Backstage Capital, every mention
13 scenes · ← back to Backstage Capital
tap a year for its mentions
every year anyone Harry Stebbings 16Arlan Hamilton 11
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Backstage Capital comes up
20VC: Optimising Investment Decision-Making in Compressed Fundraising Timelines & A Deep Dive on Portfolio Construction, Price Sensitivity and The Importance of Ownership with Mark Mullen, Co-Founder @ Bonfire Ventures
- ▶ 0:27 Harry Stebbings Scopely, Goat, Chow Now, Niantic, and Pendo, to name a few, and prior to co-founding Bonfire, Mark was a solo GP with Double M, and then through Mull Capital, Mark's also an LP in other funds, investing in 15, including in the likes of…
20VC: Arlan Hamilton: "We Have Come For Cake, Not The Crumbs", Arlan's Plan To Return $1Bn in 10 Years, Why Arlan Plans To Giveaway or Invest 90% of Her Wealth & What The LP Class Can Do To Ensure More Under-Represented Managers Get Funded
- ▶ 0:09 Harry Stebbings Joining me on TwentyVC today, we have, you guessed it, Arlen Hamilton, founder and managing partner at Backstage Capital, the seed fund that's paved the way, investing exclusively in startups that are led by underrepresented founders. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:57 Harry Stebbings But that is quite enough from me, so now I'm very excited to hand over to Arlen Hamilton, founder and managing partner at Backstage Capital.
- ▶ 3:36 Harry Stebbings What was your route into venture, and how did you come to found backstage?
- ▶ 10:59 Arlan Hamilton They may think, and again, I'm saying this because it feels this way, and also I've heard it, may think that I'm, like, trying to be famous, or I'm trying to get some sort of clout, which is very funny because I named my fund Backstage… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 18:04 Harry Stebbings This is something I never thought that I'd be doing, writing an LP check, and when you look back at the journey you've been on and building backstage, building the income streams, the question that I have is like, do you take a moment and…
- ▶ 22:16 Arlan Hamilton I am happy to hear that opinion from the person who has accomplished as much as I have, or is doing the work that we're doing at Backstage Capital.
- ▶ 24:21 Arlan Hamilton Besides that, there's no way to quantify and to even guess what impact outside of Capital the existence of Backstage is going to have, and I say that with, again, with pride and with humility at the same time. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:19 Arlan Hamilton And then on top of that, but even beyond venture, I think the angel investing movement, the zebra movement versus unicorn movement, all of those things are going to come together and create this more equal playing field where it's no… 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:47 Harry Stebbings I do have to ask before the quickfire, you've mentioned backstage, obviously, continuously throughout this chat. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 31:57 Harry Stebbings What's the hardest element of your role with Backstage today? 2 times in the scene
20VC: What Is Founder Narrative Fit and How to Detect and Invest In It, How To Avoid Consensus Thinking When Investing, Price Sensititivity; When To Pay Up vs Stay Disciplined & From New York Times To General Catalyst; Why Venture and Journalism are Not S
- ▶ 46:34 Harry Stebbings As always, I so appreciate all your support, and I can't wait to bring you an incredible episode this coming Monday with Arlen Hamilton at Backstage Capital.
20VC: How Fundraising For Funds Has Changed in The World of COVID, The Benefits of Managers Selling Part of Their GP & How To Think Through Your "Minimum Viable Fund Size" with Lo Toney, Founding Managing Partner @ Plexo Capital
- ▶ 25:44 Harry Stebbings In 99 cases, I think, you know, like, Arlen at backstage would absolutely prove the exception, which is amazing.