Chris Douvos

7 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 15, 2016 by Chris Douvos · said 17 times in 10 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

On the record as a speaker too: Chris Douvos's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.

Mentions by year

brought up most by Harry Stebbings (12), Beezer Clarkson (3), Semil Shah (1), Matt Ocko (1)

tap a year for its mentions
00325320162017201820192020202120222023episodesmentions
02320162017201820192020202120222023episodes it came up in
001.51.53320162017201820192020202120222023episodesmentions per episode
2023 3 mentions in 1 episode
2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
2017 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2016 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode

every mention, scene by scene, with the transcript →

Everything said about Chris Douvos, oldest first

Jun 15, 2016 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Douvos: Venture fund formation pace will not slow down immediately
“The level of fund formation is absolutely incredible. I don't see it slowing down immediately.”
Chris Douvos Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 24:35 20VC: Will LPs Replace GPs with Chris Douvos, Managing Director @ VIA
Jun 15, 2016 positive
Insight
Douvos: LP arbitrage comes from doing what investment committees fear
“If I had for my fund, a tagline for my investors, it would be doing the stuff that your investment committee is too scared to let you do.”
Chris Douvos Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 12:10 20VC: Will LPs Replace GPs with Chris Douvos, Managing Director @ VIA
Jun 15, 2016 negative
Insight
Douvos: Micro VCs suffer from undercapitalization and bad late-round terms
“Or one of the things that I think is an endemic problem to the micro VC space is that funds are undercapitalized and own too little and are kind of subject to the vagaries of later stage financing rounds where they may get, the rounds might get structured in w…”
Chris Douvos Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 22:32 20VC: Will LPs Replace GPs with Chris Douvos, Managing Director @ VIA
Jun 15, 2016 bearish
Opinion
Douvos: Seed-stage VC is oversaturated with capital and a poor investment
“I think today it's the, you know, almost the opposite of a good time. I think there's just so much capital in the seed stage.”
Chris Douvos Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 21:03 20VC: Will LPs Replace GPs with Chris Douvos, Managing Director @ VIA
Jun 15, 2016 bullish
Disclosure
Douvos: VIA shifts allocations toward earlier, seed-stage companies
“And so I'm actually focusing my investing efforts on Earlier. And on, you know, even more nascent companies.”
Chris Douvos Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 9:12 20VC: Will LPs Replace GPs with Chris Douvos, Managing Director @ VIA
Jun 15, 2016 neutral
Insight
Douvos: Outperforming VC funds capture more economic surplus through higher fees
“At the end of the day, we have to make sure that we are, you know, getting, you know, net outperformance, right? You know, over time, you'd imagine that, you know, some funds who have generated performance are then able to extract, you know, more of that surpl…”
Chris Douvos Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 18:41 20VC: Will LPs Replace GPs with Chris Douvos, Managing Director @ VIA
Jun 15, 2016 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Douvos: Most LP programs will evolve into hybrid direct-partnering models within 10 years
“And I think, you know, sitting here 10 years from now, most things that we think of as fund programs today will look more like hybrid programs with, you know, kind of closer ties, partnering more closely with GPs to look at companies rather than being, you kno…”
Chris Douvos Jun 15, 2016 ▶ 21:37 20VC: Will LPs Replace GPs with Chris Douvos, Managing Director @ VIA
Made with StarZero

Turn any episode into a week of clips.

This entire site, over 1,200 episodes transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable, runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.