Delian Asparouhov
13 statements across 3 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 29, 2024 by Delian Asparouhov · said 45 times in 19 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (30), Keith Rabois (6), Samir Vasavada (3), Matteo Franceschetti (2), Josh Browder (2), Trae Stephens (1), Max Altman (1)
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2026 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2025 17 mentions in 4 episodes 4 per episode
- Benchmark's GP, Everett Randle on Why Mega Funds Will Not Produce Good Returns · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- 20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster
- Chime IPO: Are IPOs Hotter Than Ever? · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Plural Partner, Taavet Hinrikus: Why Founders Will Realise Multi-Stage Funds Damage Seed Rounds · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- every mention in 2025, scene by scene →
2024 17 mentions in 10 episodes 2 per episode
- Keith Rabois & Eric Glyman: The Tools, Tips, Secrets and Process That Drive Efficiency | E1148 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Matt Grimm, Co-Founder @Anduril: How a Trump Administration Changes the Defence Industry | E1224 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Samir Vasavada: The Real Story of Vise: The Regrets, Mistakes and Mis-Hires | E1171 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- David Frankel, MP @Founder Collective: Investing Lessons from Seeding Coupang, Pillpack & Suno|E1214 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Shardul Shah: How Index Makes Decisions & Why Benchmarks & Averages in VC are BS | E1202 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Sean Rad: Lessons Scaling Tinder to the Fastest Growing Consumer Social App in History | E1199 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Aidan Gomez: What No One Understands About Foundation Models | E1191 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- Kaz Nejatian: How Shopify Built a $90BN Business to Last 100 Years | E1189 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- 2 more episodes that year, every mention in 2024 →
2023 4 mentions in 1 episode
2022 1 mention in 1 episode
2021 2 mentions in 1 episode
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Jul 29, 2024 positive
Delian Asparouhov names Seth Bannon as the best board member he works with
“Probably have to be Seth Bannon from 50 years. I think he, you know, sort of Dives, you know, sort of deep into the companies that he's involved in and, you know, sort of ask some, you know, sort of pretty great pointed questions.”
Jul 29, 2024 positive
Asparouhov: I have not lost a wanted deal since co-founding Varda
“Once I've, you know, sort of chosen that I do want to invest in something since Varda, I have not, you know, sort of lost an opportunity where I've wanted to invest, even in situations where there've been phenomenal partners, general partners on the other side…”
Jul 29, 2024 neutral
Asparouhov: Varda Has Never Accepted the Highest-Priced Offer in Funding Rounds
“Every Varda round, we've actually not taken the highest priced, you know, sort of offer. We've, you know, done what we thought was in the, you know, sort of appropriate reasonable range that sets The company up for, you know, sort of long-term success.”
Jul 29, 2024 neutral
Asparouhov: Target Internal Critics First When Sponsoring Venture Deals
“You should always go for the path of most resistance when you know, trying to work on a deal at FF. Work and make sure to loop people in from the investment team that are going to be the most critical of the company, given that one, if you're able to get those…”
Jul 29, 2024 negative
Asparouhov: VC advice quality degrades without recent operational experience
“Unless you have been, you know, in a true operational day to day role, In the last, like, you know, sort of three to five years in some ways, your ability to significantly, you know, sort of provide, you know, high quality advice really degrades.”
Jul 29, 2024
Asparouhov: AI will drive a massive work productivity and wealth bifurcation
“And so I think what you're going to see is this bifurcation where almost certainly there will be more and more people that work less, but there will also be these hyper-efficient people that are augmented by AI, have more wealth, have more people around them t…”
Jul 29, 2024 negative
Asparouhov: First-time founders demanding $25M seed valuations lack independent conviction
“If you're like a first-time founder and, you know, demanding 25 posts, I have a little bit of a harder time getting excited, even if in theory, your vision is super compelling, your team is super compelling. It just shows a willingness to, you know, sort of su…”
Jul 29, 2024
Jul 29, 2024
Delian Asparouhov passed on Varda CEO role because co-founder Will Bruey is a top 0.1% CEO
“And it's because I'm not a hundred percent convinced that I could be in the, you know, sort of top, you know, sort of .1% of CEOs versus I am very convinced that my co-founder is able to. And so I need to focus on the thing that I can, I think, be .1% in, and …”
Jul 29, 2024 positive
Asparouhov: Ramp founders selected Founders Fund for its anti-woke culture
“There's also a set of founders that have self-selected into proactively wanting to, you know, sort of work with me, you know, Eric and Ramp, sorry, Eric and Kareem of Ramp, you know, maybe being a perfect example of this, of, you know, really wanting to, you k…”
Nov 10, 2025 neutral
Nov 10, 2025 negative
Randle: Founders Fund's 'never fire founders' policy is rooted in laziness
“I think it's actually a convenience for Delian and some of the Founders Fund folks to absolve themselves of that weight and that responsibility just by being like, oh, it's not part of our, it's not part of our thing. But I think, you know, it's almost out of …”
Sep 12, 2026 positive
Franceschetti: Keith Rabois and Delian Asparouhov did not realize Eight Sleep co-founders were married
“To the point where I think Delian and Keith, when they invested for the first year, they, I, I'm not sure that they were not even, they didn't even know we were married. Obviously, you disclose it when you do a round, so it has been disclosed in every round, b…”