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Persist Is Running Founder Auditions With Real Startups on the Line
The Los Angeles venture studio does not ask would-be founders for another pitch deck. It asks them to build - then uses salary, equity and a shared operating bench to turn the strongest prototypes into companies.
The VC Firm Selling Founders Something Rarer Than Money: A Shortcut to the Right Room
Notable Capital inherited a 25-year investing record, then made a sharper promise: the check is only the opening move. Its real pitch is access - to hires, buyers, operators, and the hard-won pattern recognition that can move a young company faster.
The $100 Million Fund That Thinks Venture Capital Needs a Workshop
Baukunst writes the first check, then pulls up a workbench. Its experiment is to make a venture fund behave more like a living studio - one where founders, engineers, designers and operators build in public with one another.
The Alabama Studio That Builds Companies From Problems, Not Pitch Decks
Shegun Otulana already had his billion-dollar exit. Then he stayed in Birmingham to build a factory for the next ones.