Crunchbase
4 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement May 24, 2017 by Mar Hershenson · said 15 times in 15 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (5), Jason Lemkin (3), Mike Salguero (1), Mar Hershenson (1), Jonathan Hsu (1), Frank Rotman (1), Dan Fougere (1), Anu Duggal (1)
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2025 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2024 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2023 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- Sam Corcos: Why Founders Should Take as Many VC Meetings as Possible | E1093 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- DEBATE: State of Seed Investing w/ Jason Lemkin, Sam Lessin, Frank Rotman & Harry Stebbings | E1047 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Mike Salguero: How I Grew ButcherBox to $600M/year in Revenue; Tips for Influencer Marketing | E998 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2020 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Alexa Von Tobel on Raising NYC's Largest Ever Female Led Fund , Portfolio Construction, Compression of Fundraising Timelines, Reserves Management & Personal Branding in Venture
- 20VC: Khosla Ventures Founding Partner, Samir Kaul on Why Pro Rata Is A Cop Out, Why He Likes Technical Risk and Does Not Take Market Risk & How To Approach Time Allocation Across The Portfolio In Venture
- every mention in 2020, scene by scene →
2019 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Zoom From Series A to IPO, How VCs Can Provide CEOs with Additional Leverage and Why The Negative Effects of Signalling Are Very Real with Santi Subotovsky, General Partner @ Emergence Capital
- 20VC: Why Historical Loss Ratios Are Simply Too High, Why Data Is The #1 Most Important Piece When Evaluating Effective Reserve Allocation & Why Nothing Is Truly Defensible Today with Jonathan Hsu, Co-Founder and General Partner @ Tribe Capital
- every mention in 2019, scene by scene →
2018 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Top 3 Considerations When Evaluating Consumer Businesses Today | 700 Meetings, 70 LPs, 2 Years, What It Takes To Raise a First Time Fund| The Power of The Female Network In Action Today with Anu Duggal, Founding Partner @ Female Founders Fund
- 20VC: How To Build Credibility with Investors, Employees and Customers, How To Determine When A Stretch VP is A Stretch Too Far and The Right Way For Founders To Think About Dilution with Amol Deshpande, Founder & CEO @ Farmers Business Network
- 20VC: Why Facebook Will Be The Company To Succeed in Crypto, Why Founders Should Be Actively Angel Investing & Commonalities of Great Leadership From Mark Zuckerberg to Mark Pincus with Darian Shirazi, Founder & CEO @ Radius
- every mention in 2018, scene by scene →
Everything said about Crunchbase, oldest first
May 24, 2017 negative
Dec 10, 2018
Female Founders Fund pioneered tracking female founder Series A funding data
“We published an annual review on the amount of series A funding that went to female founders in 2014. And, you know, since then we've seen Crunchbase, TechCrunch, and a host of other journalists in the tech industry really follow suit in terms of recognizing t…”
Aug 11, 2023
Rotman: Only 2% to 4% of venture-backed startups go public
“If you go back the past 20 years or so, it's a single digit number, right? And in fact, for some vintages, that number is two percent, for some it's three, some it's four. But it's not eight percent or 10% of companies end up becoming public companies.”
Jul 3, 2025 neutral
Lemkin: 50% of Unicorn Capital Goes to $5B+ Companies
“Crunchbase did an article this week. There's no such thing as unicorns anymore, because forget about AI. Only the money goes to five billion and up. It's got to be five billion corns. Like, 50% of all the unicorn money is north of five billion.”