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AlphaMarket 2026 recap is live on Alpha, unfiltered, our newly launched Substack. 350+ growth and crossover investors, allocators, and early and growth stage VCs came together in New York. Four themes ran through the day: 🔹Investors want the unknowns on AI: circular financing, debt, and unclear revenue 🔹 Public buyers are pricing below private marks --> shaping when and how companies list 🔹 Capital is concentrating in fewer names + the bar for non-AI investments has risen 🔹 The Anthropic IPO is being watched as a barometer for the next wave of AI listings Subscribe and read the recap here: alphapartners.substack.com/p…

The October Alpha newsletter is out! ▪️AlphaMarket 2026 recap + four hot takes from the summit ▪️@Higgsfield_AI crosses $1B in annualized revenue 18 months after launch + adds @TCVTech and @nvidia to its Series B ▪️Who are the rising star pre-partner venture investors in your network that you would like to recognize? Last chance to nominate by Friday, Nov 6: forms.gle/kd1GLTw8PWCo85iM6 ▪️Alpha, unfiltered, our new Substack: substack.com/@alphapartners Read the full newsletter here: alphapartners.com/newsletter…

$104B in unrealized gains. Very little has reached LPs as cash. @cartainc Kevin Dowd looks at the widening gap between TVPI and DPI, with perspective from @alphaptrs Managing Partner @stevebrotman. According to Carta’s data, realized gains make up 18.6% of total value for the median 2017 fund. For the median 2019 fund, the figure is below 1%. In Steve’s view, many marks still reflect rounds priced when rates were near zero. “Smart LPs can see the writing on the wall.” Read the full piece: carta.com/data/tvpi-dpi-gap/

AlphaMarket 2026 is a wrap, and the bar is now higher. Sixth year, bigger team, sharper conversations on growth and crossover investing. Thank you to everyone who showed up and made it count. Already planning 2027. Tell us what you want to see in the application-> alphamarket.com

The short version: preemptive pro rata investment rights are only as strong as the relationship with the founder. If either side is suing over it, both have already lost. Who wants to work with a litigious founder or a litigious VC after that? And what company management team has the time when competing against major players, growing quickly and every minute counts? Read the full article on our substack here-> alphapartners.substack.com/p…

AlphaMarket 2026 is a wrap, and it was the best one yet. Thank you to everyone who joined us in New York for an afternoon of candid conversation on where growth and crossover markets are headed. Thanks to our speakers, moderators, and presenting companies for making it a great day. The conversation hasn’t stopped. Fortune’s @dianebrady wrote about where investors see cracks in the AI consensus-> fortune.com/2026/10/22/ai-co… @BobPisani shared his takeaways on AI and the IPO market on his Substack-> bobpisani.substack.com/p/ai-… Save the date: AlphaMarket 2027 is October 27, 2027. Apply now at alphamarket.com, and use the comments field in the RSVP to tell us what you want to see or how to get involved.

Taking notes. Next year’s event is going to be a lot of fun.

Great speakers. Sharp questions. Standing room energy at AlphaMarket. Growth Equity Panel ▪ Thomas Krane, @insightpartners ▪ Elliott Robinson, @BessemerVP ▪ Laura Chau, @canaanpartners ▪ Jared Sleeper, Avenir Company Presentation: @Talkiatry ▪ Robert Krayn, CEO ▪ Michael Altman, Perceptive Advisors Crossover Panel (moderated by Christopher Daniels, @BlackRock) ▪ Joshua Plump, Surveyor Capital (@Citadel) ▪ Benjamin Spielman, @BHDigitalAssets ▪ Josh Diamant, @LuminarxCap Thank you to everyone on stage. The best deals start with conversations like these. And we are not done yet. The conversation continues.

So it begins! AlphaMarket starts now. The room is full and the energy is high. Live on stage: a fireside chat with Christopher Daniels of @BlackRock, @dianebrady of @FortuneMagazine, and @stevebrotman. Up next: Ralph Pisani of @NomaSecurity and @Rseewald of @EvolutionEquity. Stay tuned.

A recent public pro rata preemptive rights dispute between a startup and an early investor was all over our feeds. We won’t comment on specifics. Alpha Partners has spent the last 14 years investing alongside early-stage VCs through pro rata rights. It turns out that protecting minority shareholders is one of the cornerstones of capitalism ever since the East Indian Trading Company was founded at the dawn of capitalism. So we wrote up how we think these situations should be handled in our modern hyper growth tech era. Read the full article on our substack here-> alphapartners.substack.com/p…

Four leading venture investors. A timely conversation on today’s growth environment. Next week at AlphaMarket, hear from: • @laurachau | @Canaan • @ThomasKrane | @insightpartners • Elliott Robinson @TheValuesVC | @BessemerVP • @JaredSleeper | Avenir Join Alpha Partners for our sixth annual Growth Investor Summit, bringing GPs and LPs together for candid conversations, presentations from hypergrowth companies, and 1:1 networking. Plus, a little mind reading over cocktails, with a mentalist joining our networking reception. October 21 | Midtown Manhattan Explore the lineup and apply to attend -> alphamarket.com

One week until AlphaMarket, our sixth annual Growth Investor Summit. The AlphaMarket networking app is now live, giving approved attendees the opportunity to connect with GPs and LPs before, during, and after the event. Not registered yet? Explore our best lineup of speakers and company presenters yet and apply to attend -> alphamarket.com October 21 | Midtown Manhattan

AI is moving into every enterprise. Security and governance must keep up. @Rseewald, Founder and Managing Partner at @EvolutionEquity, and Ralph Pisani, Chief Revenue Officer at @NomaSecurity, are taking the stage at AlphaMarket. Now in its sixth year, AlphaMarket is the premier Growth Investor Summit. Growth and early-stage VCs, LPs, and crossover investors come together for keynotes, company presentations, panels, and one-on-one meetings. October 21 | Midtown Manhattan Full agenda and registration is at alphamarket.com. We have a few spots left for qualified investors.

Thank you to @8vc for hosting the Partner2Partner VC Breakfast during #SFTechWeek, and to @RunwayGrowth for partnering with us. A great morning with VC partners from across the country. Grateful to everyone who joined.

Every year, a select few from the Alpha team commit to the Empire State Building Run-Up. And every year, somewhere around Floor 10, the regret sets in. But 1,576 stairs and 86 floors later, we made it. Congrats to the Alpha team and everyone who made the climb last night. Same time next year?