Clearbanc

“You know, I think we win when five years from now, founders are going public, and they're back to owning half their companies again, and there will be no greater source of pride.”

“The only way that we could do this in 20 minutes is we totally had to change the model, and so instead of using smart Stanford MBAs, we had to use data science and technology, and we had to really understand, and the data sources had to be big enough.”

“I mean, this is a business where I make, you know, six percent when we put out our money, and so we don't have the luxury of a VC fund where you're picking lottery tickets, and one company can really carry a bunch of losses.”

“You know, he took some of our capital last year in Q four, got to raise a series A that was double the valuation.”

“We can fund that for way cheaper than equity can, and ultimately that means that founders will be able to keep way more of their companies by the time they go public.”

“VC is true risk Capital. This, you know, zero to one risk that we describe. If you are building a crazy piece of AI and need 50 engineers or solving a disease, VC is the perfect fit for you. What I'm saying is, ClearBank, we're like, if you know that channels …”

“To make no mistake, this company could not Three years ago. I mean, the data sources themselves had to be big enough, and then we had to figure out what are the indicators that did matter, and how to assess unit economics, and return on ad spend, and all of th…”