makes sweeping infrastructure claim with exactly zero specifics or timelines.
Read full article →NEA's Tiffany Luck discovers that moving fast and breaking things extends to balance sheets.
Read full article →A venture capitalist with billions riding on AI companies announces that actual winners won't be selling AI—presumably to someone else.
Read full article →Investors have discovered that PowerPoint decks and founder pedigree are now interchangeable with actual business models.
Read full article →The market has officially decided that government dependency and Elon Musk's Twitter habits are no longer deal-breakers.
Read full article →PwC estimates medical costs rising 9% as investors continue funding efficiency theater.
Read full article →Largest U.S. IPO ever is merely appetizer before Anthropic and OpenAI normalize trillion-dollar valuations for software.
Read full article →Justin Ernest bypasses fund-raising by deploying half a billion dollars from a 'captive network,' proving venture capital is networking with better lighting.
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.