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Authors & Staff

The writers, reporters, and analysts who cover venture capital at VC Beast.

Michael Kaufman

Michael KaufmanSerial entrepreneur. Founder of Archstone (fund management software). Scaled FamilyTime Centers from 4 to 45+ employees. Built the web's most comprehensive venture capital knowledge base with 2,000+ VC firm profiles.

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

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Founder of VC Beast. Serial entrepreneur who scaled a bootstrapped mental health practice to 45+ employees. Building Archstone, fund management software for emerging GPs.

Venture capital mechanicsFund structures & economicsLP-GP relationshipsStartup finance & valuation+6 more
Michael Kaufman

Michael KaufmanSerial entrepreneur. Founder of Archstone (fund management software). Scaled FamilyTime Centers from 4 to 45+ employees. Built the web's most comprehensive venture capital knowledge base with 2,000+ VC firm profiles.

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Founder of VC Beast. Serial entrepreneur who scaled a bootstrapped mental health practice to 45+ employees. Building Archstone, fund management software for emerging GPs.

Venture capital mechanicsFund structures & economicsLP-GP relationshipsStartup finance & valuation+6 more
Michael Kaufman

Michael KaufmanPrivate capital operator and builder of Archstone. Built SponsorBeast for independent sponsors, operators, search funds, SPVs, and private capital teams.

Editor & Research Lead

Editor of SponsorBeast and builder of Archstone, covering private capital workflows for sponsors, operators, search funds, SPVs, and ownership platforms.

Independent sponsor workflowsSPV formation and administrationLP reporting and capital callsWaterfalls and sponsor economics+4 more

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