down market

also referred to as: down markets

3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 22, 2023 by Jeff Seibert · across every show →

Everything said about down market, oldest first

Nov 22, 2023 positive
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Seibert: Down markets enable higher startup talent density than bull markets
“I actually love sort of down markets because I think in the very hot markets, it's too easy to raise capital and you peel off all the sort of like fantastic second engineers or product managers or designers or whoever they might be, and they go get funding and…”
Jeff Seibert Nov 22, 2023 ▶ 51:32 Jeff Seibert: Why OpenAI Will Become an Infrastructure Play | E1085 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 29, 2024 positive
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Akkina: Down markets weed out uncommitted emerging VC fund managers
“During times like this, when it's much harder to raise capital, you see which new firms really want it badly, and the ones who don't are disappearing, right? So I think that's one thing. And of course, look, at least for some period of time while we're in a do…”
Ryan Akkina Jan 29, 2024 ▶ 7:52 Ryan Akkina: How MIT Builds Their Venture Fund Portfolio & How MIT Approach Direct Investing | E1109 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 16, 2026
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Healthcare founders trap themselves by staying down-market too long
“The trap that a lot of, I think healthcare founders fall into is that they stay down market. They don't figure out, they don't like Time their Yolo shot to go up market at the right moment.”
Shiv Rao May 16, 2026 ▶ 12:35 The Five Year Desert to Product Market Fit & a $5.3BN Valuation with Shiv Rao, Founder @ Abridge · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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