Age of Ventures

It is October 2026. You open a $100M fund against Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Benchmark and Founders Fund. Ten years to find the founders, back them, and send the gold home.

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A decade in one sitting

Your partners ride out to meet founders, your companies raise their next rounds, and four of the best-known firms in venture want the same deals.

Q1 2027
A founder's tent with a card offering to invest $2.2M for 10% of Kite Energy, rated four stars

Meet the founders

Click a tent and a partner rides out. The meeting gives you a rating and a price: invest, or pass.

2029
Your town in year three, with the race table showing Sequoia, a16z, your firm, Benchmark and Founders Fund

Build the firm

Follow on to keep your share, rescue a company that runs short of cash, hire partners, and raise Fund II when your numbers allow it.

2036
The end screen: standings of the five firms by carry, and your power law, where a few companies make most of the value

The decade ends

Carry decides it. A few companies make most of your money, the rest return nothing. That is how venture works.

The firms across the map

Each plays its publicly known style. When a top firm leads your company's next round, the market notices.

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