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FOUNDER PROFILE

Aging is the Mother of All Diseases.

The co-founders of Rejuvenate Bio are developing gene therapies to treat age-related diseases in human and animal health.

PROGRESS

Venture Capital Investing Cycles

There are signs of the beginning of a new upswing in the VC investing cycle.

PROGRESS

What's in Store for 2024?

Investors have a renewed focus on portfolio construction, prioritizing entry prices and sufficiently diligencing deals.

IDEAS

Solving Old Problems Through New Framing

By reframing the problem, new nuances and a different form of analysis may lead to a solution.

FOUNDER PROFILE

Chris Gladwin: Unlocking the Value of Data

Envisioning a world where data is not just a resource but a source of profound value, a catalyst for innovation, and a force for positive change.

IDEAS

Quantum Computing, General Artificial Intelligence, and the Supremacy of Deep Mind

VCapital CEO Len Batterson on the deep topic of quantum computing.

INVESTOR STORIES

The DNA of an Entrepreneur

VCapital investor Aaron Dallek’s background as an entrepreneur and an intrapreneur helps him spot good companies to invest in.

PROGRESS

A Buyer's Market

There are a variety of terms for the typical four economic cycles that markets move in. If you have lived long enough, you’ve seen several iterations.

PROGRESS

Power Laws, Not Panic

With five decades of experience in venture capital, CEO Len Batterson has a “conversation” with AI app ChatGPT which offers no experience but a lot of resources.

PROGRESS

Hello Quantum.

A spotlight on the exciting topic of quantum computing as it relates to the latest addition to our VCapital portfolio: EeroQ Quantum Hardware.

PEOPLE

Tyler Qualio: Investor Spotlight

“If you can make money while helping the world, it’s a win-win.”

IDEAS

Venture Capital is Not for Quitters

VCapital looks for entrepreneurs who innovate for the long game, the ones who can withstand the inevitable challenges of change and disruption, especially when the world feels the most turned upside down.

PEOPLE

You just can't retire from being great.

Dear Ken Freeman…

PROGRESS

A 2021 Year-End Report Card

With a well-distributed national presence, VCapital’s number of investors has increased 78% in the last three years. This enables us to raise funds faster when needed to capture a share of the best deals available. 

IDEAS

What Do Venture Capital Investors Look for in an Entrepreneur?

Passion, Confidence, AND Sound Objective Judgment

PROGRESS

The Venture Capital Market is Red Hot, however....

Smart choices are still (as they always have been) essential.

INVESTOR STORIES

Investing in a Sustainable Future: Alan Schwartz Is an Open Book

How did The Schwartz Family build a successful multi-generational family business in real estate, hospitality, and sports? By continually investing with transparency, passion, innovation, and impact.

IDEAS

Venture Capital in Stages

Investors should keep in mind that not all venture capital investment is alike. There are big differences between early and late stages.

PROGRESS

Venture Capital on Overdrive

The U.S. economy, facilitated by strong monetary and fiscal stimulus, is now springing back to life. Along with that broad recovery, the venture capital asset class is on overdrive.

PEOPLE

Ryan Kole is Changing the World One Concussion at a Time

Ryan Kole’s career path was anything but typical. He contemplated medicine, law, psychology, even being a sports agent. Eventually he gave in to the entrepreneurial
itch.

IDEAS

To See and Not See

How do top performing venture capitalists succeed when historical data shows that most venture capital investments lose?

PROGRESS

VCapital at Middle Age

Six years since our first investment in Intensity Therapeutics, VCapital is invested in eleven companies today. Having reached our middle age in “venture capital years,” we are growing increasingly optimistic about our prospects for ultimate maturity.

PEOPLE

Reflections on a Career in Venture Capital

A career in venture capital requires an ongoing need to learn and keep learning. After almost four decades in, Len Batterson shares his experience and investment stories.

IDEAS

Venture Capital Investing in an Epoch of Change

The world and everything around us is changing faster than at any time in history. Despite that reality, things rarely feel like they’re changing all that fast, because we are so accustomed to the pace of change.

IDEAS

A Field of Dreams Where Slugging Percentage Matters Most

The key to venture capital investment success is slugging percentage. Doubles and triples are good, but home runs are what really count.

PROGRESS

Some Baseballisms for A New Year

With 2021 on deck, our thoughts turn to baseball. Spring training is less than two months away and we hope the pandemic is finally in the bottom of the ninth.

PROGRESS

Cleversafe's home run team batting again with Ocient

Cleversafe’s exit, selling to IBM for $1.3 billion, took place in 2015, just as VCapital was starting up. A big idea intersected with practical need and market demand. Many new millionaires were minted as a result.

INVESTOR STORIES

Conservative Value Investor Takes a Risk

Laws of Attraction: Can conservative value investors love venture capital too? In a word, absolutely.

IDEAS

Venture Capital in a Time of Historic Change

The pandemic’s end remains unknown. Sharing our thoughts on COVID implications for the economy, and especially for venture capital investment, seems in order.

INVESTOR STORIES

The LoPresti Family: Founders, Investors, and Philanthropists

VCapital is humbled to think of our decade-long relationship with the LoPresti family, as both investors and as friends.

PEOPLE,PROGRESS

Raydiant Oximetry leaders know how to make it happen.

In the venture capital world, the jockey is often more important than the horse. We look for leader-managers who have proven they can make things happen.

IDEAS

Re-Sorting and Recovery: The Post-COVID U.S. Economy

We believe opportunities to build wealth through venture capital will continue largely unabated because venture capital is all about innovation.

PROGRESS

Live CEO Interview: New Developments at SentiAR

Summary of SentiAR’s progress and why it might matter to you. Watch our live interview with CEO Berk Tas.

IDEAS

Aligning with the Anticipated "New Normal"

Managing through the COVID era, our work at VCapital continues.

PROGRESS

SentiAR expands to support COVID-19 patients.

An update from SentiAR CEO Berk Tas

IDEAS

Rationality is returning to financial markets.

Chicken Little proven wrong again. The sky isn’t falling after all.

IDEAS

We are staying the course for our investors.

Not out of the woods yet, but the sky does not appear to be falling.

IDEAS

Keeping you informed about your investments.

Our plan is to communicate to you what is most relevant to your relationship with VCapital and your investments.

IDEAS

Unicorns: Bigger is Not Always Better

2020 began with clouds on the horizon.