Credit Karma
3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 15, 2016 by Dave McClure · said 16 times in 11 episodes since 2016 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Harry Stebbings (3), Anish Acharya (3), Rebecca Lynn (2), Dave McClure (2), Nigel Morris (1), Nick Shalek (1), Laela Sturdy (1), Josh Browder (1)
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2026 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2024 1 mention in 1 episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 1 mention in 1 episode
2021 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Why Bundling Does Not Work, How The Best Founders Analyse Unit Economics, Why The Way We Approach Mental Health in Venture and Startups is Wrong with Nigel Morris, Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ QED Investors
- 20VC: Has Price Discipline Disappeared? Is it Possible to Build Ownership Over Time? Why Venture Is Less Collaborative Now Than Ever? How fast Do Breakout Companies Become Obvious? How To Construct an Optimised and Repeatable Investment Decision-Making Pr
- 20VC: Ribbit Capital's Nick Shalek on How To Think Through Ownership and Price Sensitivity, When More Money and Pre-Emptive Rounds are Good vs Bad & Investing Lessons from Yale's David Swensen
- every mention in 2021, scene by scene →
2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2016 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: Learnings From Mary Meeker & Larry Summers, Missing Out On Uber & The Changing World of VC with Canvas Partner, Rebecca Lynn
- 20VC: 500 Startups' Dave McClure on Whether Unicorns Are Necessary For Venture Returns & Why Ownership Is Not The Math To Think About When Investing
- every mention in 2016, scene by scene →
Everything said about Credit Karma, oldest first
Aug 15, 2016 neutral
Early rounds for Lyft, Credit Karma, and Twilio were uncompetitive
“When we invested in Lyft out of FB Fund, I guess it was called Zimride at the time, and when we invested in Credit Karma and Twilio they were not really that competitive rounds, even though, you know, the founders were compelling most of the time.”
Dec 19, 2016 positive
Lynn: Credit Karma offered free credit reports at zero cost via TransUnion deal
“Credit Karma had a very special deal, you know, free credit report. I worked on that product ages ago with Experian, but they truly had a free credit report and it didn't cost them anything because of their relationship they had with TransUnion.”
May 24, 2021 bullish
Morris: Bank executives no longer believe they can outcompete fintech giants
“Five years ago, the people were saying, this is a flash in the pan, this is not going to work, we are better at technology, we have these customer relationships, look, we've got all these branches. This whole fintech thing is tulips in Amsterdam. I think there…”