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Blossom Capital

11 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 17, 2023 by Ophelia Brown · said 25 times in 6 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Mar 17, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Blossom Capital tracks founders for six to eight months before investing
“So, I did the analysis, now we're a few years in. I think we normally know founders for six to eight months pre-investment, sometimes a bit longer.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 4:15 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023
Disclosure
Blossom Capital requires a 20% ownership target in portfolio companies
“So, and for our fund model, you know, we're pretty explicit that we want. 20% ownership, because if you're going to be one of 15 or 20 companies, we really want you to matter in the portfolio.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 32:11 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023
Disclosure
Blossom Capital allocates 90% to 95% of capital to initial checks
“And so, 90, 95% of our investment will be for initial”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 11:51 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023
Disclosure
Blossom Capital faced no competing term sheets on its last five deals
“The last five deals that we've done, there has been, like, no competitor. No single competing term sheet.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 31:06 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Brown predicts Blossom Capital will be Europe's top-performing VC fund by 2028
“The best performing fund, at least in Europe, if not the world.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 1:02:04 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023
Prediction Partly held up
Blossom Capital targets 20 portfolio companies for its third fund
“Fund one was 10 companies, fund two is 15 companies, and fund three will target 20.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 10:48 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Brown decides to invest or pass after the first founder meeting
“I would say within, you know, the first meeting, for sure, I come out with a decision of go, no go.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 3:37 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023
Disclosure
Blossom Capital solely leads investment rounds without VC co-investors
“So we don't we lead, we don't work with other VCs.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 34:12 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Blossom Capital will stick exclusively to Series A investments
“We're just going to stay to our swim lane and just do Series A.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 25:04 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Blossom Capital shuns Series A board seats and caps annual deals
“Not at the A stage. So, our model, because we only make five investments a year, coming back to the concentrated approach, we have three partners, and we say, all of us support you at that stage.”
Ophelia Brown Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 26:58 Ophelia Brown: How We Raised $432M in a Pandemic; What's New in European Venture Capital | E990 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 22, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Stebbings: Ophelia Brown Demands Minimum 20 Percent Ownership Target
“Ophelia, say, who I had on the show recently, won't go less than 20.”
Harry Stebbings May 22, 2023 ▶ 36:36 Nico Wittenborn: Consumer Subscription Apps; Using Evolutionary Biology to Invest; Solo GP's | E1017 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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