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The best venture capital newsletters

Venture capital newsletters are written by investors and founders about fundraising, company building, fund mechanics and the state of the startup market. Many of the best are honest in a way that pitch meetings are not.

The audience is founders, operators and other investors. Pair with the startups page for the operator's view.

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  • Newcomer · Newcomer is a deeply reported newsletter on the inner workings of the startup and venture capital industry, written by Eric Newcomer and collaborators.
  • insights4vc · Research-driven essays on crypto and fintech businesses, examining who captures revenue in onchain finance, how companies like Rain and Visa build and defend their economics.
  • @andrewchen · Andrew Chen, a venture capitalist, writes essays on how AI, consumer apps and growth dynamics are reshaping tech markets.

24 newsletters below, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published.

Newcomer

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newcomer.co· weekly· Published 2 days ago

Newcomer is a deeply reported newsletter on the inner workings of the startup and venture capital industry, written by Eric Newcomer and collaborators. Readers get analysis of fundraising, neocloud and AI infrastructure finances, fintech milestones, and promotion of the associated podcast and AI show.

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insights4vc

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insights4vc.substack.com· weekly· Published 6 days ago

Research-driven essays on crypto and fintech businesses, examining who captures revenue in onchain finance, how companies like Rain and Visa build and defend their economics. Readers get sourced, analytical breakdowns of retained revenue, valuations and payment infrastructure aimed at investors.

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@andrewchen

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andrewchen.substack.com· irregular· Published 15 days ago

Andrew Chen, a venture capitalist, writes essays on how AI, consumer apps and growth dynamics are reshaping tech markets. Readers get opinionated analysis of network effects, product retention and viral loops, drawn from firsthand experience.

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a16z

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a16z.news· irregular· Published yesterday

a16z's newsletter covers venture investing and technology trends, with recent issues on AI-driven hardware design, robotics dexterity and investments, and agentic commerce data. Readers get firm perspectives on where AI meets the physical world and how agents interact with online retail.

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upstartsmedia.com· daily· Published 2 days ago

Upstarts Media delivers in-depth reporting and analysis on startups, from early-stage companies through IPO, led by veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad. Readers get founder profiles, exclusive data, and interviews on funding, AI products, and fast-growing companies.

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reports.tiger-research.com· weekly· Published 4 days ago

Tiger Research publishes in-depth research reports on Asia's Web3 and crypto markets, with a strong focus on Korea. Readers get data-backed market sizing, investment trend analysis and regulatory outlooks, with some issues also published in Korean.

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nextword.substack.com· biweekly· Published 3 months ago

Analysis of enterprise AI industry trends, deal commentary, and the business dynamics between frontier labs, chipmakers and software vendors. Draws on the author's experience selling AI in the field and a finance background to examine adoption, valuations and AI spend management.

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thevccorner.com· weekly· Published yesterday

The VC Corner is a founder-focused newsletter from two early-stage investors covering venture news, fundraising strategy, playbooks, and growth tools. Recent issues share portfolio and exit updates, advice on thinking like an investor when raising money, and weekly roundups of VC deals, funds, and market analysis.

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the-ai-corner.com· weekly· Published yesterday

A practical newsletter for startup founders and operators offering AI workflows, prompts, tools, and curated resources like free startup perks and fundraising toolkits. Readers get actionable guidance on using AI to build an advantage, plus sponsored offers and paid premium resource libraries.

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葬AI

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funeralai.substack.com· weekly· ZH· Published 2 days ago

A Chinese-language newsletter offering irreverent, first-person commentary on the AI industry, covering startups, AI companion apps, and Chinese model companies. Issues mix industry data, interviews with insiders, and sarcastic takes on current controversies.

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a16z Jobs

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a16zjobs.substack.com· daily· Published 2 days ago

a16z Jobs is a daily-ish newsletter listing startup job openings, mostly at early-stage and a16z-backed companies, with each posting briefly described alongside the company's product and funding. Issues also include short feature stories about portfolio companies and their technology.

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LP Blueprint

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metz.substack.com· daily· Published 3 days ago

A newsletter for fund managers raising money from LPs, covering fundraising mechanics, SPVs, banking setup, and how emerging manager programs decide. It mixes practical documents and benchmarks with interviews and weekly office hours.

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petcashpost.com· weekly· Published 6 days ago

Profluence Sports is a newsletter analysing business, technology and consumer trends across sports, media and entertainment, with a focus on investment and industry shifts. Its issues mix opinion pieces on how the sports economy is changing with deeper dives into specific companies and products.

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speedrun

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speedrun.substack.com· weekly· Published 8 days ago

speedrun is a founder-focused newsletter from a16z's accelerator, covering residency application timing, Demo Day recaps, portfolio funding news, and advice for applicants. Readers get updates on the SR008 program, startup milestones from past cohorts, and practical guidance on applying and networking.

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leighmariebraswell.substack.com· irregular· Inactive for over a year

An investor's personal newsletter covering venture investing in AI and large language models, including deal announcements and theses on where generative AI startups can win. It also includes occasional off-topic pieces such as historical writing.

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productmarketfit.tech· daily· Published yesterday

Product Market Fit is a daily newsletter for founders on building, growing and funding startups in the AI era, covering market gaps for vertical AI and investor databases. Readers get concrete startup-funding tactics, market analysis and resources like curated investor lists.

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whatshot.vc· weekly· Published 4 days ago

Ed Sim's weekly newsletter offers short personal notes and commentary on AI infrastructure, security, enterprise software, physical AI and venture investing, often tied to portfolio companies. Readers get a venture investor's take on recent industry announcements and deal flow, mixed with some reflective essays.

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spaceambition.substack.com· weekly· Published 5 days ago

A newsletter covering the space technology startup and venture capital landscape, including monthly roundups of SpaceTech funding deals and essays on commercial strategy for deeptech companies. It also promotes the publisher's consultancy services and webinars.

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Metatrends

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metatrends.substack.com· irregular· Published 6 days ago

Peter Diamandis-style essays on exponential technology, covering AI's effect on biotech, business moats, and education reform, often promoting his investments and Abundance360 community. Readers get big-picture futurist commentary with investment and entrepreneurial angles.

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Pulse Line

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pulseline.substack.com· irregular· Published 8 days ago

Pulse Line covers AI, startups, and business for founders, builders, and operators, with practical guides on AI side hustles and event announcements. It is transitioning to a new brand called Brief Stak with a focus on AI business, startups, venture capital, and emerging opportunities.

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linas.substack.com· daily· Published today

Linas's Newsletter is a daily-style finance-meets-AI briefing covering IPO valuations, AI's effect on hiring and work, and bank responses to AI agents, with bonus deep dives and stock-related pieces. It mixes news breakdowns with promotional calls to subscribe and sponsored-sounding tie-ins, so readers get quick takes on headlines more than original reporting.

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the-founders-corner.com· weekly· Published today

A weekly founder newsletter that pairs short tips and investor-matching tools with startup funding news and recaps of product and growth lessons from companies. It mixes sponsored content and promotion with occasional breakdowns of pitch decks and metrics dashboards.

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cryptoniteventures.substack.com· daily· Published yesterday

The Cryptonite Weekly Rap profiles entrepreneurs, companies, and investors working in Web3, AI, and sustainable technology, and offers videocasts, events, and company and investor lists. Recent issues include a corporate administration setup checklist and an analysis of Sequoia Capital's historical warnings to portfolio CEOs, applied to a possible AI valuation correction.

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startupdealdesk.substack.com· weekly· Published yesterday

A newsletter that pairs a short weekly market and tech news roundup with spotlights on startups and emerging companies open to investment. It is powered by ThinkFISH and includes sponsored promotions and company profiles that ThinkFISH may earn referral fees from.

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