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Featured Venture Capital · 18 min read

The death of the consensus seed round.

Why the average venture capital firm has lost the ability to underwrite a real seed deal — and what venture studios, angel syndicates, and equity crowdfunding are doing about it.

Rahat Lodhi · Partner
12 May 2026

All essays

Venture Capital · 12 min
How venture capital firms actually evaluate a Series A deck.

The five slides that determine whether a VC partner takes a second meeting — and the five slides that don't.

Ram Aunkur · 28 Apr 2026
Angel Investing · 9 min
The angel investor's first ten cheques.

Position sizing, sector concentration, and the hardest decision new angels keep getting wrong: when not to invest.

Rahat Lodhi · 22 Apr 2026
Crowdfunding · 15 min
Reg CF vs Reg A+: which equity crowdfunding regime fits your raise.

An operator's comparison of the two US equity-crowdfunding regimes, with the cap-table math and timeline costs spelled out.

Masood Lohar · 14 Apr 2026
Co-founder · 11 min
How to find a co-founder when you don't already know one.

The five real channels that produce co-founder matches — and how venture studios short-circuit the search with embedded operating teams.

Rahat Lodhi · 06 Apr 2026
Building · 14 min
11 weeks to MVP: a venture studio's build playbook.

The week-by-week breakdown of how a Cyberonium squad ships a production MVP, from charter to live customers.

Ram Aunkur · 29 Mar 2026
Venture Capital · 8 min
What LPs ask in the third call.

The questions you only hear from sophisticated venture-capital LPs once the first-round excitement has worn off.

Rahat Lodhi · 18 Mar 2026
Building · 17 min
An incubator that ships software, not slides.

Why the next decade of startup incubators and accelerators will compete on engineering output, not mentorship calendars.

Masood Lohar · 10 Mar 2026
Angel Investing · 13 min
When to syndicate, when to write a solo cheque.

A heuristic for angels deciding whether to lead, follow, or syndicate the next deal that hits the inbox.

Rahat Lodhi · 03 Mar 2026
Crowdfunding · 10 min
Building a community before the campaign.

The 12-week pre-launch playbook for converting a follower base into a closed equity-crowdfunding round.

Ram Aunkur · 22 Feb 2026
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