Links From the Week of 08-30-2026

Links Posted to Thoughts The Week of 08-30-2026 There were 1 links posted this week. 09/03/2026 @11:02 VC isn’t VC anymore — understanding the rise of Cancer Capital - Anil DashPart of why [Venture Capital funding] has gotten so corrupt is the way the Cancer Capital firms have transformed themselves into their post-VC forms. Because they’re not legally VC firms anymore, they’re free to buy shares directly from founders, or hold unlimited amounts of publicly-traded stock — exactly what they couldn’t do as regular VCs. They can even sell their investment in a company as an asset to another one of their own funds, and then book the increase in value as a profit, all without the company ever having made a penny. Another racket: a company that’s raised a bunch of cash in a funding round can buy out its early investors if they’re one of these post-VCs, so they can get paid off even if their portfolio company has never made a penny in profits or revenues.The rot in the economy is everywhere.…