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First Republic Bank

also referred to as: first republic

9 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 4 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Oct 11, 2017 by Samir Kaji · said 194 times in 33 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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brought up most by Harry Stebbings (178), Mark Carney (3), Jackie Reses (3), Vlad Tenev (2), Lauren Schwartz (2), Semil Shah (1), Samir Kaji (1), Mike Maples (1)

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Oct 11, 2017 neutral
Prediction Held up
Kaji: Micro VCs raising $15M–$20M Fund I cannot easily scale up Fund II
“I think people that raise that 15 to 20 will have to probably raise another fund of 15 to 20 when it comes to Fund two with the understanding that when it comes to fund three, if they've shown real traction, if they have a few distributions, and that's usually…”
Samir Kaji Oct 11, 2017 ▶ 21:10 20VC: What Does It Take To Raise A Venture Fund Today, An Analysis of The Explosion of Seed Financing & Why IRR No Longer Takes Centre Stage with Samir Kaji, Senior Managing Director @ First Republic Bank
Oct 11, 2017 positive
Insight
Kaji: Micro VCs must secure at least 30%–40% for initial close
“So what I usually counsel managers is if you have a target of X amount, the first close should be at minimum 30 to 40% of the fund. Raising less than that as part of the first close sends a bad signal, and I think it really, you know, questions the overall via…”
Samir Kaji Oct 11, 2017 ▶ 18:42 20VC: What Does It Take To Raise A Venture Fund Today, An Analysis of The Explosion of Seed Financing & Why IRR No Longer Takes Centre Stage with Samir Kaji, Senior Managing Director @ First Republic Bank
Oct 11, 2017 negative
Opinion
Kaji: Early IRR metrics are meaningless when micro VCs raise Fund II
“Right now, Quite candidly, it's a little bit meaningless and it's more qualitative in function. So if we see a manager that's, you know, tracking at a 1.3 X, that's fine. But the reality is it means very little.”
Samir Kaji Oct 11, 2017 ▶ 20:20 20VC: What Does It Take To Raise A Venture Fund Today, An Analysis of The Explosion of Seed Financing & Why IRR No Longer Takes Centre Stage with Samir Kaji, Senior Managing Director @ First Republic Bank
Oct 11, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kaji: Average venture capital fundraise takes 18 months for new managers
“Yeah, so the average right now is 18 months. If you are a first time manager, i.e. Have never done it before, you're probably going to be in that 18 month time frame, if not longer.”
Samir Kaji Oct 11, 2017 ▶ 17:35 20VC: What Does It Take To Raise A Venture Fund Today, An Analysis of The Explosion of Seed Financing & Why IRR No Longer Takes Centre Stage with Samir Kaji, Senior Managing Director @ First Republic Bank
Sep 20, 2019 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Akhund: Mercury is the only startup-focused challenger bank in the U.S.
“If you take what we're doing at Mercury, there's no one else really doing a startup focused challenger bank. I would say the zero, which is really good. The only people we're competing against is Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic and Chase.”
Immad Akhund Sep 20, 2019 ▶ 21:27 20VC: Mercury Founder Immad Akhund on Why Angel Investing Makes Founders Better Operators, The Right Way For Founders To Discuss and Present Competition To Investors & How To Think About Your Initial Wedge Into The Market and How It Expands Over Time
Apr 8, 2020 bearish
Assertion Partly supported
Destin: 70-80% of seed funds had 6-12 month portfolio runway
“Samir Khadji from First Republic Bank in the US is an active observer of the early stage market, and he said that 70 or 80% of the seed funds that he spoke to had six to 12 months of life for most of their portfolio companies.”
Fred Destin Apr 8, 2020 ▶ 16:42 20VC: Are VCs Still "Open For Business", How VCs Attitude To Risk Has Changed & The 2 Most Valuable Assets To Founders Today with Fred Destin, Founding Partner @ Stride VC
Mar 13, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Reses: First Republic disclosed 9% tech deposit exposure during SVB crisis
“They put out a notice on, on Friday that said, only 15% of our securities are, or 15, 15% of our assets are, you know, securities. Nine percent of our deposit base is tech, you know, broadly diversified.”
Jackie Reses Mar 13, 2023 ▶ 35:28 Jackie Reses & Kris Dickson: What Happened with SVB? Are VCs to Blame? | E988 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 1, 2023 bearish
Insight
Carney: Mid-Sized Regional Banks Face Systemic Danger From Flighty Corporate Deposits
“Kind of barbell strategy was, it was dangerous to be in that awkward middle where you're a large regional, and therefore you have a lot of corporate deposits, deposits above the minimum, They turn out to be much more flighty. What we saw with Silicon Valley, w…”
Mark Carney May 1, 2023 ▶ 18:03 Mark Carney: First Republic Bank Fails; Will Interest Rates Rise? Global Warming's Net Zero | E1008 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 1, 2023 negative
Opinion
Carney: First Republic Bank Is Responsible for Its Own Distress
“On the balance, it bears more responsibility for the situation it is than the macro.”
Mark Carney May 1, 2023 ▶ 23:18 Mark Carney: First Republic Bank Fails; Will Interest Rates Rise? Global Warming's Net Zero | E1008 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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