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Edition #15: H1 2026 State of Fundraising, GPs Backing GPs Map, Our Private Villa Event in SF
Hey folks,
This is Pavel and welcome to the 15th edition (July, 2026) of Murph Capital newsletter.
This is my monthly brain-dump of the most useful stuff I’ve come across as an operator in the emerging GP/LP world.
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State of VC Fundraising: Q2 2026
Since we launched Murph a year ago, we’ve been tracking every VC fund that either announced a first close or a total close in public, been publishing the list of these funds for free on our website and folding a short version into our month...
Emerging Manager Q&A: Robin Haak about €15M Robin Fund II
Hey folks,
This is Pavel, welcome to a new edition of our Emerging Manager Q&A where we dive into the stories of fund managers who’ve recently closed their funds and ask them 10 rapid-fire questions about what it actually takes to raise LP...
Edition #14: 37 New Funds, 1000 Fund Managers Mapped, DPI Benchmark
Hey folks,
This is Pavel and welcome to the 14th edition (June, 2026) of Murph Capital newsletter.
This is my monthly brain-dump of the most useful stuff I’ve come across as an operator in the emerging GP/LP world.
Follow me on X and Lin...
Are Mega-Funds Taking Over Seed?
A month ago I posted a tweet with a pretty simple question: are mega-funds actually taking over Seed or does it just feel that way? 65,000+ impressions and a few hundred DMs later, it was clear the question had hit a nerve.
Emerging manag...
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