The Strategic Check
Corporate investors are making fewer, bigger bets. What Aranca’s and GCV’s Q3 2026 reports mean for founders seeking a strategic check, and for GPs.
Ken McArthur
The Two-Year Cliff
The Two-Year Cliff: What Record Startup Shutdowns Reveal About the Gap Between Rounds
The One-Person Fund
The median US VC fund is $10M while the average is $165.4M. What the rise of solo GPs means for emerging managers and founders seeking a first check.
Agents in the Inbox: How Founders Get Noticed When AI Writes Every Investor Pitch
AI agents now write and send investor pitches at scale. What still gets founders noticed, and how GPs can stand out as screening goes AI.
The Seed Price Split
Median seed prices cooled in 2026 while top-tier valuations soared. What the split means for founders and GPs, and why your lead shapes price and close.
Your Investor CRM Is Not Your Fundraising Strategy
A spreadsheet can tell you who you contacted. A CRM can tell you when you last spoke. A data room can tell you whether someone opened your deck. All useful. None of them can answer the questions that determine whether your Seed or Series A raise works: That is fundraising […]
The Most Dangerous Place for a Founder: “We’re Still Raising
Imagine you are a founder with six months of runway. You have built the product. You have early traction. You know additional capital could change the future of your company. You expect fundraising to take six weeks. Then six weeks become three months. Three months become six. Your product roadmap […]
The Blueprint for Opportunity: A Look at the Powerful Intelligence Engine We’re Building for You
The Blueprint for Opportunity: A Look at the Powerful Intelligence Engine We’re Building for You It’s been an incredibly productive and exciting period of development here at ConnectLab.live. Behind the scenes, we’ve been focused on a single mission: transforming the platform from a powerful networking tool into a proactive intelligence […]
The Blueprint for a Smarter Network: Building the World’s Most Intelligent Professional Relationship Map
The Blueprint for a Smarter Network: Building the World’s Most Intelligent Professional Relationship Map If you’ve been exploring the ConnectLab.live beta recently, you might have noticed something intriguing. While navigating the network graph, you may have spotted a familiar face—a prominent public figure or industry leader you weren’t expecting to […]
The Passivity Paradox: Why 40% of Professionals Join Networks and Do Nothing (And How You Can Be in the Active 60%)
You’ve joined networking platforms before. You had every intention of engaging. And then you did… nothing. This isn’t a personal failure—it’s a predictable psychological barrier that stops 40% of professionals from ever activating their networks. This article reveals exactly why it happens, and more importantly, the scientifically-proven micro-action strategies that break the cycle. If you’re ready to stop being a passive member and start building the network that creates opportunities, read this now. Your competitors already are.